John and Abigail Adams
GenreDocumentary
Developed byPaul Taylor[1]
Written byElizabeth Deane[1]
Directed byPeter Jones
Starring
Narrated byDavid Ogden Stiers[1]
Music bySteve Porcaro[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerElizabeth Deane[1]
Cinematography
  • Brian McDairmant (dramatic sequences)[1]
  • John Baynard (interviews)[1]
EditorDavid Espar[1]
Running time120 minutes[2]
Production companies
  • WGBH Boston[1]
  • Green Umbrella[1]
Original release
NetworkPBS
Release
  • January 23, 2006 (2006-01-23)

John and Abigail Adams (stylized onscreen as John & Abigail Adams) is a 2006 television documentary film about John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States, and his wife Abigail Adams. Produced by PBS for the American Experience documentary program, it recounts the Adams couple's lives and partnership through both dramatizations and interviews. The film was directed by Peter Jones and written and produced by Elizabeth Deane, and it first aired on PBS in the United States on January 23, 2006.

Cast

Interviewees

Critical response

Louis Howard of DVD Talk gave John and Abigail Adams four out of five stars, writing that it is "[a]nother strong entry" of the American Experience program. Howard added that while the film is 120 minutes in length, shorter than most other films from the series, it "has the advantage of brisk storytelling, keeping the viewer's interest throughout."[3] Leigh H. Edwards of PopMatters expressed that the documentary is better at "refram[ing] its subjects for a 21st-century audience" than Benjamin Franklin, another film from American Experience about a founding father. Edwards stated that it "avoids [...] hagiography by focusing on many of Adams' own weaknesses and self-doubts, even while emphasizing how his genius and foresight led him to become [...] the 'premiere political thinker in Revolutionary America.'"[4]

Home media

John and Abigail Adams was released on DVD by PBS on January 24, 2006, the day after it aired on television.[2] Though the film is part of The Presidents collection of American Experience, it is not included in the collection's DVD box set released on August 26, 2008.[5][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "John and Abigail Adams - Credits". PBS. WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "American Experience: John and Abigail Adams". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. 24 January 2006. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Howard, Louis (January 29, 2006). "American Experience: John and Abigail Adams". DVD Talk. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ Edwards, Leigh H. (February 6, 2006). "Benjamin Franklin / John & Abigail Adams (American Experience)". PopMatters. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  5. ↑ "American Experience: The Presidents Collection". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
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