Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304331903 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6304331908 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: January 28, 1997 Running Time: 282 minutes Sales Rank: 1243 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 1993
Description: 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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Rating: - A Good Movie
Set in the old South, the story of Queen is a sad, but poignant one. The prejudice against her and the confusion and fear she endures because of her mixed heritage sheds light on the suffering of the times. The acting was great. I think this was one of the first leads for Halle Berry and she does a marvelous job. The only problem I had was her makeup. It's like they were trying to make her look lighter than what she was and her skin color would come out chalkie sometimes. Also, there was no way to confuse her with being white (because of her coloring and features), even when she was young (played by Raven-Symone), yet there was references to her being almost white as a sheet or something like that. Queen couldn't find help from white or black. Being of mixed heritage myself, it's hard enough these days, but during slavery times it was dangerous. But in the end, Queen finds a place for herself in this world with a ... Read More
Rating: - Alex Hailey's Queen.....a mini series, that likes we may never see again!
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. ... Read More
Rating: - one of halle's best film if not her absolute best
this is one of my favorite movies of the 90s sure it is long but it never gets boring especially when halle is n she looked beautiful ever when she didn't have on all that make up she could turn ugly beautiful if she wanted to that is how stunnig she was n this film i felt sorry from her when people didn't help her when she didn't eat in days after leaving home because she was tired of people referring to her as a slave and not apart of the family it was time for halle after her mom passed on her father treated her good but not as a father would treat his daughter like a princess type when halle left home he went looking for he because he made his promise 2 halle's mom that he would make sure nothing happen 2 queen that was her movie name danny glover appear n da middle toward da ending of the movie that was queen's husband her first husband die because he was like a civial rights leader against racism but the kkk ... Read More
Rating: - one of halle's best film if not her absolute best
this is one of my favorite movies of the 90s sure it is long but it never gets boring especially when halle is n she looked beautiful ever when she didn't have on all that make up she could turn ugly beautiful if she wanted to that is how stunnig she was n this film i felt sorry from her when people didn't help her when she didn't eat in days after leaving home because she was tired of people referring to her as a slave and not apart of the family it was time for halle after her mom passed on her father treated her good but not as a father would treat his daughter like a princess type when halle left home he went looking for he because he made his promise 2 halle's mom that he would make sure nothing happen 2 queen that was her movie name danny glover appear n da middle toward da ending of the movie that was queen's husband her first husband die because he was like a civial rights leader against racism but the kkk ... Read More
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