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John Adams
2008 · TV series · 60 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Kirk Ellis
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
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Not really. He was executive producer of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)
And will be playing and producing Dodd.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/joe-wright-in-the-garden-of-beasts-tom-hanks-120315472/
Theme of his oevre is not-so-immortal American heroes and heroism through and through
Except for Redford, the others don't have their own voice
The HBO miniseries "John Adams" is excellent.
I have not read McCullough's book itself, but HBO's John Adams (which is based on the book) is probably the single best American historical series I've ever watched. Highly recommended.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)
It was also done in the HBO John Adams miniseries
This reminds me of what Ben Franklin said in the John Adams mini-series.
"It's perfectly acceptable to insult someone in private. Sometimes they might even thank you for it afterwards, but when you do it in public, they tend to think you are serious."
"However little television you watch, watch less."
-David McCullough
Unless it's the HBO miniseries "John Adams", based on his book!
There's a line in the John Adams miniseries where the Continental Congress had just selected Washington to lead the army. Ben Franklin turns to Adams and says: "he was bound to lead something; he's the tallest man in the room".
Apocryphal, sure. A clever mnemonic, you bet.
> I will say one thing it has going for it -- that theme music really stuck in my head.
Agreed. I love the theme music.
Another show that has great music is John Adams. I bought the soundtrack. I LOVED that miniseries. Highly recommended if you haven't seen it.