Plot
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
Cast
Paul Giamatti
as John Adams
Laura Linney
as Abigail Adams
Stephen Dillane
as Thomas Jefferson
Danny Huston
as Samuel Adams
David Morse
as George Washington
Sarah Polley
as Abigail Adams Smith
Tom Wilkinson
as Benjamin Franklin
Steven Hinkle
as Young John Quincy Adams
Madeline Taylor
as Young Nabby Adams
John Dossett
as Benjamin Rush