The Donner Party
Brief Synopsis
A documentary recounting the plight of the people trapped in the Sierra Nevadas in the winter of 1846 on the infamous trek to California by the Donner and Reed families.
Cast & Crew
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Ric Burns
Director
David Mccullough
Narrator
Kenneth Kosek
Performer
Eric Weissberg
Performer
Donal Mccann
Voice
Paul Roebling
Voice
Film Details
Also Known As
American Experience (10/28/92), The, Donner Party
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1992
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Synopsis
A documentary recounting the plight of the people trapped in the Sierra Nevadas in the winter of 1846 on the infamous trek to California by the Donner and Reed families.
Director
Ric Burns
Director
Cast
David Mccullough
Narrator
Kenneth Kosek
Performer
Eric Weissberg
Performer
Donal Mccann
Voice
Paul Roebling
Voice
Timothy Hutton
Voice
George Plimpton
Voice
John Fahey
Performer
Frances Sternhagen
Voice
J. D. Cannon
Voice
Brian Keane
Performer
William Galison
Performer
Lois Smith
Voice
Harold Budd
Performer
Amy Madigan
Voice
Gene Jones
Voice
John Boswell
Performer
Eli Wallach
Voice
Crew
Lisa Ades
Producer
John Alagna
Titles And Opticals
John E. Allen
Other
Thomas Andrews
Consultant
Ron Bach
Music
Angelo Badalamenti
Theme Music
Edward Barteski
Assistant Editor
Edward Barteski
Assistant Sound Editor
Chet Bridgeman
Other
Donald Buck
Consultant
Harold Budd
Music
Ric Burns
Producer
Ric Burns
Writer
Matthew Butcher
Associate Producer
Frank Capria
Post-Production
Judy Crichton
Executive Producer
George Davis
Animation Photography
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John J Dowdell
Film To Tape Transfer
Margaret Drain
Producer
Nancy Farrell
Other
Jane Feinberg
Researcher
Mary E Fenton
On-Line Editor
Mari Lou Granger
Other
Donald L Hardesty
Consultant
Letty Hummel
Other
Thomas H Hunt
Consultant
Brian Keane
Music Arranger
Brian Keane
Music
Alison Kennedy
Graphic Designer
Joseph A King
Consultant
Charles Kuskin
Theme Music
Larry Lecain
Production
Patrick Nelson Limerick
Consultant
Steve Longstreth
Sound
Jim Madden
Titles
Merrill J Mattes
Consultant
Bob Mccausland
Production
Allen Moore
Cinematographer
Susan Mottau
Line Producer
Eileen Mulvey
Post-Production
Noelle Penraat
Other
Chris Pullman
Graphic Designer
David Pultz
Color Timer
Judith Quain
Producer
Richard Rhodes
Consultant
Max Rudin
Consultant
Ann Scott
Other
Bruce Shaw
Editor
Christine Shen
Unit Manager
Roger Sherman
Sound
Lleywellyn Smith
Editor
Richard Snow
Creative Consultant
Ira Spiegel
Sound Editor
Buddy Squires
Sound
Buddy Squires
Cinematographer
Wallace Stegner
Consultant
John L Sullivan
Production
Lou Verrico
Sound Recordist
Geoffrey C Ward
Creative Consultant
Dan Watson
On-Line Editor
Christopher White
Apprentice
Adrienne Wollman
Other
Film Details
Also Known As
American Experience (10/28/92), The, Donner Party
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1992
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
