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Wikipedia article
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| director = Daniel A. Miller
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| language = English
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'Crucible of Empire: The SpanishAmerican War' is a 1999 television documentary film about the SpanishAmerican War and American imperialism at the turn of the 20th century. Produced by the Great Projects Film Company and South Carolina ETV for PBS, it details how the United States' imperial ambitions largely grew out of its war with the Spanish Empire and was the harbinger for the American Century. Directed by Daniel A. Miller, written and produced by Miller and Daniel B. Polin, and narrated by Edward James Olmos, the film first aired on PBS in the United States on August 23, 1999.
Voice cast
*Edward James Olmos as the narrator
*Larry Linville as Theodore Roosevelt
*Laurence Luckinbill as William McKinley
*Lou Diamond Phillips as Emilio Aguinaldo
*Shawn Elliot as Mximo Gmez
*Jeff DeMunn as Richard Harding Davis
*Roger Pretto as Calixto Garca
Interviewees
*Stephen Ambrose, historian
*Robert L. Beisner, author of 'Twelve Against Empire'
*H.W. Brands, historian
*Douglas Brinkley, historian
*Maria Luisa T. Camagay, historian
*Ada Ferrer, historian
*John Gable, biographer of Theodore Roosevelt
*Kevin K. Gaines, historian
*Kristin L. Hoganson, gender historian
*Ricardo T. Jose, military historian
*Franklin W. Knight, Caribbean historian
*Walter LaFeber, historian
*Joyce Milton, author of 'The Yellow Kids'
*David Nasaw, biographer of William Randolph Hearst
*G. J. A. O'Toole, historian
*Louis A. Perez Jr., Cuban historian
*Cesar Aguinaldo Virata, grand-nephew of Emilio Aguinaldo and former Philippine Prime Minister
Critical response
Walter Goodman of 'The New York Times' stated that the SpanishAmerican War "receives colorful treatment tonight [in 'Crucible of Empire'], enlivened with period flavor, political contradictions and populist enthusiasms."
Home media
'Crucible of War' was first released on VHS by PBS Home Video (distributed by Warner Home Video) on November 2, 1999. PBS later released the film on DVD by October 16, 2007.
References
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