John Adams (2008)
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.
Drama
Cast
- Paul Giamatti — John Adams
- Laura Linney — Abigail Adams
- Stephen Dillane — Thomas Jefferson
- Danny Huston — Samuel Adams
- David Morse — George Washington
- Sarah Polley — Abigail Adams Smith
- Tom Wilkinson — Benjamin Franklin
- Steven Hinkle — Young John Quincy Adams
- Madeline Taylor — Young Nabby Adams
- John Dossett — Benjamin Rush
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach — John Quincy Adams
- Samuel Barnett — Thomas Adams
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