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John Adams

TV · 2008 · 1 season

A stately, talk-heavy historical drama that rewards patience with intimate portraits of ambition, marriage and the painful birth of a nation.

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TV
Year
2008
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • family
  • power
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
war, historical
Created by
Tom Hooper
Starring
Paul Giamatti, Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney, David Morse, Danny Huston, Rufus Sewell, Justin Theroux, Stephen Dillane
Cinematography
Tak Fujimoto
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes
Network
HBO
Country
United States
Languages
English

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