After the battle of Concord, John Adams decides to join the movement for independence. By this time he was totally convinced that was the right path to take. In his many meetings with the principals of the cause in Massachussets, he is elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress to be held in Philadelphia. This could only mean another separation from Abigail and his children, who are left behind to fend for themselves.
The matter of agreement proved to be a hard choice to make because of the division within the colonies. Thus, the North was in agreement as to be separated from the cruel tyranny of England, and a King who was believed to be a selfish man only interested in whatever riches he could get from America.
The Congress was not exactly a total agreement of the minds. John Adams, and the delegates from the Northern Colonies, find themselves having to convince the people from the other Southern colonies, as they wanted to stay as part as England in the New World. John Adams had to fight hard, especially against John Dickinson, a delegate from Pennsylvania, and Edward Rutledge, of South Carolina. During the process, he cultivated the friendship of Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson, both of independent minds. John Adams is instrumental in suggesting, and getting the approval of George Washington to lead the revolutionary forces, a wise decision.
In the meantime, Abigail and the children see the horrors of war right in their own backyard. They must fight disease and loneliness as John is kept away in Philadelphia. After the agreement for the motion of freedom, the Declaration of Independence is read to the general public in the city of Brotherly Love.
Another excitement chapter, the second in the series of the adaptation of David McCullough's novel. Again, Tom Hooper directs with great style.
The cast reads like the Who's Who in the American and English film and theater rosters. Paul Giamatti does a fine take on John Adams, as well as Laura Linney, who plays Abigail. Tom Wilkinson is Benjamin Franklin; Danny Huston is seen as Sam Adams. Stephen Dillane appears as Thomas Jefferson. The excellent Zeljko Ivanek makes a case for his John Dickinson, a reactionary man who did not see eye to eye with Adams. Clancy O'Connor has good moments as Edward Rutledge.
A moving episode about American history.
The matter of agreement proved to be a hard choice to make because of the division within the colonies. Thus, the North was in agreement as to be separated from the cruel tyranny of England, and a King who was believed to be a selfish man only interested in whatever riches he could get from America.
The Congress was not exactly a total agreement of the minds. John Adams, and the delegates from the Northern Colonies, find themselves having to convince the people from the other Southern colonies, as they wanted to stay as part as England in the New World. John Adams had to fight hard, especially against John Dickinson, a delegate from Pennsylvania, and Edward Rutledge, of South Carolina. During the process, he cultivated the friendship of Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson, both of independent minds. John Adams is instrumental in suggesting, and getting the approval of George Washington to lead the revolutionary forces, a wise decision.
In the meantime, Abigail and the children see the horrors of war right in their own backyard. They must fight disease and loneliness as John is kept away in Philadelphia. After the agreement for the motion of freedom, the Declaration of Independence is read to the general public in the city of Brotherly Love.
Another excitement chapter, the second in the series of the adaptation of David McCullough's novel. Again, Tom Hooper directs with great style.
The cast reads like the Who's Who in the American and English film and theater rosters. Paul Giamatti does a fine take on John Adams, as well as Laura Linney, who plays Abigail. Tom Wilkinson is Benjamin Franklin; Danny Huston is seen as Sam Adams. Stephen Dillane appears as Thomas Jefferson. The excellent Zeljko Ivanek makes a case for his John Dickinson, a reactionary man who did not see eye to eye with Adams. Clancy O'Connor has good moments as Edward Rutledge.
A moving episode about American history.
