John Adams

John Adams is a seven-part historically biographical miniseries developed by HBO and directed by Tom Hooper that follows the life and trails of John Adams (Paul Giamatti), an American politican and philosopher who became not only one of the most influential Founding Fathers but the first Vice President and second President of the United States. The series follows his career from his days as a well-respected lawyer who believed in fairness and equality in law and justice, even so far to defend British Redcoats to the dismay of his fellow colonists through his presidency and to his final days, having lived to see his son, John Quincy Adams (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), become the United States sixth president. The series holds nothing back as it explores the very loving and supportive relationship he has with his wife Abigail (Laura Linney), his sometimes brash approach in dealing with his fellow politicians, including Benjamin Franklin (Tom Wilkinson), George Washington (David Morse), and Thomas Jefferson (Stephen Dillane), and his many embassies with the foreign courts, including treaties with the French and the Dutch. John Adams is a considered a thought provoking look at one of the key players in the early tumultuous days of the founding of the United States of America. MORE