To Begin the World Over Again

The Life of Thomas Paine

FULL CAST AND CREW  
Directed by Haskell Wexler
Written by Ian Ruskin
Produced by Alan Barker
  Stuart MacGuire
  Ian Ruskin
  June Stoddard
  Bob Johnson
  The World Union of Deists
Associate Producers John Hall and
  Julien Minard
Directed for the Stage Shanga Parker
   
CAST  
Elliott Gould Prologue and Narration
Ian Ruskin Thomas Paine
   
CREW  
Director of Photography Haskell Wexler
Cameras Operators Joan Churchill, ASC
  Battiste Fenwick
  Bill Megalos
  Haskell Wexler
Sound Alan Barker
Editor Keith Robinson
Gaffer Robyn Doyno
Stage Manager Aaron Lyons
Set Decoration June Stoddard
Technical Assistance Kevin Lynn
Production Assistant Jessica Richards
Costume Sarah Nash Gates
Wig Joyce Degenfelder
Make-Up Ann Beckette
Sound Design Daniel Castillo
Music Clearances David McLees
   
MUSICIANS  

Joe Romano

Original Soundtrack

Connor Vance Additional Arrangements and Recordings on Violin, Guitar, Mandolin and Double Bass
Matt Scott Additional Recordings on Accordion
Steve Buckley Additional Recordings on Tin Whistle
Bernard Kerboeuf Original music composed – La Prunelle
Capella Augustina Orchestra and
Cologne Vocal Ensemble,
Conducted by Andreas Spering
The Creation composed by Hayden
Graham Moore Tom Paine’s Bones
   

CONSULTANTS

Gary Berton

Jack Fruchtman

Edward Gray

Harvey J. Kaye

Gary B. Nash

ARTWORK

Alte Nationalgalerie

The Art Institute of Chicago

The British Museum

Carnavalet Museum

City of Philadelphia

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

LACMA

Library of Congress

Louvre Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Muséé de Tesseé

National Archives

National Gallery of Ireland

Peabody Essex Museum

White House Collection

Yale University Art Gallery

 

Filmed at the Lillian Theatre, Los Angeles, California in 2016