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2012 American miniseries docudrama

The Men Who Built America
Region ane DVD cover
Genre	Biography, Docudrama
Written by	Randy Counsman Stephen David Patrick Reams David C. White Alec Michod Ed Fields John Fahy Keith Palmer
Directed by	Patrick Reams, Ruán Magan
Starring	David Donahoe Matt Boliek Adam Jonas Segaller Cary Donaldson John C. Bailey Eric Rolland Justin Morck
Narrated past	Campbell Scott
Theme music composer	"Save My Soul" by Blues Saraceno
Original linguistic communication	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Cinematography	Richard V. Lopez Brian O'Carroll
Editors	Tim W. Kelly Jonathan Soule Beatrice Sisul Tina Pacheco John Kilgour Sheri Bylander
Product company	Stephen David Entertainment
Release
Original network	History
Original release	October xvi, 2012 (2012-10-xvi)
Chronology
Followed by	The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen The Titans That Built America

The Men Who Built America (as well known as The Innovators: The Men Who Built America in some international markets) is an 8-hour, 4-part miniseries docudrama which was originally circulate on the History Aqueduct in the Fall of 2012, and on the History Channel United kingdom in Spring of 2013. The series focuses on the lives of Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Henry Ford. It tells how their industrial innovations and business organization empires revolutionized modern society. The series is directed past Patrick Reams and Ruán Magan and is narrated by Campbell Scott. It averaged ii.6 million full viewers (1.2 million adults 25–54 and 1 million adults 18–49) across four nights.

Cast [edit]

In alphabetical order:

William Jennings Bryan – James Kidd
Andrew Carnegie – (The Elder) – Adam Jonas Segaller
- Andrew Carnegie – (The Younger) – AJ Achinger
Thomas Edison – Justin Morck
James Fisk – Kenneth Cavett
Henry Ford – Cary Donaldson
Henry Clay Frick – John C. Bailey
Jay Gould – Cameron McNary
William McKinley – Dan Odell
J. P. Morgan – (The Elder) – Ray Reynolds
- J. P. Morgan – (The Younger) – Eric Rolland
Junius Spencer Morgan – Daniel Berkey
John D. Rockefeller – Tim Getman
Theodore Roosevelt – Joseph Wiegand
Charles Thou. Schwab – John Keabler
Thomas A. Scott – Don Meehan
Nikola Tesla – Alex Falberg
Cornelius Vanderbilt – David Donahoe
William Henry Vanderbilt – Michael Chmiel
George Westinghouse – Einar Gunn

Episodes [edit]

Note: The series consists of viii 1-60 minutes episodes; for Idiot box they were combined into 4 two-hour episodes.

Reception [edit]

Neil Genzlinger from The New York Times observed that the series did not contain startling revelations about its master subjects, although certainly gave them a modern-mean solar day relevance.^[i]

Linda Holmes writing for NPR ridiculed the series for irksome presentation, corny re-enactments and ineffective narration. She criticized the production for feeling "a lot like a tricked-out version of an elementary school filmstrip" and suggested that the serial might be pop amongst those who accepted Donald Trump as 1 of the experts.^[2]

Geoff Berkshire from Variety criticized the series for "overblown recreations backed past bombastic music, combined with tepid performances by the re-enactors and rudimentary writing". Mentioning the series' "ostentatious style [that] begins to grate inside the first 30 minutes", he scorned "the talking heads [that] just feel like filler" and the particular manner of padding out the runtime when "the viewers are subjected to the customary recap of the previous segment after every ad suspension." He concluded that unlike the game-changing icons it intended to celebrate, the series failed to get out its marking.^[3]

Verne Gay from Newsday gave the series "C" grade for "self-serving, obvious or of the fortune cookie diverseness" tips dispensed by the guests and for the lack of subtlety and historic context. On another hand, he praised the well-produced, although oft static, recreations.^[4]

On Metacritic the series has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[five]

Home media release [edit]

The miniseries has been released past The History Channel on January 22, 2013, in a 3-disc set in both DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats.^[6]

References [edit]

^ Genzlinger, Neil (xv Oct 2012). "Then every bit Now, Businessmen Bent on Power". The New York Times . Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Holmes, Linda (15 October 2012). "Money Is the Object and the Subject in History'southward 'The Men Who Congenital America'". Pop Culture Happy Hour. NPR. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Berkshire, Geoff (15 Oct 2012). "The Men Who Built America". Variety . Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Gay, Verne (xv October 2012). "'Men Who Congenital America' review: History dud". Newsday . Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ "The Men Who Built America". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^ Lambert, David (Nov 30, 2012). "The Men Who Built America (mini-series) – Blu-rays, DVDs for This October's History Channel Miniseries". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on December two, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.