United States / Aug 18, 2023
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
A. E. Staley went from growing up barefoot on a farm in North Carolina, to building a billion dollar agribusiness giant. He was the original owner of the football team that eventually became the Chicago Bears.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Squire Prince | Train Passenger |
| Alex Staley | young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley |
| Ken Mesnard | Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young |
| Mike D. Deetz | G.E. Chamberlain (voice) |
| James Slade | Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union |
| Jason Aikens | Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Joyce Sternaman Howe | Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman |
| John Sciutto | Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum |
| John Lee | Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL |
| Jack Garner | Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley |
| Becky Damptz | Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library |
| George McCaskey | Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears |
| Rexlyn Nicole | Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees |
| John F. Paris | A.P. Titus (voice) |
| Jon Kendle | Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Daniel K. Wright | Train Passenger |
| Lawrence Weaver | Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral |
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| Debra Bogle | Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois |
| Jacob Deetz | G.E. Chamberlain |
| Richard E. McCoy | Walter Franklin (voice) |
| Charles A. McCue | A.E. Staley (voice) |
| Morris Birkhead | Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. |
| Nancy Cole | Emma Staley (voice) |
| Christian McWhirter | Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum |
| Laura Jahr | Self - Director of The Staley Museum |
| Lisa Peters | Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players |
| Randy Garner | Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley |
| Natalie Beck | Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia |
| Jerry Johnson | C.D. Lyon (voice) |
| Devin Leming | Wabash Railroad Conductor |
| Lesley Nicholson | Housekeeper |
| Michelle Tebrugge | Train Passenger |
| William Deetz | Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain |
| Erik Strohl | Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Warren Dixon | Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum |
| Claire Wright | Train Passenger |
| Richard Lindberg | Self - Author & Historian |
| Justin Conn | Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review |
| Michael Pittman | Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals |
| Mark Staley | A.E. Staley |
| Michael Krcil | Wabash Railroad Secretary |
| Duane Noland | Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative |
| Patrick A. Foster | Ed Scheiter (voice) |
| Sean Streaty | Self - News Anchor WAND-TV |
| James Groome | Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church |
| Shelley Wooters | Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee |
| Mary Jo Brace | Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee |
| Mark Sorenson | Self - Historian |
| Dennis Rendleman | Adolph Mueller (voice) |
| Julie Moore-Wolfe | Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL |
| Stephen Potter | Staley Rail Engineer |
| Thomas W. Hanks | Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln |
| Robert Staley | Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley |
| Chad Richards | Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Fields of Gold |
| Original language | EN |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Spencer Films, Sugar Pictures LA |
| Official site | fieldsofgoldmovie.com |
| Release date | 18 agosto 2023 |
| Executive producer | Lauren McGill, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Grant S. Staley, Mark Staley, George Veras |
| Production | French Baron Jean-Francois Cavelier, Ghizlane S. Morlot, Christian Payne, Michael Pollack, Laura Richter, Julie Staley |
| Writer | Julie Staley |
| Editing | Dayton Emery, Samuel Means, Andrew Moore |
| Cinematography | Tim Lynn, Colin Cloney, Jim Cloney, Patrick O'Donoghue, Armani Emery, Dayton Emery, William Kevin Richards, Ben Harl |
| Assistant directors | Julie Staley |
| Lighting | Paul Kluber, Charles Richardson |
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| Camera operators | Jim Cloney, Dayton Emery, Colin Cloney, Patrick O'Donoghue, Armani Emery, William Kevin Richards, Ben Harl |
| Additional photography | Colin Cloney, Jim Cloney, Patrick O'Donoghue, Armani Emery, Dayton Emery, William Kevin Richards, Ben Harl |
| Production design | Chloé Cavelier |
| Art direction | Chloé Cavelier |
| Set decoration | Chloé Cavelier |
| Music | Eric J. Watkins, Ceci Ellis, Polly Launay, Peter Waldman |
| Sound | Eric J. Watkins, Ceci Ellis, Polly Launay, Peter Waldman |
| Costume design | Rene Blank |
| Makeup | Rene Blank |
| Hairstyling | Rene Blank |
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