• Never before seen images of the Arch including stunning camera-crane shots and computer controlled time-lapse photography.
• Historical re-enactments including a Lewis & Clark keelboat scene and Thomas Jefferson.
• Interviews with dozens of historians, architects, construction workers, and experts including: Daniel Libeskind (designer of the World Trade Center Memorial), David Bonetti, Paul Donnelly, Bob Duffy, Kevin Fernlund, Wayne Fields, Bill Gass, Steve Givens, Marshall Hier, Peter Kastor, Jayne Merkel, Bob Moore, Eric Mumford, Gyo Obata, Susan Saarinen, Karla Scott, Christine Ely Smith, Andrea Warren, and Ken Winn.
• Rare images compiled from: Arteaga Photography, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Library of Congress, Mercantile Library, Missouri Historical Society, Nebraska State Archive, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Western Historical Manuscripts Collection, and Yale University.
• Sound effects created by acclaimed New York-based sound editor Ira Spiegel.  Spiegel has worked on over 100 movies, television programs and documentaries including “Sleepless in Seattle,” “The American Experience,” “Ken Burns’ Baseball.”
• Researched and written by Harper Barnes, John McGuire, Melissa Kramper, and Jayne Merkel, a New York architecture critic and author who literally “wrote the book” on Arch architect Eero Saarinen in 2005 – the book has already sold-out its initial printing.
• Musical score includes the music of New England composer Tim Janis – who is considered one of America’s most gifted young composers.  Janis has had 10 CD's on the Billboard Classical charts, including a recent chart-topping collaboration with Billy Joel and Paul McCartney.  The score also includes original songs created and performed by St. Louis musicians as well as additional music supplied by Associated Production Music - the largest supplier of music to the motion picture industry.

About Civil Pictures

Civil Pictures is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving history through cinema. The organization’s goals are to engage, entertain, inspire and educate diverse local, national and international audiences. More information about the “The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America” can be found at www.civilpictures.org.

About Kevin Kline

A St. Louis native and Priory School graduate, Kevin Kline won Tony Awards for On the Twentieth Century and The Pirates of Penzance before leading roles in Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Big Chill (1983) made him a Hollywood star.  Adept at comedy and drama on stage and screen, Mr. Kline won an Academy Award for his madcap performance in A Fish Called Wanda and received accolades for his stage interpretations of Richard III and Hamlet.  Refusing to abandon his passion for theatre while working in films as diverse as Dave and Cry Freedom, Kevin Kline often has been called the "American Olivier.”  He most recently received a Tony nomination for his portrayal of Falstaff in Shakespeare’s Henry IV at Lincoln Center.  Mr. Kline has made more than 30 films, appearing most recently in Robert Altman’s Prairie Home Companion.   This summer, Mr. Kline can be seen in New York in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Mother Courage and Her Children.  In fall 2006 Kevin Kline will star in the Public Theatre production of King Lear.

Awards and Nominations:
1978: Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, On the Twentieth Century
1978: Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Musical, On the Twentieth Century
1981: OBIE Award: Performance, The Pirates of Penzance
1981: Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Actor in a Musical, The Pirates of Penzance
1981: Tony Award: Best Actor in a Musical, The Pirates of Penzance
1986: OBIE Award: Sustained Excellence in Performance
1988: Academy Award: Best Supporting Actor, A Fish Called Wanda1997: IFP Gotham Actor Award
1997: Golden Globe Nomination:  Best Actor – Comedy or Musical, In & Out
1998: Kline was named Man of the Year by the Harvard Hasty Pudding Club
2001: Screen Actors Guild Nomination:  Best Actor, Life As a House
2004: Golden Globe Nomination:  Best Actor- Comedy or Musical, De-Lovely

Education:
St Louis Priory School, St Louis, Missouri
Indiana University, Bloomington
Julliard School, New York