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An Empire of Reason (1988)

ALL 07/03/1988 (en) Documentary, Drama, History 58 Min
  • Release
    07/03/1988
  • Production
    Middlemarch Films
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  • Original title
    An Empire of Reason
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use familiar language to help today's audience understand firsthand the forces that shaped this country two hundred years ago. The argument, characters, passions and debating points are historically accurate, but the language and the medium of the debate is modern in form. Present day newscasters and commentators play themselves, reporting on the events of the 1780s as though they were occurring now.

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  1. Cokie Roberts

    Self - Host

  2. William F. Buckley Jr.

    Self

  3. Walter Cronkite

    Self

  4. John Chancellor

    Self

  5. Phil Donahue

    Self

  6. Robert MacNeil

    Self

  7. Andrea Mitchell

    Self

  8. Al Roker

    Self

  9. Forrest Sawyer

    Self

  10. Jamey Sheridan

    Daniel Shays

  11. Ed Koch

    Mayor of New York City, 1788

  12. James Rebhorn

    Jesse Woodhull

  13. Mario Cuomo

    Self

  14. Charlayne Hunter-Gault

    Self

  15. François Giroday

    Alexander Hamilton

  16. Christopher Curry

    John Lansing, Jr.

  17. Nesbitt Blaisdell

    Gov. George Clinton

  18. Sol Wachtler

    John Jay

  19. Drew Snyder

    Demonstrator

  20. Joseph Warren

    Robert Yates

  21. John C. Vennema

    Robert R. Livingston

  22. E.G. Marshall

    Federalist Spokesman

  23. Rex Robbins

    Isaac Roosevelt

  24. Edwin McDonough

    Donahue Audience Member

  25. Richard Bright

    Donahue Audience Member

  26. Richard Seff

    Donahue Audience Member

  27. William Duell

    Donahue Audience Member

  28. MacIntyre Dixon

    Donahue Audience Member

  29. Patrick Clear

    Donahue Audience Member

  30. Eli Wallach

    Anti-Federalist Spokesman

  31. Roberts Blossom

    Melancton Smith

  32. Guy Paul

    Convention Secretary

  33. Jonathan Bolt

    Anti-Federalist Delegate

  34. Stu Daly

    Voice-over Announcer

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 34 , Crews : 27

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An Empire of Reason (1988) 58 Min

ALL 07/03/1988 (en)
Documentary, Drama, History
  • Release 07/03/1988
  • Production
    Middlemarch Films
  • Original title An Empire of Reason
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use familiar language to help today's audience understand firsthand the forces that shaped this country two hundred years ago. The argument, characters, passions and debating points are historically accurate, but the language and the medium of the debate is modern in form. Present day newscasters and commentators play themselves, reporting on the events of the 1780s as though they were occurring now.

  1. Ellen Giffard, Muffie Meyer

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Alison Ellwood

    Editor

  4. Muffie Meyer, Ellen Giffard

    Producer



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