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John Adams

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20082008
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 11m
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The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.The life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
34K
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POPULARITY
1,694
169
  • Stars
    • Paul Giamatti
    • Laura Linney
    • John Dossett
  • Stars
    • Paul Giamatti
    • Laura Linney
    • John Dossett
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    • 142User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
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    • Won 13 Primetime Emmys

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    Paul Giamatti
    Paul Giamatti
    • John Adams
    Laura Linney
    Laura Linney
    • Abigail Adams
    John Dossett
    John Dossett
    • Benjamin Rush
    Stephen Dillane
    Stephen Dillane
    • Thomas Jefferson
    Sarah Polley
    Sarah Polley
    • Nabby Adams…
    Samuel Barnett
    Samuel Barnett
    • Thomas Adams
    David Morse
    David Morse
    • George Washington
    Andrew Scott
    Andrew Scott
    • Colonel William Smith
    Danny Huston
    Danny Huston
    • Samuel Adams
    Ebon Moss-Bachrach
    Ebon Moss-Bachrach
    • John Quincy Adams
    Steven Hinkle
    Steven Hinkle
    • Young John Quincy Adams
    Madeline Taylor
    Madeline Taylor
    • Young Nabby Adams
    Mamie Gummer
    Mamie Gummer
    • Sally Smith Adams
    Kevin Trainor
    Kevin Trainor
    • Charles Adams
    Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson
    • Benjamin Franklin
    Michael Hall D'Addario
    Michael Hall D'Addario
    • Young Charles Adams
    Rufus Sewell
    Rufus Sewell
    • Alexander Hamilton
    Justin Theroux
    Justin Theroux
    • John Hancock
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    • Trivia
      Lest any modern straight (and sometimes bleached) teeth appear on camera, every last extra in the cheering crowd at George Washington's inauguration got their teeth painted with special fast-drying saliva-proof "gunk" paint. Working-class characters were given proportionately worse-looking smiles than the merchants and aristocrats.
    • Goofs
      When President John Quincy Adams is discussing his goals with his father, he states that he'll outline these objectives in his State of the Union address. The term "State of the Union Address" was not in use until 1934. At that time, 1825, it was referred to as the Annual Message to Congress.
    • Quotes

      John Hancock: [reluctantly] God save the King.

      Samuel Adams: God damn the King!

      Benjamin Franklin: [happily] God bless the King. Who else could've brought such a spirit of unity to the Congress?

    • Connections
      Featured in Moviemaking in Virginia: Take 3 (2008)
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      Chester
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    10/10
    Poignant and gritty!
    As fine a political documentary as I have ever seen! Understated, yet amazing in its depth. Even the exhilarating music portends the events to come. A must see for those interested in how the nation they live in came to be. This film may upset some with its frankness of the times in which the characters lived, that said, I applaud that very frankness that allows us to see the people that supported and opposed our becoming a nation. A very "well done" to all those involved with the making of this ode to a time long gone. May we as a nation once more learn the lessons that came to be so well known by the majority of our "Founding Fathers"... AND Mothers.
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    • cbaker03
    • Mar 18, 2008

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 2008 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official site (United States)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • George Wythe House - 101 Palace Green Street, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
    • Production companies
      • HBO Films
      • High Noon Productions
      • Playtone
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    • 1 hour 11 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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