The Oprah Winfrey Show: 20th Anniversary Collection
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Actor: Alexandra Wentworth, Chris Rock, Gayle King, Nate Berkus, Oprah WinfreyBrand: WINFREY,OPRAH
Producer: Amie Baker
Producer: Amy Craig
Producer: Angie Kraus-Bell
Producer: Byl Carruthers
Producer: John Ennis
Producer: Laura Grant Sillars
Producer: Mollie Allen
Producer: Naomi Grossman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1034 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
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- Condition: Used, Good
- Format: DVD
- Box set; Color; DVD; Widescreen; NTSC
Movie Reviews of The Oprah Winfrey Show: 20th Anniversary Collection
Movie Review: Catch the whisper..
Summary: 5 Stars
When Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 she already had a mountain of obstacles in front of her as a newborn baby... she was born to unwed teenage parents, female, she was black, and she was poor.. not just poor...po!
Oprah's mother was an eighteen-year-old housemaid. Her father, a twenty-year-old doing duty in the armed forces: his name - Vernon Winfrey.
For her first six years, Oprah was raised on a Mississippi farm by her grandmother. Oprah credits living with her grandmother as saving her life.
At the age of six, her mother, Vernita Lee, wanted to care for her young daughter and Oprah was sent to live with her in Milwaukee, from ages six to thirteen. She was raped by a cousin when she nine and later molested by a male friend of her mother's and by an uncle. She never told anyone about the abuse. Instead, she held her anger and pain inside and rebelled, repeatedly running away and getting into trouble.
Her mother elected to put her into a detention home. Fortunately for Oprah, she was denied admission to the home because there were no openings. So, luckily she was sent to live with her father Vernon Winfrey in Nashville. Before she ceased her promiscuous and wild behavior, she became pregnant and gave birth to a stillborn baby boy when she was fourteen. The death of her baby devastated her and she vowed to turn her life around.
Her tv career began in 1973 in Nashville, Tennessee, as WTVF's youngest -- and first-ever African-American -- news anchor, before moving in 1976 to Baltimore's WJZ, where she took over the chat-fest People Are Talking in 1978.
In 1983, Winfrey moved to Chicago to host AM Chicago, which within three years would become The Oprah Winfrey Show, roll out nationally via syndication, to become what it is today.
From an interview on learning from life-- "And what I found is that every time you have to repeat the lesson, it gets worse. I call it God trying to get your attention. The universe trying to get your attention. "Sooo we didn't get your attention the first time. We are going to have to hit you a little harder this time." So I'm still doing it. I'm still learning.
And it seems worse because it gets worse. I say, the universe is always trying to get your attention. Sometimes it starts out -- any major problem you encounter -- as a whisper. By the time it gets to be a storm, you've had a pebble knock you upside the head; you've had a brick; you've had a brick wall; you've had a house fall down. And before you know it, you are in the eye of the storm.
But long before you are in the eye of the storm, you've had many warnings, like little clues. So now my goal in life is not to have to hit the eye of the storm, but to catch it in the whisper. To get it the first time. I think the thing, the one thing that has allowed me to certainly achieve both material success and spiritual success, is the ability to listen to my instinct. I call it my inner voice. It doesn't matter what you call it -- nature, instinct, higher power. It's the ability to understand the difference between what your heart is saying and what your head is saying. I now always go with the heart. Even when my head is saying, 'Oh, but this is the rational thing; this is really what you should do.' I always go with that little... feeling. The feeling. I am where I am today because I have allowed myself to listen to my feelings."
The six-disc collection follows her impressive career, starting with "The Beginning," which outlines the early days of her show; "Heartprints," offering her most emotionally affecting interviews; "Aha!," focusing on moments that provided lessons; and the "Stars, interviews with celebrities. Everything is a highlight.
Harpo Productions full share of the net profits from this DVD's sales gets donated to Oprah's Angel Network.
For me personally, the big moment came after a Dr Phil segment. A woman was planning to commit suicide because she could not process her daughter's violent death 10 years before. Dr Phil turned it around by changing her focus. Then Oprah said afterwards: "I could see that shift in her perceptions."
