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John Adams (TV mini-series 2008)
A miniseries on the life of John Adams and the first 50 years of the United States. |
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| Paul Giamatti | ... |
John Adams
(7 episodes, 2008)
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| Laura Linney | ... |
Abigail Adams
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John Dossett | ... |
Benjamin Rush
(6 episodes, 2008)
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| Stephen Dillane | ... |
Thomas Jefferson
(6 episodes, 2008)
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| Sarah Polley | ... |
Nabby Adams
(4 episodes, 2008)
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| Samuel Barnett | ... |
Thomas Adams
(4 episodes, 2008)
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| David Morse | ... |
George Washington
(4 episodes, 2008)
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| Andrew Scott | ... |
Colonel William Smith
(4 episodes, 2008)
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| Danny Huston | ... |
Samuel Adams
(3 episodes, 2008)
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| Ebon Moss-Bachrach | ... |
John Quincy Adams
(3 episodes, 2008)
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| Steven Hinkle | ... |
Young John Quincy Adams
(3 episodes, 2008)
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| Madeline Taylor | ... |
Young Nabby Adams
(3 episodes, 2008)
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| Mamie Gummer | ... |
Sally Smith Adams
(3 episodes, 2008)
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Kevin Trainor | ... |
Charles Adams
(3 episodes, 2008)
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| Tom Wilkinson | ... |
Benjamin Franklin
(3 episodes, 2008)
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| Michael Hall D'Addario | ... |
Young Charles Adams
(3 episodes, 2008)
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Dan Taylour | ... |
Merchant
(3 episodes, 2008)
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| Rufus Sewell | ... |
Alexander Hamilton
(2 episodes, 2008)
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| Justin Theroux | ... |
John Hancock
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Judith Magre | ... |
Madame Helvétius
(2 episodes, 2008)
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| Brennan Brown | ... |
Robert Treat Paine
(2 episodes, 2008)
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| Tom Beckett | ... |
Elbridge Gerry
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Jules Croiset | ... |
Second Dutch Banker
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Sieger Sloot | ... |
Dutch Man
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Lex van Delden | ... |
First Dutch Banker
(2 episodes, 2008)
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| Zeljko Ivanek | ... |
John Dickinson
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Guy Henry | ... |
Jonathan Sewall
(2 episodes, 2008)
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| John Keating | ... |
Timothy Pickering
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Thomas Langston | ... |
Young Thomas Adams
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Timmy Sherrill | ... |
Attorney General Charles Lee
(2 episodes, 2008)
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| Landon Ashworth | ... |
The Senator
(2 episodes, 2008)
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| Juan Eloy Carrera | ... |
Bostonian Townsperson
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Lucas N. Hall | ... |
Boston massacre victim
(2 episodes, 2008)
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| James Judice | ... |
Boston Citizen
(2 episodes, 2008)
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Robert Rice | ... |
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A miniseries on the life of John Adams and the first 50 years of the United States.
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
16 March 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Runtime:
501 minSound Mix:
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1.78 : 1
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Trivia
During George Washington's inauguration, the apparent cheering crowd of thousands was actually filmed with only around 80 people. They would stand in a square formation - edged by greenscreen cloth (the material TV weathermen use as backdrops because it turns invisible on camera so that digital backgrounds can be added). After filming a few seconds of giddy flag-waving, the 80 would switch positions, trade flags and buntings around, pick up different things (pitchforks, tankards, children, etc) and move over thirty feet. More cheering. More filming. Repeat. By day's end there were enough squares of different-looking crowd activity to stitch the lot together digitally and make it look like a seamless mob of thousands. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: After John Adams loses the 1800 election to Thomas Jefferson he is seen riding down the road from the White House in his carriage. In the distance down what is presumably Pennsylvania Avenue, the entire Capitol building of today is seen under construction. In actuality only a small section of the Capitol had been completed by 1800 and the full building as we know it today was not completed until after the Civil War See more »Quotes
John Adams: My thoughts are so clear to me... each one takes perfect shape within my mind. But when I speak, when I offer them to others, they seem to lose all definition.See more »
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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.