A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive), who combined strikingly futuristic experimentalism with gentle nostalgia. Includes narration taken directly from Ives's own writings, and reminiscence from those who knew him.
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John Bottoms
Charles Edward Ives
Josh Hamilton
Young Charles Ives
Sandra Kingsbury
Harmony Ives
John McIlwain
Horatio Parker
Richard Russell Ramos
George Edward Ives
Alan Shapiro
Delivery Boy
Louis Turenne
Franz Milke
Louis Zorich
George W. Chadwick
Christina Swing
Mary Elizabeth Ives
Ed Lynch
Minister
Steve Katz
Mary Carter
Margaret Packer
Terry Stoller
Jonathan Golden
