An Empire of Reason

An Empire of Reason (1988)


  • Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1988-07-03
  • Runtime: 0h 58min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Middlemarch Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Ellen Giffard, Muffie Meyer.

Summary

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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  • Cokie Roberts

    as Self - Host

  • William F. Buckley Jr.

    as Self

  • Walter Cronkite

    as Self

  • John Chancellor

    as Self

  • Phil Donahue

    as Self

  • Robert MacNeil

    as Self

  • Andrea Mitchell

    as Self

  • Al Roker

    as Self

  • Forrest Sawyer

    as Self

  • Jamey Sheridan

    as Daniel Shays

  • Ed Koch

    as Mayor of New York City, 1788

  • James Rebhorn

    as Jesse Woodhull

  • Mario Cuomo

    as Self

  • Charlayne Hunter-Gault

    as Self

  • François Giroday

    as Alexander Hamilton

  • Christopher Curry

    as John Lansing, Jr.

  • Nesbitt Blaisdell

    as Gov. George Clinton

  • Sol Wachtler

    as John Jay

  • Drew Snyder

    as Demonstrator

  • Joseph Warren

    as Robert Yates

  • John C. Vennema

    as Robert R. Livingston

  • E.G. Marshall

    as Federalist Spokesman

  • Rex Robbins

    as Isaac Roosevelt

  • Edwin McDonough

    as Donahue Audience Member

  • Richard Bright

    as Donahue Audience Member

  • Richard Seff

    as Donahue Audience Member

  • William Duell

    as Donahue Audience Member

  • MacIntyre Dixon

    as Donahue Audience Member

  • Patrick Clear

    as Donahue Audience Member

  • Eli Wallach

    as Anti-Federalist Spokesman

  • Roberts Blossom

    as Melancton Smith

  • Guy Paul

    as Convention Secretary

  • Jonathan Bolt

    as Anti-Federalist Delegate

  • Stu Daly

    as Voice-over Announcer
Directing Ellen Giffard Director
Directing Muffie Meyer Director
Production Muffie Meyer Producer
Production Ellen Giffard Producer
Camera Ed Marritz Director of Photography
Editing Alison Ellwood Editor
Sound Arnold Black Original Music Composer
Production Lynn Piasecki Associate Producer
Art John Wright Stevens Art Direction
Production Barbara Shapiro Casting Director
Production Eve Battaglia Casting Assistant
Production Judy Claman Extras Casting
Editing Lawrence Silk Additional Editing
Art Margaret Peckham Assistant Art Director
Art Jeanette Oleksa Set Decoration
Art Michael Zande Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up Mary Jane McCarty Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Susan Douglas Wardrobe Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Jo-ann Dumm Makeup & Hair
Production Amy J. Kaufman Co-Producer
Writing Ronald Blumer Writer
Production Nicole A. Gordon Executive Producer
Directing Brenda Goodman Assistant Director
Directing Kyle McCarthy Assistant Director
Directing Terry Benes Assistant Director
Camera Robert Achs Additional Photography
Camera James McCalmont Additional Photography

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