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DVD cover for King |
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| Directed by | Abby Mann |
| Produced by | Paul Maslansky |
| Written by | Abby Mann |
| Starring | Paul Winfield Cicely Tyson |
| Music by | Billy Goldenberg |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Editing by | David Berlatsky Byron Brandt Richard C. Meyer |
| Distributed by | NBC |
| Release date(s) | February 12–14, 1978 |
| Running time | 300 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
King is a television miniseries based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the American civil rights leader and 1964 Nobel Laureate. It aired for three consecutive nights on NBC from February 12 through 14, 1978. The miniseries earned nine Emmy Award nominations, including nominations for actors Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson and Ossie Davis.
Several real-life figures from the Civil Rights Movement had minor roles in the production, including then-Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson, King's sister Christine King Farris, his niece Alveda King, and his four children: Yolanda, Martin III, Dexter and Bernice. Donzaleigh Abernathy, Tony Bennett, Julian Bond and Ramsey Clark each portrayed themselves.
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The miniseries was released on DVD on January 11, 2005, nearly 27 years after it first aired on television.
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