AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: JOHN & ABIGAIL ADAMS

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• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Relying heavily on the extraordinary correspondence between the second president and his wife, this joint biography sheds light not only on the characters of two remarkable people, but also on the tumultuous times through which they lived. John and Abigail Adams played a critical role in many of the pivotal events of their era: he was a vociferous participant at the Continental Congress; she was an important eye-witness reporter during the Siege of Boston; he was an important war-time emissary to France. This AMERICAN EXPERIENCE reminds us that the Founding Fathers - and Mothers - were not men and women of marble following a script that made independence and American national success a pre-ordained conclusion, but rather real, flawed, multi-dimensional people, who had no idea how things would turn out.
• Cast: David Ogden Stiers, Simon Russell Beale, Linda Emond, James Barbour, Michael Allosso, Eric Berg, Margaret Ann Brady, Michael Cuddire, Chester Dale, James Flynn, Alan Francis, Ted Garland, Anne Harsch, Robert Mason, David McDivitt, Mark McGonagle, David Mokriski, Rob O'Dwyer, Les Papp II, Jeffrey Phillips, Jeremy Phillips, Noah Pimentel, Michele Proude, Nicholas Purcell, Duncan Putney, Rich Rothbell, Marianne Ryan, Carl Schwaber, Felix Stanley, Casey Van Maanen, Lewis D. Wheeler, Peter Ziobro, Peter Jones, Elizabeth Deane, Cathleen O'Connell, Susan Mottau, Sharon Grimberg, Mark Samels, David Espar
• Director: Peter Jones
• Runtime: 2:00
• Company: PBS Home Video, WGBH
• Media Format: Series