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The Men Who Built America Changing the Game (2012) Online
2012 Campbell Scott David Nasaw Donald Trump Ruan Magan Patrick Reams
Original Title :
Changing the Game
Genre :
TV Episode / Documentary / Biography / History
Year :
2012
Directror :
Ruan Magan,Patrick Reams
Cast :
Campbell Scott,David Nasaw,Donald Trump
Writer :
Randy Counsman,Stephen David
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
44min
Rating :
8.3/10

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The Men Who Built America Changing the Game (2012) Online

Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Morgan have gone unmonitored for decades, but American politicians are about to change that. They want these men to fall into line under government control. The men, some lifelong enemies, come together with a plan to buy the White House by donating the modern day equivalent of $30 million dollars to Ohio Governor, William McKinley. McKinley intends to repay his backers; he repeals regulation after regulation to allow them the freedom to do unimaginable things without consequence or impediment. Morgan and Carnegie create US Steel, the first billion dollar company while Rockefeller takes control of 90% of North American oil.
Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Campbell Scott Campbell Scott - Himself - Narrator (voice)
David Nasaw David Nasaw - Himself - Carnegie Biographer
Donald Trump Donald Trump - Himself - Real Estate Mogul
Maury Klein Maury Klein - Himself - Business Historian
H.W. Brands H.W. Brands - Himself - Historian
Jennifer Tonkovich Jennifer Tonkovich - Herself - The Morgan Library & Museum
Richard Parsons Richard Parsons - Himself - Former Chairman, Time Warner
Russell Simmons Russell Simmons - Himself - Co-Founder, Def Jam
Mark Cuban Mark Cuban - Himself - Owner, Dallas Mavericks
Jerry Weintraub Jerry Weintraub - Himself - Hollywood Producer
Jill Jonnes Jill Jonnes - Herself - Historian
Donny Deutsch Donny Deutsch - Himself - Advertising Mogul
Carly Fiorina Carly Fiorina - Herself - Former CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Steve Case Steve Case - Himself - Co-Founder, AOL
Jim Cramer Jim Cramer - Himself - Former Hedge Fund Manager


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Shomeshet

The basic theme of this episode is power--not just in a metaphorical sense but actual. This is because the show has to do with electricity and the internal combustion engine. Most of the show is about J.P. Moran and his partnership with Thomas Edison to electrify America. However, while Edison was very smart, he also was pig- headed (something only vaguely alluded to in the show). His insistence that they use direct current was problematic (it could only be sent a short distance--necessitating LOTS of small plants all throughout the city--something oddly omitted from the show) and put him at odds with George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla who promoted alternating current. In addition to this, Rockefeller finds out a use for a useless byproduct of his oil production...gasoline!

Overall, well done for the most part but the differences and advantages between alternating and direct current was never actually explained--making the choice to electrify the Columbian Exhibition of 1893 with alternating current a bit perplexing. Still, well made and interesting.