Too Late To Apologize:
A Declaration
About the video
When people who love politics, pop culture and filmmaking are asked to humanize the sentiment of the founders in writing the declaration, we sometimes get carried away. And every now and then, they let us run with it.
The following video is an anachronistic daydream asking the question, "If pop producer Timbaland had sought to build consensus around declaring independence, what might he have produced?"
If you (like everyone at Soomo over 35) aren't familiar with the original video that prompted this parody, "Apologize" by OneRepublic went to number one in 16 countries in a remix by Timbaland.
Lyrics
Halfway across the globe
And we're standing on new ground
Screaming 'cross the waves
You can't hear a sound
There's no fair trials, no trade, no liberties
No tea
We've colonized America; we won't stand for tyranny,
Oh king
And it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize
It's too late
We've paid your foolish tax, read the acts
And they just won't do
We want to make it clear, we believe this much is true
All men were created with certain
Unalienable rights
Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit
Of happiness
And it's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said It's too late to apologize
It's too late
It's too late to apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late apologize
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
It's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah
Halfway across the globe
And we're standing on new ground
Credits
Cast
Thomas Jefferson: R. Keith Harris
Benjamin Franklin: Bill Grant
John Hancock: Patrick Green
John Adams: Kevin Coyle
Sam Adams: Nathan Swift
King George III: Trent Pcenicni
Crew
Directed by: Tim Grant
Written by: Emilia Grant
Based on an idea by: Jocelyn Evans and Kristy Michaud
Produced by: Tim Grant, Emilia Grant, Zara Elizabeth Crockett
Assistant Director: Mike Tangalakis
Director of Photography: Adam Hobbs
First Assistant Camera: Greg Hudgins
Gaffer: Mark Overton
Grip: Charles "Jet" Eller
Production Manager: Zara Elizabeth Crockett
Music Supervisor: Mack Brock
Stage Hand: Craig Trostle
Technical Director: Brandon Warren
Slate: Matt Warner
Production Assistant: J.R. Hapson
Edited by: Adam Hobbs and Tim Grant
Art Department
Makeup/Wig Master: Trent Pcenicni
Costume Design: Deborah Austin
Wardrobe: Ivey Barker
Music
Conductor/Editor: Mack Brock
Producer: Mack Brock and Aaron Robertson
Lyrics by: Emilia Grant (adapted from the original by OneRepublic)
Performed by: Chris Brown
Additional Instrumentation: James Duke
Extras
Anthony Benarroch
Anthony Madison
Jess Matney
Daniel F. Korn
Special thanks
Brandon Mise & Blue Barnhouse
Mike Harris & Kilgo Methodist Church
Tyler Ford & Lightbulb Creative
Historic Old Salem
Brian Gray & The Carolina Theatre Greensboro
Book Works
Luke Hill