Hamilton
I am the one thing in life I can control.
Plot:Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
Cast & Crew
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Alexander Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr.
Aaron Burr
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Angelica Schuyler
Phillipa Soo
Eliza Hamilton
Daveed Diggs
Marquis de Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
Christopher Jackson
George Washington
Jasmine Cephas Jones
Peggy Schuyler / Maria Reynolds
Okieriete Onaodowan
Hercules Mulligan / James Madison
Anthony Ramos
John Laurens / Philip Hamilton
Jonathan Groff
King George III
Carleigh Bettiol
Ensemble
Ariana DeBose
Ensemble
Hope Easterbrook
Ensemble
Sydney James Harcourt
Phillip Schuyler / James Reynolds / Doctor/ Ensemble
Sasha Hutchings
Ensemble
Camera
Declan Quinn
Director of Photography
Production
Jeffrey Seller
Producer
Bernard Telsey
Casting
Jon Kamen
Co-Executive Producer
Justin Wilkes
Co-Executive Producer
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Producer
Dave Sirulnick
Co-Executive Producer
Thomas Kail
Producer
Jill Furman
Executive Producer
Writing
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Writer
Crew
Andy Blankenbuehler
Choreographer
Directing
Thomas Kail
Director
Editing
Jonah Moran
Editor
Fun Facts of Movie
- Ron Chernow, who wrote the Hamilton biography that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda in the first place, was initially skeptical about making a musical from Hamilton’s life, but changed his mind after his first meeting with Miranda, who stressed that he wanted Hamilton to be taken seriously by historians and asked Chernow to help him develop the script. Chernow said his skepticism melted the moment he heard Miranda’s first song, and was completely on board afterwards. He’s supposedly seen the show dozens of times, always as a paying customer.
- Filmed over the course of three days in June 2016. It started by filming a live Sunday matinee performance with cameras in the audience, after which the cast and crew spent the rest of the day and evening filming close-ups, dolly shots and crane shots. Filming continued all day Monday (normally the cast’s day off) with more close-ups and Steadicam footage. More filming took place on Tuesday morning, before shooting another live performance on Tuesday evening, with cameras again in the audience but in different positions. Lin-Manuel Miranda said, “it was basically a three-day film shoot with the best-rehearsed cast in the history of the movies, ’cause we’d all been doing the show for a year at this point.”
- At the time the show was filmed, Jonathan Groff had already left the role of King George, replaced by Rory O’Malley. He returned especially for this filming. He also provides, in character, the voice of the pre-show announcer at the beginning of the film, welcoming the audience to the show.
- Rather than being a traditional adaptation of the musical for the big screen, such as Les Misérables (2012), West Side Story (1961), or Cats (2019), this is instead a filmed version of the stage show with the original Broadway cast performing the roles. The recording was filmed in June of 2016, just before several key members of the original cast, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, ended their run in the show.
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