Sick of Reading Bullshit About Rev. Wright? John Adams Miniseries Starts Tonight on HBO

[K Gardner]

Miniseries Premiere Tonight - take a much needed break from the tripe and enjoy a snapshot of history, perhaps some inspiration !

:popcorn:

John Adams

Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, and Tom Wilkinson star in a seven-part miniseries based on David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning historical biography. Exec-produced by Tom Hanks, the weekly, hour-long segments explore Adams' pivotal role as a founding father on the path to becoming the nation's second President. Think that learning about one of America's most dynamic leaders is only for audiences of history buffs? Think again.


You'd have to be a heartless Commie bastard not to enjoy HBO's seven-part miniseries John Adams. Paul Giamatti, with his expressive potato face and perennial look of frowning aggrievement, stars as Adams. As Giamatti interprets him, Adams seems both intelligent and ordinary enough to pass as all the things he truly was: a shrewd lawyer, a nettlesome Continental Congress debater, a huffy ambassador to France, and, eventually, the second President of the United States. You'll feel goose bumps of pride when you hear bits of the Declaration of Independence being read aloud during the second installment. The production makes high drama of the tart copyediting done by Ben Franklin (Michael Clayton's Tom Wilkinson, so wily) on the Declaration prose of Thomas Jefferson (The Hours' Stephen Dillane, beautifully moody): Jefferson leans toward holding certain inalienable rights as being ''sacred and undeniable,'' but foxy, irreligious Franklin says flatly that this wording ''smacks of the pulpit'' and suggests the pithier ''self-evident.'' Eureka! And thus held in our memories forevermore.

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[tridim]

1. I'm going to watch, I have a month left on my free HBO :)

Might as well just give Giamatti the emmy now.

[K Gardner]

2. I'm embarassed to admit I never read the book, although its been on my nightstand for a year, so

looking forward to seeing this !

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Oooh thanks for the reminder!

:bounce:

[Cameron27]

4. Thank you!

I've been waiting to watch it, and I didn't realize it was on tonight! I'm going to set record right now just in case.

Thanks again. :-)

[Recursion]

5. Meh. Adams was a Tory shill

He even represented the redcoats in the Boston Massacre trial.

[apocalypsehow]

7. And secured justified acquittals, IIRC, given the facts in evidence.

n/t.

[Recursion]

9. That's fair enough

(And I was mostly being sarcastic.)

I seem to recall he had a pretty convincing argument about why he did that, and how a stiff sentence for any of those soldiers (mostly 19-year-olds being pelted with bricks) would be as bad as they tyranny they were against.

[stillrockin]

27. Something about wanting to be part of a nation of laws?

[nradisic]

6. I cannot wait....

I've been reading the book lately and I'm about half done. The HBO series looks awesome....Tom Hanks is the Executive Producer and the last time he worked in that capacity for HBO pictures was "Band of Brothers", which was incredibly realistic and well done. John Adams will be a reminder of what government is supposed to do.

[apocalypsehow]

8. I think it's going to be excellent, thanks for the reminder!

:thumbsup:

[K Gardner]

10. Kicking for showtime reminder.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Wow, this is an amazing show

I'm in awe on how good it is.

[K Gardner]

12. Short break before Part II.. it is better than I thought it would be !

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. I'm getting chills from it

It is that good!

[ClayZ]

14. Bravo!

[ruggerson]

15. I've put all the Adams supporters on ignore

[bullwinkle428]

21. ...

:spray:

[OneBlueSky]

16. great show so far . . . except that it's hard to get past . . .

David Morse's prosthetic nose in his role as George Washington . . .

[ellisonz]

17. Agreed.

[Bullet1987]

18. It was GREAT!!!

[fight4my3sons]

19. I'm hooked!

The tarred and feathered part was hard for me to stomach though.

[K Gardner]

25. Yeah, that was brutal. I actually taped it and watched it again.. I

wonder if its so "good" because of what is going on in our country today.. or if its just that damned good of a show. Maybe both, but its simply stunning ! Can't wait till next week !

[NJSecularist]

20. Damn, I don't have HBO.. I wish I could see this.

Hopefully some videos circulate on the web or a DVD comes out.

[rug]

22. I loved the part where he stole John McCain's girlfriend.

[workinclasszero]

23. No HBO...sigh

Wish I could watch it. Maybe I can rent it on blu-ray soon.:)

[shadowknows69]

24. I wish I could see this

HBO never skimps on it's movies and I love Giamatti in anything.

[K Gardner]

26. They'll probably put it out on DVD after the series is over !