BikeBookBread Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 We just got the 3 John Adams DVDs from Netflix... So far it is highly entertaining, wonderfully acted and beautifully made. Just how historically accurate is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Anyone??? :bigear: Laura Linney is really good in it as Abigail Adams, by the way... but there is one scene of a tar and feathering. Very realistic and...very naked, poor man. One of the co-producers is Tom Hanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I don't know about accuracy, but my high school band director is in it. :D I think he's the "boson" or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naturalmom Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I think it's pretty accurate. It's based on historian David McCullough's book. I saw the miniseries first, and I've been slowly reading through the book because it piqued my interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 We loved this film!! I read that the major events are fairly accurate and Adams' personality is as accurately portrayed as they can from correpondances, etc. but that the little private stuff is mostly made up. And it sparked weeks of Netlfix presidency DVDs for us. We still laugh because whenever I hear this obscure classical piece, it makes me think of the point in the movie where Lincoln finally decides enough is enough and drafts the Emancipation Proclamation. The music swells, I bawl my eyes out, and everyone flees the room. :D The movie does make you just want to run out and hug a president though, doesn't it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcyB Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I agree..being based on McCullough's book, it's as accurate as most movies get on the historical front. LOVED this movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paintedlady Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I've done a lot of reading about the Adams', both John and Abigail, and have read a lot of their letters to each other and to Thomas Jefferson and I thought it was a very accurate description of their life. I loved the series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I *loved* those movies. I remember Tom Hanks saying he was never taught that John Adams represented the English Officers in the Boston Massacre. Today he would be called a traitor for that. I think it was the singular time that showed the strength of his character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 It's pretty accurate, but there are some big inaccuracies too. The tar and feathering scene never happened with Samuel Adams, John Adam's daughter died at a different time than she does in the movie, the kids sometimes joined them in Europe, things like that. I thought it was excellent as well. It certainly didn't try to sugarcoat anything. Here's a wikipedia article listing the inaccuracies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_%28TV_miniseries%29#Historical_Inaccuracies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisOR Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 DH and I enjoyed this movie. The kids and I read "Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution," and I thought the movie follows their life pretty well. I noticed exact wording from their letters being spoken as dialogue. Events were out of order in some places. I wouldn't let my kids (ages 10 and younger) watch the movie without my FastForward button though (for the tar and feathering mentioned already, and nudity in the scene of daughter Nabby's breast cancer surgery). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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