The men who built America

David, Stephen, (television producer,, screenwriter.). Reams, Patrick, (television director,, screenwriter.). Palmer, Keith, (screenwriter,, television producer.). Counsman, Randy, (screenwriter.). Fields, Ed, (screenwriter.). White, David C., 1982- (screenwriter,, television producer.). Allen, Glenn, (television producer.). Friedlander, Richard, (television producer.). Burstein, Brian, (television producer.). Magan, Ruán, (television director.). Hoogstra, Dirk, (television producer.). McCarroll, Russ, (television producer.). Cabana, Paul, (television producer.). Burns, Kristen, (television producer.). Scott, Campbell, (narrator.). Donahoe, David, (actor.). Donaldson, Cary (Actor), (actor.). Falberg, Alex, (actor.). Getman, Tim, (actor.). Klein, Fritz, 1948- (actor.). Morck, Justin, 1983- (actor.). Reynolds, Ray, 1953- (actor.). Rolland, Eric, (actor.). Segaller, Adam Jonas, (actor.). Lopez, Richard V. (Cinematographer), (director of photography.). Lomofsky, Sharon, (production designer.). Solo, Ernesto, (production designer.). Beers, Sarah, (costume designer.). Kelly, Tim W., (film editor.). Soule, Jonathan, (film editor.). Sisul, Beatrice, (film editor.). Pacheco, Tina, (film editor.). Kilgour, John (Film editor), (film editor.). Bylander, Sheri, (film editor.). O'Carroll, Brian (Cinematographer), (director of photography.). Vanacore, David, (composer (expression)). Stephen David Entertainment, (production company.). Brainstorm Digital (Firm), (production company.). Arts and Entertainment Network, (broadcaster.). Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm), (film distributor.). History (Television network), (broadcaster.). Narrated by Campbell Scott ; cast, John C. Bailey (Henry Frick), Michael Chmiel (William Vanderbilt), David Donahoe (Cornelius Vanderbilt), Cary Donaldson (Henry Ford), John M. Dow (old John D. Rockefeller), Alex Falberg (Nikola Tesla), Tim Getman (John D. Rockefeller), Richard F. Klein (Abraham Lincoln), Justin Mork (Thomas Edison), Dan Odell (President William McKinley), Ray Reynolds (old J.P. Morgan), Eric Rolland (J.P. Morgan), Ed Schiff (old Andrew Carnegie), Adam Segaller (Andrew Carnegie), Joseph Wiegand (Teddy Roosevelt). (Cast).

Summary: Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.

Item details

Physical Description: videodisc
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: 3-disc collection.
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : A & E Television Networks, LLC, [2012]
Distributor: Santa Monica, Calif. : Distributed by Lionsgate Entertainment
Copyright: ©2012

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Originally broadcast as a mini-series on the History channel in 2012; copyright held by A & E Television Networks. "Includes all 8 episodes on 3 discs"--Container. Special features: Disc 1: Andrew Carnegie; Rich to richer; Trailers. Disc 2: The American dream; Monopoly. Disc 3: Competitive nature; The every man; The rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt; Traits of a titan.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. A new war begins; Oil strike; A rivalry is born; bonus footage (135 min.) -- disc 2. Blood is spilled; A new rival emerges; Owning it all; bonus footage (135 min.) -- disc. 3. Taking the White House; The new machine; bonus footage (90 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Richard V. Lopez ; production designers, Sharon Lomofsky, Ernesto Solo ; costume designer, Sarah Beers ; lead editors, Tim W. Kelly, Jonathan Soule, Beatrice Sisul ; editors, Tina Pacheco, John Kilgour, Sheri Bylander ; director of photography, Brian O'Carroll ; music, David Vanacore.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Campbell Scott ; cast, John C. Bailey (Henry Frick), Michael Chmiel (William Vanderbilt), David Donahoe (Cornelius Vanderbilt), Cary Donaldson (Henry Ford), John M. Dow (old John D. Rockefeller), Alex Falberg (Nikola Tesla), Tim Getman (John D. Rockefeller), Richard F. Klein (Abraham Lincoln), Justin Mork (Thomas Edison), Dan Odell (President William McKinley), Ray Reynolds (old J.P. Morgan), Eric Rolland (J.P. Morgan), Ed Schiff (old Andrew Carnegie), Adam Segaller (Andrew Carnegie), Joseph Wiegand (Teddy Roosevelt).
System Details Note:	DVD format; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; 1.78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language Note:	In English with Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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Ford, Henry 1863-1947
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Tesla, Nikola 1856-1943
Vanderbilt, William H. (William Henry) 1821-1885
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison) 1839-1937
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