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.
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
