I'm looking forward to watching HBO tonight for the first episode of their 7-part mini-series, John Adams, a biopic of the 2nd President and the story of the first fifty years of the United States.
HBO has made a bunch of great historical films: Band of Brothers, From the Earth to the Moon, and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. This one looks good too. It'll probably be more informative than anything you learned about John Adams from school. They could probably show this movie in 6th grade and skip history class for the rest of the year.
Paul Giamatti plays John Adams and Laura Linney plays his wife Abigail.
It should be cool seeing all the other characters from history too, like Benjamin Franklin (played by the great Tom Wilkinson).
If you don't know who invented something, or you wonder who said some famous quote, you should always assume it's Ben Franklin. The next time you're playing your glass harmonica during a thunderstorm, thank Ben that the lightning rod on your house will protect you from electricity shooting right up your urinary catheter.
Samuel Adams is in this movie too. You know, the guy who invented beer . Oh wait, that was probably Ben Franklin.
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I already learned something from the very first episode. John Adams defended a British officer and seven enlisted men who fired on a rioting Boston mob, soon to be known as the Boston Massacre. They were all found not guilty.
That was a great series with a sad episode 7. I didn't want John Adams to die much like I didn't want Bilbo Baggins to leave on the ship. Actually, John Adams looked a little like Bilbo at the end.
Great work.
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