Liberty! The American Revolution (1997– )

Six-hour documentary on the American Revolution, from the passage of the Stamp Act (1765) through the ratification of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights (1789). In addition ... See full summary »

Stars:

Jane Adams, Peter Donaldson, Colm Feore

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jane Adams	...	Sara Scott (6 episodes, 1997)
Peter Donaldson	...	John Adams (6 episodes, 1997)
Colm Feore	...	Alexander Hamilton (6 episodes, 1997)
Victor Garber	...	John Dickinson (6 episodes, 1997)
Anthony Heald	...	Philip Vickers Fithian (6 episodes, 1997)
Edward Herrmann	...	Narrator (6 episodes, 1997)
Alex Jennings	...	King George III (6 episodes, 1997)
Mel Johnson Jr.	...	Jehu Grant (6 episodes, 1997)
Stephen Lang	...	George Washington (6 episodes, 1997)
Terrence Mann	...	General John Burgoyne (6 episodes, 1997)
Jefferson Mays	...	James Madison (6 episodes, 1997)
Donna Murphy	...	Abigail Adams (6 episodes, 1997)
Remak Ramsay	...	Thomas Hutchinson (6 episodes, 1997)
Forrest Sawyer	...	Himself - Host (6 episodes, 1997)
Jake Weber	...	Virginia Officer (6 episodes, 1997)
Paxton Whitehead	...	Horace Walpole (6 episodes, 1997)
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	Luke-Slave (6 episodes, 1997)
Philip Bosco	...	Benjamin Franklin (5 episodes, 1997)
James Naughton	...	Patrick Henry (5 episodes, 1997)
Roger Rees	...	Thomas Paine (5 episodes, 1997)
Campbell Scott	...	Thomas Jefferson (5 episodes, 1997)
Jamison Selby	...	Southern Patriot (5 episodes, 1997)
Joris Stuyck	...	Johann Ewald (5 episodes, 1997)
JD Cullum	...	Nicholas Cresswell (4 episodes, 1997)
Daniel Gerroll	...	General Charles Cornwallis (4 episodes, 1997)
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Joseph Plumb Martin (4 episodes, 1997)
Byron Jennings	...	John Hancock (4 episodes, 1997)
Simon Jones	...	Ambrose Serle (4 episodes, 1997)
Neil Maffin	...	Anti-Federalist (4 episodes, 1997)
Roberta Maxwell	...	Mercy Otis Warren (4 episodes, 1997)
Francie Swift	...	Baroness von Riedesel (4 episodes, 1997)
Stephen Temperley	...	Hector de Crevecoeur (4 episodes, 1997)
Steve Zahn	...	American Sergeant (4 episodes, 1997)
Mark Letheren	...	British Soldier (3 episodes, 1997)
Kali Rocha	...	Eliza Wilkinson (3 episodes, 1997)
Douglas Weston	...	Sir George Collier (3 episodes, 1997)

Storyline

Six-hour documentary on the American Revolution, from the passage of the Stamp Act (1765) through the ratification of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights (1789). In addition to narration and interviews with historians, the series uses re-enactments of military engagements and excerpts from letters, diaries and other documents of the period, spoken by actors.

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Plot Keywords:

bill of rights | american revolution | u.s. president | tv mini series | punctuation in title | 

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Genres:

History | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 1997 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Middlemarch Films, Twin Cities Public Television Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

360 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Song of the Liberty Bell (Folk Version)"
Music by Mark O'Connor
Produced by Mark O'Connor
Performed by Mark O'Connor (violin), Jerry Douglas (dobro), John Jarvis (harpsichord), Russ Barenberg (guitar),
John Mock
(pennywhistle, low whistle) and Mark Schatz (bass)

User Reviews

Darn The Defiant

An excellent primer on the Revolutionary War, LIBERTY is a penetrating view at the causes and motivations as well as the saga of the course of the war. It is interesting that the major source for information on the war is the writings of Sgt Martin. There's an excellent period score Da**[rn] the Defiant that's part of the opening and closing credits. Regretfully the audience for glorious cause is a pale shaddow when compared to that of the lost cause.

This compares favorably to THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (narr Charles Kuralt) and HOW THE WEST WAS LOST (Amer Indian perspective).