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John Adams (HBO Miniseries)
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Manufacturer: HBO
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929020065
Format: Box set
Label: HBO
Manufacturer: HBO
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: HBO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-06-10
Running Time: 501
Studio: HBO
Theatrical Release Date: 2008-03-16
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Editorial Reviews:
John Adams is a sprawling HBO miniseries event that depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of Americas least understood and most underestimated founding fathers: the second President of the United States John Adams. Starring Paul Giamatti (Sideways Cinderella Man HBOs American Spendor) in the title role and Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me Kinsey) as Adams devoted wife Abigail John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life journey of one of the primary shapers of our independence and government whose legacy has often been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries like George Washington Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. Set against the backdrop of a nations stormy birth this sweeping miniseries is a moving love story a gripping narrative and a fascinating study of human nature. Above all at a time when the nation is increasingly polarized politically this story celebrates the shared values of liberty and freedom upon which this country was built.Running Time: 501 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 883929020065 Manufacturer No: 1000038820
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Summary: Wonderful re-focus on what really matters
Comment: The miniseries set my wife and I to thinking; how do the current candidates, and their superfluous, pandering rhetoric, measure up to the sacrifice and leadership of the Founding Fathers? What we hear from our candidates today is pandering tripe. This series puts today's dumb-downed politicians in stark constrast to Adams and the other Revolutionaries who risked everything on behalf of real principles. What a notion that is in this day and age. Watch this miniseries if you like an excellent story, and to remind yourself why we are whom we are.
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Summary: Outstanding presentation a truly incredible story
Comment: My wife and I have loved David McCullough's books "John Adams" and "1776" for years. The script, acting, photography, costumes and sets in this presentation do a truly wonderful job of bringing this wonderful epic in American history to life. By the end of the 3-DVDs you really feel like you know and empathize with all of the individuals portrayed. We also enjoyed the add-on segment on David McCullough's life as a historian and writer very much. We will treasure this movie for years to come.
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Summary: John Adams
Comment: Excellent historical drama. Should be required viewing for all students in elementary, middle and high school. Wonderful performances by all involved.
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Summary: Extraordinary reenactment of history
Comment: I was overwhelmed by this film. I expected to like it but it exceeded my expectations. The book was outstanding and I think the film outdid the book. The casting was perfect, the characterizations were great, the scenes were believable. Ben Franklin in Paris was unforgetable.

History came alive for me as it never has before.
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Summary: WARNING: Blockbuster Renting Parts I & 2 Only
Comment: WARNING: Blockbuster is renting something that looks exactly like the full series but is only Parts 1 (Join or Die) and 2 (Independence).

This is a fine movie on the antecedents to John Adams converting from a loyal English subject to one of five delegates to the Constitutional Congress. The acting is fine, the script is fine, but it ends as he rides off to the Constitutional Congress, so even Part 2 is misleading, as least in this cut, because the offering ends as he rides off and has nothing to do with the period during which he supports US achieving independence.

Thanks to the alert reader with a brain who pointed out that my earlier review could not possibly be covering the entire series.

On this basis, it now makes sense to buy rather than rent the cut up offerings, but now I will be very alert to see if they are selling the full series on one DVD, or the pieces one at a time. Buyer beware.

The USA has hit rock bottom these past 16 years. See also, in books:
What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States
The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country
1776



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