About
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
Full credits →C
Cokie Roberts
Self - Host
W
William F. Buckley Jr.
Self
W
Walter Cronkite
Self
J
John Chancellor
Self
P
Phil Donahue
Self
R
Robert MacNeil
Self
A
Andrea Mitchell
Self
A
Al Roker
Self
F
Forrest Sawyer
Self
J
Jamey Sheridan
Daniel Shays
E
Ed Koch
Mayor of New York City, 1788
J
James Rebhorn
Jesse Woodhull
M
Mario Cuomo
Self
C
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Self
F
François Giroday
Alexander Hamilton
C
Christopher Curry
John Lansing, Jr.
N
Nesbitt Blaisdell
Gov. George Clinton
D
Drew Snyder
Demonstrator
J
John C. Vennema
Robert R. Livingston
E
E.G. Marshall
Federalist Spokesman