TV REVIEW: 'John Adams' makes for compelling historical drama

University Wire;  March 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ......modern times in HBO's historical drama John Adams. Though the events took place well over...and Shiites. Whatever the producers of John Adams intended to draw parallels to, what can...history of the American Revolution and John Adams' struggles to create the United States...

Book about John Adams wonderful

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  September 27, 2001 ;     329 words ......a word appearing in the book titled, "John Adams" by David McCullough). A book on long ago. Yes. An early history of the USA when John Adams was our second president, following the...speech, so different from today's, the John Adams family must have recorded much that was...

Profile: Music of John Adams

NPR Morning Edition;  January 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......NPR) 01-12-2004 Profile: Music of John Adams Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon RENEE MONTAGNE, host: John Adams is one of the most performed and...artists and their inspirations, John Adams spoke with NPR's Ketzel Levine about...

Composer John Adams Discusses His Music

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  June 2, 1996 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Liane Hansen speaks with composer John Adams about his award-winning violin concerto...composer become a household name, but John Adams has managed to do it. A pioneer of the...than sensational. Today, the music of John Adams is the most frequently programmed of...

GOV. KAINE APPLAUDS ECONOMIC, TOURISM IMPACT OF JOHN ADAMS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 11, 2008 ;     517 words ......economic and tourism impact of the new HBO miniseries, John Adams. John Adams was filmed largely in Virginia at locations in Williamsburg...David McCullough and Paul Giamatti, who starred as John Adams. "Virginia's film industry has again made our Commonwealth...

Interview: David McCullough discusses his new biography "John Adams"

Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR);  June 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ......McCullough discusses his new biography John Adams Host: SCOTT SIMON Time: 12:00 Noon-1...EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. John Adams is the missing profile in American history...Sixty years ago the US Postal Service put John Adams face on the two-cent stamp. Since then...

TV REVIEW: Take a ride down freedom trail with 'John Adams'

University Wire;  March 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Boston premiere of the new HBO miniseries "John Adams." Not only were the surroundings impeccable...the Boston library is also home to the John Adams Library, housing around 3,500 different...this continuity of direction helps make "John Adams" less like a television show and more...

Second president regains currency - John Adams coin puts spotlight on...

The Boston Globe;  May 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a seventh- generation descendant of John Adams, who noted that his famous forebear had...Phelan said, "181 years after his passing, John Adams continues to help Quincy." Designed by...decided that Quincy, the birthplace of John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, the sixth...

TELEVISION; Eloquent 'John Adams' eye-opening; Giamatti, Linney do justice...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ......disliked," in one famous description, John Adams also was haughtily intellectual and stubbornly...of hero does a man like that make? In "John Adams," an eight-part miniseries adapted from...victim but the mocking crowd as well. "John Adams" is full of scenes like that: eye-opening...

GIAMATTI SHINES AS 'JOHN ADAMS'.(LIFESTYLE)(MEDIA MUSINGS)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  March 18, 2008 ;     693 words ...Byline: Jane Burns Poor John Adams. He signed the Declaration of Independence...for knowledge about the man. HBO's John Adams delivers its story with grace and...aging makeup. Paul Giamatti stars as John Adams, and Laura Linney co-stars as his...

Truly historic `John Adams' brims with life and texture

The Boston Globe;  March 14, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Television Review John Adams Starring: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney...noble earnestness to politics, HBO's "John Adams" should be as stiffly grand as a gallery...celebrating the birth of a nation, "John Adams" also conveys a daunting, haunting...

Revolutionary role; Paul Giamatti plays emotional, law-loving John...

The Boston Herald;  March 16, 2008 ;     385 words ...Byline: TENLEY WOODMAN John Adams' face might not be plastered on beer...United States in the HBO miniseries John Adams, starting March 18. Giamatti, himself...a leader of the Sons of Liberty, John Adams represented and won aquittal for...

A FITTING TRIBUTE TO JOHN ADAMS

The Boston Globe;  February 26, 2005 ;     531 words ......the Old Suffolk County Courthouse, the John Adams Courthouse on Boston's historic Pemberton...story of freedom and the rule of law. John Adams's first love was Abigail and their family...second president of the United States. John Adams's role on the national and international...

Filming for 'John Adams' begins Thursday in Williamsburg.

Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA);  February 21, 2007 ;     315 words ......filming of the seven-part miniseries, John Adams is scheduled to begin Thursday in Colonial...awaiting trial. Paul Giamatti, who plays John Adams in the HBO Films/Playtone production...the British loyalist who clashed with John Adams, is Guy Henry. Last year, The producers...

A Better Tribute to John Adams

The Washington Post;  June 21, 2001 ;     201 words ......lobby Congress to establish a memorial to John Adams in Washington ["Tidal Basin Eyed for...here already is named for him -- the John Adams Building of the Library of Congress...to making them available to all, than John Adams. Our constitutional system may well have...