I realised that that is all I needed to do, at any time, in any situation, is shift my perceptions, and I learned how to do that. Learning NLP offered me further insights into his exact strategy in the situation. That single phrase was one of the impactful on my life of any I heard. That was my major aha moment, but I feel confident you will find many of your own.
If you're like me, another big moment is the interview with Tatum O' Neal. Would you unring the bell on what's happened in your life, considering all that has happened in your life? Oprah's answer is not what you might expect, a lesson to those who have suffered similar experiences, and I hope helpful to Tatum O' Neal. I particularly appreciated the interview with Nelson Mandela, and the Starbucks lady. I think Oprah has realized her childhood dream to be a missionary, particularly with the phenomenal South Africa trip, and her teaching without preaching style has influenced me personally in many ways. I have gotten many insights watching this show. I wonder if this review was helpful.
Summary of The Oprah Winfrey Show: 20th Anniversary Collection
The Stars. The Stories. The Moments. An unprecedented six-disc collection celebrating the 20th Anniversary of The Oprah Winfrey Show, one-on-one with Oprah Winfrey herself. See exclusive never-before-seen footage, never-before-heard thoughts and personal revelations, as Oprah takes a candid, open and look back at all the most memorable moments of 20 years of history-making television. Get the inside story on Oprah's all-time favorite guests, surprises, celebrities and the people that have touched Oprah's heart forever. Share Oprah's personal perspective on the stories that made headlines, the interviews she'll never forget and more! Plus, go on a personal tour of Oprah's home, watch never-before-seen footage from the beginning years of The Oprah Winfrey Show and take an exclusive look behind the scenes of a day in the life of The Oprah Winfrey Show! Twenty extraordinary years...from Oprah to you. Oprah Winfrey will donate 100% of Harpo's profits from the sale of this DVD Collection to Oprah's Angel Network.Behold the power of Oprah. Whether you hate her, worship her, or liked her better when she was overweight, no one can deny the influence Oprah Winfrey has had on television and pop culture at large. Now the two decades of moments have been condensed into a six-disc collection, to benefit her Oprah's Angel Network®. The set kicks off with Oprah's humble beginnings, her most tear-jerking guests, and episodes to equip others, such as defense strategies against attackers, sex offenders, and kidnappers. Each disc has a different set of montages: following her weight gain/loss/gain/loss; her Book Club® ; her serious interviews (Nelson Mandela, John F. Kennedy Jr.); home makeovers; and some of her now-regrettable "firsts" attempts, such as filming a music video and wearing a Tina Turner wig. Each disc also contains highlights of Oprah's celebrity interviews, from "friends" like John Travolta, Maria Shriver, and Julia Roberts, to a couch-jumping Tom Cruise (yes, it?s on there), and the interview with Elizabeth Taylor she calls her all-time worst. She's also very candid about her changing looks and how she handles the tears that flow during taping.
Twenty years have wrought many changes in Oprah's connection with her audience. She started as an effervescent reporter struggling to prove there was room on the talk-show circuit for a black Everywoman (incidentally, it was Roger Ebert who, during a dinner date, suggested she go for syndication). You can see over time how that dynamic changed: Oprah, who claims to shun fame (she always puts quotes around "celebrity" like she doesn't get it), starts wearing it like a badge when she's rolling with the A-listers, as if to let the audience know she can sit at the cool kids' table, but will also bend down to grace you from her pedestal. As a one-woman empire, she knows all too well that she's worshiped by many women in America, and often her guru ways can come off as self-congratulatory. Yet you can't deny her later-years role of fairy godmother has been the most fascinating. One of the only two full-length episodes in the collection involves her journey to South Africa, where she gave gifts to some 50,000 children. (Though oddly, this was paired with the other full-length episode, her opulent 50th birthday party.) She describes how she surprised each member of her studio audience with a brand-new car not because she wanted to shock some people, but because each audience member was selected specifically because they needed one. She rewards hardworking, giving people with lavish gifts they deserve--a home, a Porsche, a college scholarship. Even if you don't watch the show regularly, that aspect alone will pique your admiration. It's almost scary how much power Oprah has, but it's nice to see her using that power for good. --Ellen A. Kim
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