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List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $21.99 You Save: $7.96 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • Director's Cut • Dolby • DVD-Video • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 17 November, 1972 DVD Release : 02 July, 2002 |
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1776 (Restored Director's Cut) description The hit Broadway musical by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards became the basis for this 1972 film about America's first congress and the nation's declaration of independence from Britain. Most of the original cast members are aboard, including William Daniels as John Adams. The film is a little stodgy and moves stiffly from scene to scene--the adaptation to the screen is not a smooth success. But it is nonetheless captivating, considering that so few films have dealt directly with America's birth. Directed by Peter H. Hunt. --Tom Keogh |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Fun and mostly reliable account of the writing of the Declaration of Independence |
| The good first. This is a very faithful representation of the stage show, and the extended director's cut includes some fun (and some repetitive) commentary on the making of the film. The characters present a more human view of the work of the Second Continental Congress, removing the untouchable loftiness so often connected with figures like Ben Franklin and John Adams. The production shows the falterings and failings and sometimes bickering attendant with political life. Viewers will enjoy seeing a familiar cast in roles exploiting their musical gifts(I think of John Cullum from Northern Exposure, and William Daniels from Boy Meets World). The bad - there are of course historical inaccuracies, chief of which is Martha Jefferson never came to Philadelphia, an important plot point in the show. But so much good is in the show, the bad isn't worth worrying about. Our family loved the stage presentation, and loved the film. | |
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