| John Adams (HBO Miniseries) | 
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| Actors: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney
Studio: HBO
Category: DVD
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  343 reviews
Sales Rank: 20
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)
Running Time: 501 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.8 x 1
MPN: 1000038820
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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| Customer Reviews:
 Wonderful re-focus on what really matters October 9, 2008
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.
Outstanding presentation a truly incredible story October 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 John Adams October 6, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Excellent historical drama. Should be required viewing for all students in elementary, middle and high school. Wonderful performances by all involved.
Extraordinary reenactment of history October 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
 WARNING: Blockbuster Renting Parts I & 2 Only October 5, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
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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