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Overview

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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
16 March 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Join or Die more
Plot:
A miniseries on the life of John Adams and the first 50 years of the United States.
Awards:
Won 4 Golden Globes. Another 32 wins & 19 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(129 articles)
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User Comments:
Everyone should watch more (72 total)

Cast

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Paul Giamatti ... John Adams (7 episodes, 2008)

Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams (7 episodes, 2008)
John Dossett ... Benjamin Rush (6 episodes, 2008)
Stephen Dillane ... Thomas Jefferson (6 episodes, 2008)

Sarah Polley ... Nabby Adams (4 episodes, 2008)

Samuel Barnett ... Thomas Adams (4 episodes, 2008)

David Morse ... George Washington (4 episodes, 2008)
Andrew Scott ... Colonel William Smith (4 episodes, 2008)

Danny Huston ... Samuel Adams (3 episodes, 2008)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach ... John Quincy Adams (3 episodes, 2008)

Steven Hinkle ... Young John Quincy Adams (3 episodes, 2008)

Madeline Taylor ... Young Nabby Adams (3 episodes, 2008)

Mamie Gummer ... Sally Smith Adams (3 episodes, 2008)
Kevin Trainor ... Charles Adams (3 episodes, 2008)

Tom Wilkinson ... Benjamin Franklin (3 episodes, 2008)

Michael Hall D'Addario ... Young Charles Adams (3 episodes, 2008)

Landon Ashworth ... The Senator (3 episodes, 2008)
Dan Taylour ... Merchant / ... (3 episodes, 2008)

Rufus Sewell ... Alexander Hamilton (2 episodes, 2008)

Justin Theroux ... John Hancock (2 episodes, 2008)
Judith Magre ... Madame Helvétius (2 episodes, 2008)

Brennan Brown ... Robert Treat Paine (2 episodes, 2008)
Tom Beckett ... Elbridge Gerry (2 episodes, 2008)
Jules Croiset ... Second Dutch Banker (2 episodes, 2008)
Sieger Sloot ... Dutch Man (2 episodes, 2008)
Lex van Delden ... First Dutch Banker (2 episodes, 2008)
Zeljko Ivanek ... John Dickinson (2 episodes, 2008)

John Keating ... Timothy Pickering (2 episodes, 2008)
Thomas Langston ... Young Thomas Adams (2 episodes, 2008)

Timmy Sherrill ... Attorney General Charles Lee / ... (2 episodes, 2008)

Juan Eloy Carrera ... Bostonian Townsperson (2 episodes, 2008)
Robert Rice (2 episodes, 2008)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Untitled John Adams Miniseries (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
501 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Budapest, Hungary more
Company:
HBO Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Among the cargo piled around in the Dockside Welcome Home Mr Adams Scene are antique demijohns swilling with port wine -which is actually hose water darkened with Sprite (tm) and cola. 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 more
Quotes:
Edward Rutledge: South Carolina, on behalf of its sister colonies...
John Adams: STATES!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Good, the Sad and the Drugly (#20.17)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Chester more

FAQ

A NOTE ABOUT SPOILERS
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35 out of 41 people found the following comment useful.
Everyone should watch, 20 March 2008
10/10
Author: jmdstern from Atlanta, Georgia

Given the current state of affairs, everyone should make time to watch this mini-series. It's refreshing to know that people though imperfect truly cared about the true nature of freedom. The actors do an outstanding job of portraying the flavor of the times, and the souls of their characters. For most of us the Declaration of Independence is taken for granted. It's wonderful to see how many struggled to unify this country and by no means was the thinking unanimous. I love Jefferson and his quiet nature, resorting to words on paper more comfortably than speaking in public.

For as much as I thought I knew about John Adams I'm finding I didn't know him at all. Pay close attention to the courtroom scenes and thank the stars that court room behavior has evolved since then. I'd hate to have to testify in an environment like that.

Watch this series and hope that some of our politicians today are watching too. I would hope that it might spark something inside them that has been buried in todays hypocrites

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