You are not currently logged in. Login

John Adams

"John Adams" stars Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney as John and Abigail Adams, and will focus on the first 50 years of a post-revolutionary nation. Based on David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography "John Adams," the miniseries is executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, directed by Emmy-winner Tom Hooper, with the screenplay written by Kirk Ellis.

Scenes for HBO’s 7-part epic miniseries "John Adams" were filmed February through May 2007 in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. One of four shooting locations, Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area offered a setting painstakingly faithful to the 18th century. Watch a preview of HBO's "John Adams."

The Greenhow store’s exterior served as a Trenton, N.J. tavern that Adams frequented. The Wythe House stood in for the president’s house in Philadelphia, a brick facade masking its wooden fence. A tent and 40 coffins arranged on Palace Green suggested Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever epidemic. For both scenes, sand was scattered on the streets to mask modern pavement.

The Palace Green was the backdrop for a public riot staged in front of the George Wythe house, which represented the president’s residence in Philadelphia. British officers ransacked an abandoned Continental Army war room in a separate scene set in the Robert Carter house. Scores of extras were called upon to crowd the Palace Green.

Adams' winter 1776 visit to Continental Army troops encamped at Harvard Yard was staged in front of the Public Hospital, where the ground and trees were blanketed with special-effects snow. The College of William and Mary's Wren Building represented a Harvard interior. Scenes also were filmed at the Governor's Palace.

Cast:
John and Abigail Adams are portrayed by Academy Award® nominees Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, respectively. The miniseries also stars Stephen Dillane as Thomas Jefferson, Tom Wilkinson as Benjamin Franklin, Danny Huston as Samuel Adams, David Morse as George Washington, Sarah Polley as Nabby Adams, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as John Quincy Adams, Rufus Sewell as Alexander Hamilton, Justin Theroux as John Hancock, and Guy Henry as Jonathan Sewall, and Zeljko Ivanek as John Dickinson.

source: www.history.org

0 Comments

Please log in to post comments.

Don't have an account?
Please Register.

John Adams Minnie series Premiers This Weekend on HBO!

John Adams

John Adams is a 7-part epic miniseries about the first 50 years of a post-revolutionary nation and stars Aclaimed Actors like Paul Giamattie, Laura Linney, and many other great stars. Read More..

SpankMeNews - 3/15/2008

John Adams 3/15/2008	John Adams 3/15/2008	John Adams 3/15/2008
John Adams 3/15/2008	John Adams 3/15/2008

John Adams

3/15/2008

All logos and images used on this website are registered trademarks of their respective companies. All Rights Reserved. SpankMeNews.com is fansite devoted to TV Shows like "Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles", "Prison Break"," The L Word", "Grey's Anatormy", "CSI", "Knight Rider", "Smallville", "Supernatural", "LOST", and many others. Some of the content presented on our sites has been provided by fans, other unofficial websites or online news sources, and is the sole responsibility of the source from which it was obtained. SpankMeNews.com is not liable for inaccuracies, errors, or omissions found herein. For removal of copyrighted images, Contact SpankMeNews if you are the respective copyright holder. - MMA Fighters Diet, leastbreathproject.com, spankmenews.com, UFC LIVE RESULTS, UFC FIGHT RESULTS LIVE