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| Actors: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney
Studio: HBO
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  370 reviews
Sales Rank: 21
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 501 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.8 x 1
MPN: HBOD38820D
UPC: 883929020065
EAN: 0883929020065
ASIN: B000WGWQG8
Theatrical Release Date: March 16, 2008
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 John Adams (HBO Miniseries) July 31, 2008
Lord R. Rotherwick
0 out of 20 found this review helpful
A harmless DVD but a complete anticlimax of a film. Best watched with a US format box, doesn't work on a UK machine.
 Amazing History July 31, 2008
Vita A. Mcsherry (Ca.USA)
I watched the series on HBO and wanted to have it to show my children and grandchildren.It is fabulous and will give you goosebumps watching the birth of our country. Cudos for HBO for doing this series.I hope they will be inspired to do more shows that inspire not degrade.
John should have been the 1st Pres. July 30, 2008
Patrick W. Wells
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This show need to be shown to every American! I would love to see more of the war but I understand that is was John's story. Loved it!
John Adams - Absolutely the Best July 30, 2008
E. Burroughs (San Diego, CA USA)
This is probably the best miniseries ever. From my 97 year old father to my 20-something nieces and nephews, everyone has been absolutely mesmerized by this series. It's beautifully acted -- the casting could not have been better -- and the filming is brilliant. I cannot say enough good things about "John Adams"
An Exciting Story July 30, 2008
!Edwin C. Pauzer (New York City)
49 out of 50 found this review helpful
Each night I turned on the HBO feature anxious to see a good dramatic series, and learn about my country's struggle for life through one its most underrated founding fathers, John Adams.
Paul Giamatti's performance in the title role is much in dispute as he, like many other actors, seems to play himself as much as his character. He turns from a loving father to the lawyer and representative who sometimes looks apoplectic rather than just an angry or fiery patriot. Much to his credit, I felt the John Adams of later years on subsequent episodes was extremely well-acted.
Abigail Adams is played by Laura Linney, and her performance is superb and not the least in dispute. From the first moment, she is thoroughly credible as the vivacious lover, friend, confidante, advisor, and wife of John Adams. Her acting here should garner her an Emmy. The actors protraying Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson turned in stellar performances.
Many complain that this did not follow the book of the same title, and was not true to history exactly. To the first query the answer is what does? To the second, it is a well-written and well-acted drama that deserves our attention.
The series begins with the Boston Massacre and John Adams representing the British soldiers. With his successful defense, he is noticed by the Crown and the colonials who are striving for independence. Adams chooses independence over service to the king, and we see him as representative, foreign minister, beggar and borrower, ambassador, vice president, and president. His one anchor through these assignments and occupations in the struggle of a new nation is his love and respect for his wife, Abigail whom he always refers to as "my friend." The letters between the two is one constant that sustains their love through loneliness of separation, as Mr. Adams is more often away than home.
Particularly touching is the drab existence they share in an uncompleted White House, the grief John Adams suffers from the loss of his Abigail, his renewed friendship with Thomas Jefferson, and his dying belief that his friend survives him, even though Jefferson died three hours earlier. In one of the ironies of our history, both men died exactly fifty years to the day, after July 4, 1776.
This story ends with both Abigail and John Adams quoting letters of their love for each other and a young nation, as they ascend a hill together and look out over their country. They hope that they will be able to see future generations of Americans, from heaven, and wonder if they will deserve the sacrifice and freedom they have given them.
So do I.
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