Overwhelmed by my enthusiasm for film-making and lacking caution, as usual, I agreed to direct an episode ( there are four, each 90 minutes) of a remake of the TV series of Roots. The original series premiered in 1977 and reached an audience of 130 million.
I should have been more wary when I read the script as it had a large cast, three big action scenes and a double hanging.
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Bruce Beresford is a regular contributor to The Spectator Australia
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