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An Empire of Reason
58min
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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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Original Title
An Empire of Reason
Runtime (Duration)
58min
Directors
Release Year
1988
Country
United States of America
Official Website
https://middlemarch.com/film/an-empire-of-reason/Casting
Actors

Cokie Roberts
Self - Host

William F. Buckley Jr.
Self

Walter Cronkite
Self

John Chancellor
Self

Phil Donahue
Self
Robert MacNeil
Self

Andrea Mitchell
Self

Al Roker
Self

Forrest Sawyer
Self

Jamey Sheridan
Daniel Shays

Ed Koch
Mayor of New York City, 1788

James Rebhorn
Jesse Woodhull

Mario Cuomo
Self
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self

François Giroday
Alexander Hamilton

Christopher Curry
John Lansing, Jr.

Nesbitt Blaisdell
Gov. George Clinton
Sol Wachtler
John Jay

Drew Snyder
Demonstrator
Joseph Warren
Robert Yates

John C. Vennema
Robert R. Livingston

E.G. Marshall
Federalist Spokesman

Rex Robbins
Isaac Roosevelt
Edwin McDonough
Donahue Audience Member

Richard Bright
Donahue Audience Member
Richard Seff
Donahue Audience Member

William Duell
Donahue Audience Member

MacIntyre Dixon
Donahue Audience Member

Patrick Clear
Donahue Audience Member

Eli Wallach
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
Crew

Muffie Meyer
DIRECTOR

Ellen Giffard
DIRECTOR
Ronald Blumer
WRITER
Arnold Black
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
Nicole A. Gordon
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Ellen Giffard
PRODUCER

Muffie Meyer
PRODUCER
Ed Marritz
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Lynn Piasecki
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Alison Ellwood
EDITOR
John Wright Stevens
ART DIRECTION
Barbara Shapiro
CASTING DIRECTOR
Lawrence Silk
ADDITIONAL EDITING
Margaret Peckham
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
Terry Benes
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Brenda Goodman
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Kyle McCarthy
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Eve Battaglia
CASTING ASSISTANT
Jo-ann Dumm
MAKEUP & HAIR
Amy J. Kaufman
CO-PRODUCER
Susan Douglas
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
Mary Jane McCarty
COSTUME DESIGNER
Judy Claman
EXTRAS CASTING
Robert Achs
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
James McCalmont
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Michael Zande
SET DRESSER
Jeanette Oleksa
SET DECORATION
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