Product Details

• Actors: Ossie Davis, Dan Biggers, David Dwyer, Jussie Smollett, Sue Ann Gilfillan
• Directors: John Erman
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 3
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: January 28, 1997
• Run Time: 282 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304331908
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,249 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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There are two sides to every story, the saying goes. For Alex Haley, one side was roots, the towering chronicle tracing severn generations of his mother's family. The othe side comes to the screen in Alex Haley's Queen, the remarkable history of a paternal side of the author's family. David L. Wolper (Roots, The Thorn Birds) is the executive producer of this acclaimed adaption of the story Haley was working on when he died. Halle Berry plays Queen, daughter of a slave (Jasmine Guy) and a plantation owner (Tim Daly). During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil war, Reconstruction and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures of her heritage - and at times is shunned by both. Rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will, however. Ann-Margret, Danny Glover, and Ossie Davis are among the many stars of this poingnant, uplifting final chapter of the Haley legacy.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alex Hailey's Queen.....a mini series, that likes we may never see again!, February 17, 2006

By	Susan E. Constant "lesmovies" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have Queen, the 1993 mini series, made from the book Alex Hailey wrote.
It seems that movies like this were stopped since all these cable channels came on. These new channels, being remarkable in entertainment as they are, are very far behind in those made for TV movies or the mini series that were on the regular networks. This is my own opinion, of course, but that's the way it seems to me. Also, when these mini series came out in video or dvd, they were cut. Some great movies and mini series were cut so much, as to edit out the reasons for things and why the movie was made in the first place, at times. This movie, Queen, was a movie like this. Edited so very little, but edited it was. I pride myself in the mini series and movies I have that aren't cut because they came straight from TV. There was remarkable acting in this film, with Halle Berry at her best. Her oscar win was a long awaited one for her. And Alex Hailey was a man who touched our hearts with his wonderfully written books that were made into screenplays. He was a master at his craft as HB was of hers and also the other wonderful cast members in this wonderfully made film. See it if you haven't.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KNOW YOUR HISTORY, February 18, 2000

By	"shelmur" (UNITED STATES) - See all my reviews

I THINK THIS MOVIE GIVES AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE TIMES. I THINK THE WHOLE SLAVERY ISSUE IS NOT BEING LOOKED AT REALISTICALLY. IT IS NOT A BLACK & WHITE ISSUE, BUT A PEOPLE ISSUE. IT IS NOT INCONCEIVABLE THAT A MAN CAN FALL IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, REGARDLESS OF HER ETHNIC BACKGROUND. A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THOMAS JEFFERSON AND SALLY HEMINGS. QUEENS FATHER WAS THE SON OF A SLAVE OWNER, AND WENT ALONG WITH THE VIEWS OF THE TIME ONLY ON THE SURFACE. IT WAS NECESSARY AT THE TIME TO APPEAR TO SHARE THE COMMON VIEWS TO AVOID THE TROUBLE THAT CAME ALONG WITH GOING AGAINST THE NORM, HOWEVER,THAT DID NOT NEGATE HIS FEELINGS FOR EASTER. YOU REALLY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE TIMES TO UNDERSTAND THE MOVIE. NEVERTHELESS, I THINK IT DEFINATELY DESERVES A VIEW, I THINK THIS PROBABLY MS. BERRY'S FINEST PERFORMANCE. SHE GAVE ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, THAT I'VE EVER SEEN, AND LORD KNOWS SHE HAD GOOD REASON TO HAVE ONE IN THE MOVIE. YOU NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was an Oscar-winning performance!, January 23, 2005

By	DramaDrita "child at heart" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

I really enjoyed this movie. I think that Halle was superb as well as the entire cast. I was shocked and appalled when she didn't get recognized for this movie but received an Oscar for a movie of less depth. This movie is a heartfelt story of a bi-racial slave who trying to find her place in the world. Alex Haley is a brillant storyteller and this movie is a perfect adaptation of that.