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An Empire of Reason

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Calorie Rating: 81
Released: 1988-07-03
Running Time: 58 Minutes
Homepage: https://middlemarch.com/film/an-empire-of-reason/
Studios: Middlemarch Films,


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.

Director / Directors

Brenda Goodman
Assistant Director

Kyle McCarthy
Assistant Director
Terry Benes
Assistant Director


Cast

Cokie Roberts
Character: Self - Host
William F. Buckley Jr.
Character: Self
Walter Cronkite
Character: Self

John Chancellor
Character: Self
Phil Donahue
Character: Self
Robert MacNeil
Character: Self

Andrea Mitchell
Character: Self
Al Roker
Character: Self
Forrest Sawyer
Character: Self

Jamey Sheridan
Character: Daniel Shays
Ed Koch
Character: Mayor of New York City, 1788
James Rebhorn
Character: Jesse Woodhull

Mario Cuomo
Character: Self
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Character: Self
François Giroday
Character: Alexander Hamilton

Christopher Curry
Character: John Lansing, Jr.
Nesbitt Blaisdell
Character: Gov. George Clinton
Sol Wachtler
Character: John Jay

Drew Snyder
Character: Demonstrator
Joseph Warren
Character: Robert Yates
John C. Vennema
Character: Robert R. Livingston

E.G. Marshall
Character: Federalist Spokesman
Rex Robbins
Character: Isaac Roosevelt
Edwin McDonough
Character: Donahue Audience Member

Richard Bright
Character: Donahue Audience Member
Richard Seff
Character: Donahue Audience Member
William Duell
Character: Donahue Audience Member

MacIntyre Dixon
Character: Donahue Audience Member
Patrick Clear
Character: Donahue Audience Member
Eli Wallach
Character: Anti-Federalist Spokesman

Roberts Blossom
Character: Melancton Smith
Guy Paul
Character: Convention Secretary
Jonathan Bolt
Character: Anti-Federalist Delegate

Stu Daly
Character: Voice-over Announcer


Production and Crew

Arnold Black
Original Music Composer
Lynn Piasecki
Associate Producer


Ed Marritz
Director of Photography
Michael Zande
Set Dresser
Nicole A. Gordon
Executive Producer

Jeanette Oleksa
Set Decoration
Mary Jane McCarty
Costume Designer
Jo-ann Dumm
Makeup & Hair

Amy J. Kaufman
Co-Producer
Robert Achs
Additional Photography
Eve Battaglia
Casting Assistant

Susan Douglas
Wardrobe Supervisor
Judy Claman
Extras Casting
Barbara Shapiro
Casting Director

Lawrence Silk
Additional Editing
Margaret Peckham
Assistant Art Director

James McCalmont
Additional Photography