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Cast
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Cokie Roberts | As: Self - Host |
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William F. Buckley Jr. | As: Self |
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Walter Cronkite | As: Self |
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John Chancellor | As: Self |
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Phil Donahue | As: Self |
Storyline
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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Cast
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Cokie Roberts |
Self - Host |
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William F. Buckley Jr. |
Self |
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Walter Cronkite |
Self |
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John Chancellor |
Self |
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Phil Donahue |
Self |
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Robert MacNeil |
Self |
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Andrea Mitchell |
Self |
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Al Roker |
Self |
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Forrest Sawyer |
Self |
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Jamey Sheridan |
Daniel Shays |
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Ed Koch |
Mayor of New York City, 1788 |
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James Rebhorn |
Jesse Woodhull |
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Mario Cuomo |
Self |
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault |
Self |
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François Giroday |
Alexander Hamilton |
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Christopher Curry |
John Lansing, Jr. |
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Nesbitt Blaisdell |
Gov. George Clinton |
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Sol Wachtler |
John Jay |
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Drew Snyder |
Demonstrator |
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Joseph Warren |
Robert Yates |
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John C. Vennema |
Robert R. Livingston |
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E.G. Marshall |
Federalist Spokesman |
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Rex Robbins |
Isaac Roosevelt |
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Edwin McDonough |
Donahue Audience Member |
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Richard Bright |
Donahue Audience Member |
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Richard Seff |
Donahue Audience Member |
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William Duell |
Donahue Audience Member |
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MacIntyre Dixon |
Donahue Audience Member |
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Patrick Clear |
Donahue Audience Member |
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Eli Wallach |
Anti-Federalist Spokesman |
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Roberts Blossom |
Melancton Smith |
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Guy Paul |
Convention Secretary |
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Jonathan Bolt |
Anti-Federalist Delegate |
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Stu Daly |
Voice-over Announcer |
Directed By
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Muffie Meyer |
Director |
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Ellen Giffard |
Director |
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Terry Benes |
Assistant Director |
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Brenda Goodman |
Assistant Director |
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Kyle McCarthy |
Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Ronald Blumer |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Ellen Giffard |
Producer |
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Lynn Piasecki |
Associate Producer |
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Muffie Meyer |
Producer |
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Barbara Shapiro |
Casting Director |
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Nicole A. Gordon |
Executive Producer |
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Eve Battaglia |
Casting Assistant |
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Amy Kaufman |
Co-Producer |
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Judy Claman |
Extras Casting |
Edited By
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Alison Ellwood |
Editor |
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Lawrence Silk |
Additional Editing |
Costume and Makeup
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Jo-ann Dumm |
Makeup & Hair |
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Susan Douglas |
Wardrobe Supervisor |
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Mary Jane McCarty |
Costume Designer |
Sound
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Arnold Black |
Original Music Composer |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Ed Marritz |
Director of Photography |
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Robert Achs |
Additional Photography |
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James McCalmont |
Additional Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
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John Wright Stevens |
Art Direction |
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Margaret Peckham |
Assistant Art Director |
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Michael Zande |
Set Dresser |
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Jeanette Oleksa |
Set Decoration |
Other Crew
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