jmfjbf WONDERFUL MOVIE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY. I remember watching this movie on TV, when it originally aired on TV in 1979 when I was a little girl. It had such a great impact on me that I never forgot it years later as a grown woman. I had searched everywhere for this movie. I finally came across it at a public library. Our entire family have enjoyed this movie thoroughly. It is very accurate to history. The actors for the roles were superb. Mr.Gosset and Ms. Uggams and Cole were great. Enjoyed watching all these actors in Roots and enjoyed their performances just as much if not more in this movie. I used this as an educational movie for my children. Kids do not get a lot of US history in schools today like we used to get in the 70's. The only part of the movie that I recall has bad language is in the last disc, which depicts President Truman and as I understand was true to history. However, these few words are mild today compared to other movies with inappropriate language. By the way, did you know that the producer of this movie was also associated with the Little House on the Prairie TV series? Please make more movies like these.

Kathy Wills This mini-series needs to be shown in all schools as well as homes during family viewing. This was one of the BEST shows ever done and I can not wait until November when it gets released on DVD. It would be nice to have commentaries by the actors who are still living included in the set. After this series, there never has been another one that is even close to the class of Backstairs at the White House. This series was so fantastic on so many levels and yet, you never got bored ... on the contrary, you couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next.

GRW-2 Veteran Television Music Composer Morton Stevens, ("Hawaii Five-O", "Police Woman") wrote an outstanding music score for this fine TV mini-series. It featured a beautiful main title theme that really set the tone for each episode. I join the other comments here in hoping that there will be a video release soon of this wonderful show.

di-8 "Backstairs at the White House" is a delicious look at the goings on inside the White House, as well as a few lessons in history. This wonderful series was only aired once to my knowledge, in 1979. This stellar production deserves to be seen again and again, as it is timeless material. Insights into the nature of our past presidents and first ladies as seen through the eyes and experiences of the household staff, offers more unbiased truth than official biographies. The humor, drama and intrigue are all there. I sure hope someone with clout will read these notes and get the message that we want a video of this glorious work.