📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1988-07-03
⌚ Running Time:
58 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
0.0
Beloved Cast
Self - Host
Cokie Roberts
Self
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
Daniel Shays
Jamey Sheridan
Mayor of New York City, 1788
Ed Koch
Jesse Woodhull
James Rebhorn
Self
Mario Cuomo
Self
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Alexander Hamilton
François Giroday
John Lansing, Jr.
Christopher Curry
Gov. George Clinton
Nesbitt Blaisdell
John Jay
Sol Wachtler
Demonstrator
Drew Snyder
Robert Yates
Joseph Warren
Robert R. Livingston
John C. Vennema
Federalist Spokesman
E.G. Marshall
Isaac Roosevelt
Rex Robbins
Donahue Audience Member
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
Anti-Federalist Spokesman
Eli Wallach
Melancton Smith
Roberts Blossom
Convention Secretary
Guy Paul
Anti-Federalist Delegate
Jonathan Bolt
Voice-over Announcer
Stu Daly
