An Empire of Reason
Original title: An Empire of Reason
Original language: enIMDB:
TMDB: 1292680
Release date: Sunday, 3rd July 1988
Adult: No
Duration: 0h 58min
Popularity: 2.037
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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.
Popularity: 2.037
Rate:
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.
Directors
Muffie Meyer
(Director)
(Director)Ellen Giffard
(Director)
(Director)Writers
Ronald Blumer
(Writer)
(Writer)Cast
Cokie Roberts
(Self - Host)
(Self - Host)William F. Buckley Jr.
(Self)
(Self)Walter Cronkite
(Self)
(Self)John Chancellor
(Self)
(Self)Phil Donahue
(Self)
(Self)Robert MacNeil
(Self)
(Self)Andrea Mitchell
(Self)
(Self)Al Roker
(Self)
(Self)Forrest Sawyer
(Self)
(Self)Jamey Sheridan
(Daniel Shays)
(Daniel Shays)Ed Koch
(Mayor of New York City, 1788)
(Mayor of New York City, 1788)James Rebhorn
(Jesse Woodhull)
(Jesse Woodhull)Mario Cuomo
(Self)
(Self)Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Self)
(Self)François Giroday (Alexander Hamilton)
(Alexander Hamilton)Christopher Curry
(John Lansing, Jr.)
(John Lansing, Jr.)Nesbitt Blaisdell
(Gov. George Clinton)
(Gov. George Clinton)Sol Wachtler (John Jay)
(John Jay)Drew Snyder
(Demonstrator)
(Demonstrator)Joseph Warren (Robert Yates)
(Robert Yates)John C. Vennema
(Robert R. Livingston)
(Robert R. Livingston)E.G. Marshall
(Federalist Spokesman)
(Federalist Spokesman)Rex Robbins (Isaac Roosevelt)
(Isaac Roosevelt)Edwin McDonough (Donahue Audience Member)
(Donahue Audience Member)Richard Bright
(Donahue Audience Member)
(Donahue Audience Member)Richard Seff (Donahue Audience Member)
(Donahue Audience Member)William Duell
(Donahue Audience Member)
(Donahue Audience Member)MacIntyre Dixon
(Donahue Audience Member)
(Donahue Audience Member)Patrick Clear
(Donahue Audience Member)
(Donahue Audience Member)Eli Wallach
(Anti-Federalist Spokesman)
(Anti-Federalist Spokesman)Roberts Blossom
(Melancton Smith)
(Melancton Smith)Guy Paul (Convention Secretary)
(Convention Secretary)Jonathan Bolt
(Anti-Federalist Delegate)
(Anti-Federalist Delegate)Stu Daly (Voice-over Announcer)
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