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TechnoTV - Chiefs Tv-Mini Series
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Manufacturer: Starmaker Entertainment
Starring: Charlton Heston, Keith Carradine, Brad Davis, Wayne Rogers, Billy Dee Williams
Directed By: Jerry London
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302550429
Format: Box set
ISBN: 6302550424
Label: Starmaker Entertainment
Manufacturer: Starmaker Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Starmaker Entertainment
Release Date: 1990-10-01
Running Time: 200
Studio: Starmaker Entertainment
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Summary: Chiefs
Comment: My father helped set up the stage, and also appeared in this movie, alot of my grandmothers things were used in this movie, several of which I have. I am looking for a vhs of the movie as my father passed away in Oct. of this year and we can't find the copy of the original vhs he had. It was a great old fashion movie.
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Summary: Old South Gives Way to the New South
Comment: This film is set in a small Georgia town, involves a little kid who grows up to be Governor of the State, and develops a social conscience that takes him away from the segregationist ways that prevailed during his childhood. Remind you of anyone? Jimmy Carter comes to mind. The parallels are not exact, but I think they are there.
In one tiny respect, the mini-series mischaracterizes the old Southern society. Near the beginning, a white teenager is being flogged by the Klan to teach him not to "inbreed with niggers." Racially speaking, they have it backwards. No one cared what white men did with black girls; it was the fear of black men having sex with white girls that people got excited about back then.
But the young man is part of the larger plot and is one of those who are mysteriously murdered. The effort to investigate those murders is what leads two of the police chiefs to their deaths. In that respect, the mini-series is fascinating, because it shows the interplay of the old Southern society, the struggle to overcome injustice (both racial and otherwise), and eventually succeed. So, despite the minor historical error, I will give it five stars. It is well worth watching.
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Summary: Excellent mystery and social commentary!
Comment: I first saw this miniseries when I was 13 years old and I can still watch it over and over! It's a great story about a series of murders in ficticious Delano Georgia that span a 40+ year period and the three police chiefs who work to solve them. The series begins in the early 1920s and the first chief is Will Henry Lee (Wayne Rogers), an easygoing and fair minded family man who is respected by Delano's white and black communities. Lee comes close to solving the case until something unfortunate happens (no spoilers here). The series fast forwards to 1945 at the end of WWII and the next chief is Sonny Butts (Brad Davis), a despicable racist who is appointed when the previous chief dies of a sudden heart attack. Butts is hardly qualified to be chief but is apparently put in his position to keep Delano's black community in line. His wishes to solve the murders pales in comparison to his obsession with doing away with Marshall Peters (Danny Glover), a black businessman who is also the unofficial leader of Delano's black community. Butts also comes close to solving the case until he too is thwarted.
We next go to 1962 and the third chief is Tyler Watts (Billy Dee Williams), a black military police officer whose appointment is pushed by Lieutenant Governor Billy Lee (Stephen Collins), former Chief Will Henry's son. In spite of the racism directed toward him from the community and other law enforcement officials (including a bumbling officer who profiles him as a car thief only to have his face hit the floor when he finds out that his suspect is the chief), Watts doesn't back down or lose his focus. He later proves his detractors wrong and the ending is very heart touching.
"Chiefs" was very well acted for a TV miniseries. Brad Davis' portrayal of Sonny Butts is as real and convincing as you'll find and Billy Dee Williams' bold confrontations with the local bigots, the sheriff and others remind me so much of Sidney Poitier from "In The Heat Of The Night" that it gets me out of my seat when I see it. Seeing him getting his officers in line and drilling them after they initially accuse him of being a car thief is classic. Other fine performances are given by Charlton Heston as town founder Hugh Holmes (who also narrates the series), Keith Carradine as dog breeder/murderer "Foxy" Funderburke and Stephen Collins as Billy Lee. It's not exactly the classic mystery/social commentary that "In The Heat Of The Night" was but for a miniseries, it comes very close.
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Summary: great historical epic
Comment: chief's tells the storey of a small southern area, and the generations of people, the interactions of the towns people affected, and the horrible secret yet to be uncovered
from it's past. charlton heston, brad davis and billy dee williams give stand out performances in this police tale
which spans 40 yr's.
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Summary: The book was really good too
Comment: I just finished reading the book "Chiefs" and decided to try and find the movie and compare the two. I personally think that books are better because movies leave out too much vital information. I recommend Stuart Woods' books to anyone that likes to read.
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