John Adams

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historical drama television series television miniseries

John Adams is a 2008 HBO historical miniseries that dramatizes the life and political career of the second U.S. president, John Adams, during the founding of the United States.

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Label Occurrences
John Adams canonical 16
Thomas Jefferson in John Adams 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical drama television series ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
basedOn John Adams (book) ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor David McCullough ⓘ
characterPortrayed Abigail Adams ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
composer Joseph Vitarelli ⓘ
Rob Lane ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsEvent Adams presidency ⓘ
American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Boston Massacre ⓘ
American Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Declaration of Independence
depictsOffice President of the United States ⓘ
depictsOfficeHolder John Adams ⓘ
director Tom Hooper ⓘ
distributor HBO ⓘ
executiveProducer Gary Goetzman ⓘ
Kirk Ellis ⓘ
Tom Hanks ⓘ
firstAirDate March 16, 2008 ⓘ
genre biographical drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lastAirDate April 20, 2008 ⓘ
mainCharacter Abigail Adams ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 7 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 1 ⓘ
originalChannel HBO ⓘ
originallyBroadcastAs television miniseries ⓘ
originalNetwork HBO ⓘ
portrayedBy Laura Linney ⓘ
Paul Giamatti ⓘ
portrays American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

founding of the United States ⓘ
productionCompany HBO ⓘ
surface form: HBO Films

Playtone ⓘ
releaseYear 2008 ⓘ
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 70 minutes ⓘ
settingPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
early United States ⓘ
subject John Adams ⓘ
writer Kirk Ellis ⓘ

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series → notableWinner → John Adams ⓘ
Danny Cohen → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Danny Cohen → workedOn → John Adams ⓘ
Tom Wilkinson → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Tom Wilkinson → actedIn → John Adams ⓘ
Laura Linney → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Paul Giamatti → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Paul Giamatti → notableTVSeries → John Adams ⓘ
David Morse → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Playtone → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Gary Goetzman → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Gary Goetzman → produced → John Adams ⓘ
Linney → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
subject surface form: Laura Linney
David McCullough → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Stephen Dillane → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ
Stephen Dillane → role → John Adams ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Jefferson in John Adams
Kirk Ellis → notableWork → John Adams ⓘ