Mayday
2003 · Documentary · Drama
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American Genius
Behind every great genius was a great rival - an unstoppable adversary whose incredible vision, determination, and ambition is their match. Out of their struggles came the world's most brilliant inventions, the spoils of the heated battle between competitors.
The story
Behind every great genius was a great rival - an unstoppable adversary whose incredible vision, determination, and ambition is their match. Out of their struggles came the world's most brilliant inventions, the spoils of the heated battle between competitors.
Cast
Jeff WilburnSelf - Narrator (voice)
Mark FalvoNASA Official · Government Official · Lab Assistant · Reporter
Johnna LearyCurtiss Spectator · IBM Executive · New York City Woman
Evan I. SchwartzSelf
Chuck TaberApple Employee
Don Meehan JrHorace Smith · Horace Smith (2015)
Nicholas Chase ApplegateBusinessman with Breifcase · Race Official
John Hawthorne SmithAlexei Leonov · Larry Tesler
Vaughn BullardEdison Electric Board Member · Bar Patron
Vince EisensonYoung Xerox Suit · Xerox Suit
Will SteckmanUnion Soldier · U.S. Soldier
Gary AyashReporter · Bar Patron
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Lawrence DerxHeisenberg Colleague · Edison Scientist
Chaz RiddleCharles Peck · Lab assistant
Joseph VarcaSteve Jobs
Artie BrennanPaul Allen
Scott BolgerForeman
Philip J RossiBill Gates
William H. PowerDr. James Eason
Biz StoneSelf
Jake SwingTim Paterson
John Wilkins IIIJobs' Doctor
Edgar FoxOrville Wright
Sam JulesYoung Wilbur Wright
Xander CrowellYoung Orville Wright
Marc GoodmanRace Official
Donald ImmGovernment Official
Brian LeiderWilbur Wright
Daniel Van ThomasGlenn Curtiss
Faron SalisburyLt. Selfridge
Kurt VogelsangHenry Ford
Jeffrey KlemmerSolomon Carvalho
Sheri LahrisNewspaper Editor
Joe MeninoMorrill Goddard
Richard SpencerJohn Sculley
Jack ChampionKid Blink
Hugh ScullyJoseph Pulitzer
Teagan HeeschYoung Daniel Wesson
John KeablerWilliam Randolph Hearst
Karn FordKate Pulitzer
Apryl CrowellWinniford Black
Michael ChmielYoung Pulitzer
Raffaela O'NeillEvangelina
Lisa WasselNewspaper Editor
Todd MazzieKarl Decker
Emma Jean DeliaPem Farnsworth
Tyler HerwickYoung David Sarnoff
John RamaineCrocker
Will SarrattPhilo Farnsworth
Stelio SavanteDavid Sarnoff
Daniel OlsonSergei Korolev
Jon BoatwrightWalt Disney
Brandon deSpainVasily Mishin
Daren DonofrioYuri Gagarin
Tim DuquetteNikita Khrushchev
Francis FrenchSelf
Charles GreenAl Munier
Corey MaherWerner Von Braun
Tim Perez-RossCol. Holger Toftoy
Eric SupenskyAndrei Grenchko
Adam Jonas SegallerSamuel Colt
Philip GueretteDaniel Wesson
John ByrneEdwin Wesson
Ashley HlebinskySelf
Rick JermainSam Colt's Father
Todd KernsCapt. Samuel Walker
Katey ParkerElizabeth Colt
Ryan Wesley GilreathJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Yosef PodolskiWerner Heisenberg
Dan BrennanLeslie Groves
David Mitchum BrownHarry S. Truman
Craig Wesley DivinoMoe Berg
Mike MarundeReich Minister
Joanna ShubertUC Berkley Student
Allen WilliamsonEdwin H. Armstrong
Eric RollandThomas Edison
Anthony MisianoNikola Tesla
Aaron AinsworthWilliam Kemmler
Radford BakerThomas Edison's Assistant
Andy RiveraHenry Byllesby
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