ADAMS CHRONICLES

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• Release Year: 1976
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Lauded by contemporary critics as 'the best and highest-rated series in the history of American public television,' The Adams Chronicles created a sensation when it debuted in 1976. Its vitality and historical integrity now prove timeless. This lavish series dramatizes four generations of Adamses and 150 years of American history from the birth of the Revolution through the Gilded Age. You meet John Adams—passionate revolutionary and second president; John Quincy Adams—proud son of a famous father and sixth president; Charles Francis Adams—skillful minister to Great Britain during the Civil War; historian Henry Adams; and railroad magnate Charles Francis Adams, Jr.; ; Going well beyond politics, this television masterpiece portrays these men as husbands, fathers, brothers, and sons, as well as leaders. Based on the family's personal diaries and correspondence, The Adams Chronicles not only educates as a true historical epic, but also captivates as a fully human family saga.
• Cast: David Elliott, John Beal, Susan Bjurman, Peter Brandon, Nancy Coleman, Patricia Elliott, Nicholas Pryor, Charles Siebert, Charles Tenney, Michael O'Hare, Gregory Abels, Wesley Addy, Tom Aldredge, Tom Bair, David Birney, W.B. Brydon, Henry Butler, Allan Carlsen, Richard Cox, Leora Dana, William Daniels, Lance Davis, Curt Dawson, Jerome Dempsey, M'el Dowd, Kate Draper, Catherine Gaffigan, George Grizzard, Jack Gwillim, George Hearn, Patrick Horgan, Katharine Houghton, John Houseman, Duncan Inches, Jeffrey Jones, Sharon Laughlin, K.C. Ligon, Tom Ligon, Lisa Lucas, Pirie MacDonald, Nancy Marchand, Gilmer McCormick, Katherine Meskill, Brooks Morton, James Noble, Pamela Payton-Wright, Addison Powell, John Ramsey, Erik Rhodes, William Shust, Robert Snively, Jean-Pierre Stewart, Thomas A. Stewart, Albert Stratton, Shepperd Strudwick, Jeremiah Sullivan, Robert Symonds, Angela Thornton, John Tillinger, Kathryn Walker, Tim Wilson, Mark Winkworth, Paul Bogart, James Cellan Jones, Sam Hall, Tad Mosel
• Director: Paul Bogart
• Runtime: 13:00
• Company: Thirteen/WNET New York, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, Acorn Media
• Media Format: movie