A More Perfect Union: America Becomes a Nation (1989)
America Becomes a Nation
111 min
Become an eyewitness to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. This stirring 2-hour film will bring the Founding Fathers to life as you witness the struggles and the miracles that produced the Constitution of the United States and the freest nation on earth. Filmed on location at Independence Hall; Williamsburg, Virginia; and other historical sites, it dramatically chronicles how America became a nation. It is exciting drama of the best kind-fact, rather than fiction. "It brings the history books to life," writes one reviewer. "Dramatically moving, and visually handsome," says another. Officially recognized by the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, who cited the film as being "of exceptional merit."
- Release date
- January 7, 1989
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Kurt Bestor
Cast
- Craig Wasson as James Madison
- Michael McGuire as George Washington
- Morgan White as George Mason
- Bruce Newbold as Edmund Randolph
- Lael Woodbury as George Wythe
- Fredd Wayne as Benjamin Franklin
- James Walsh as James Wilson
- James Arrington as Gouverneur Morris
- J. Scott Bronson as Robert Morris
- Roderick Cook as Nathaniel Gorham
Crew
- Peter N. Johnson · Director
- Tim Slover · Writer
- Thomas Lefler · Writer
- James Arrington · Writer
- Helene Holt · Writer
- Nicholas J. Gasdik · Producer
- Peter N. Johnson · Producer
- Kurt Bestor · Composer
- Gordon Lonsdale · Cinematographer
- Peter G. Czerny · Editor
- Scott Wilkinson · Casting director
- Richard Jamison · Production designer