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David L. Wolper on producing Sandburg's Lincoln 06:54
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Sandburg's Lincoln
David L. Wolper on executive producing Chico and the Man; on the casting of Freddie Prinze 05:25
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Chico and the Man
David L. Wolper on selling Welcome Back, Kotter to ABC 02:27
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Welcome Back, Kotter
David L. Wolper on the cast of Chico and the Man and on the death of Freddie Prinze 02:55
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Chico and the Man
David L. Wolper on Welcome Back, Kotter, produced by James Komack, starring John Travolta 05:20
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Welcome Back, Kotter
David L. Wolper on first hearing about Alex Haley's Roots 03:07
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
On acquiring the rights to Roots and on meeting Alex Haley; on why he knew Roots would work; on convincing ABC, headed by Brandon Stoddard, to air the show; on Roots producer Stan Margulies 07:57
Interview: David L. Wolper
On the screenplay for Roots being written as the book was being written and on making it a miniseries; on casting Roots including LeVar Burton as "Kunta Kinte"; on the huge success of Roots when it aired in January of 1977 09:58
Interview: David L. Wolper
On the economics of producing Roots; on the decision for Roots to have more than one director; on choosing the writers; on creating characters for Roots that were not in Alex Haley's book 07:29
Interview: David L. Wolper
On Roots winning Emmys; on executive producing Roots: The Next Generations 03:15
Interview: David L. Wolper
David L. Wolper on executive producing Roots 28:39
Interview: David L. Wolper | Genre: TV Movies/Miniseries/Dramatic Specials
David L. Wolper on why he knew Roots would work and on convincing ABC, headed by Brandon Stoddard, to air the show 02:27
Interview: David L. Wolper | Person: Brandon Stoddard
David L. Wolper on casting Roots, including LeVar Burton as "Kunta Kinte" 03:40
Interview: David L. Wolper | Person: LeVar Burton
David L. Wolper on Roots producer Stan Margulies 01:10
Interview: David L. Wolper | Person: Stan Margulies
David L. Wolper on the huge success of Roots when it aired in January of 1977 03:57
Interview: David L. Wolper
David L. Wolper on acquiring the rights to Roots and on meeting Alex Haley 04:20
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on why he knew Roots would work and on convincing ABC, headed by Brandon Stoddard, to air the show 02:27
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on the screenplay for Roots being written as the book was being written, and on making it a miniseries 02:21
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on casting Roots, including LeVar Burton as "Kunta Kinte" 03:40
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on the huge success of Roots when it aired in January of 1977 03:57
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on the decision for Roots to have more than one director; on choosing the writers 03:10
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on creating characters for Roots that were not in Alex Haley's book 00:50
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on executive producing Roots: The Next Generations 02:39
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots: The Next Generations
David L. Wolper on Roots winning Emmys 00:36
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
David L. Wolper on producing Roots 28:39
Interview: David L. Wolper | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change