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I'm so glad someone reacted to this. This is one of my favorite musicals. It's extremely faithful to the stage play it was adapted from.
The man playing Adams would become famous on Boy Meets World as Mr
Feeney.
He was also in the series St. Elsewhere, playing a character not too different to John Adams. There was one episode where he and wife go to Philadelphia for a medical conference, and the writers kept on slipping in 1776 references, which just delighted me!
Also the voice of KITT in the TV show "Knight Rider."
William Daniels also reprised his role as John Adams in the miniseries *The Rebel* (1979), played his son John Quincy Adams in *The Adams Chronicles* (1976), and played his cousin Samuel Adams in *The Bastard* (1978).
The number “Cool Considerate Men” was cut from the theatrical release by producer Jack Warner. He was a Republican and he thought the song was a slam on men like him and President Nixon, who was a friend of his. It wasn’t restored until the director’s cut was released on dvd.
The version she watched appears to have cut the Mama, Look Sharp song that immediately follows Cool Considerate Men. It is deeply troubling as it shows the impact of the fighting born by real men that bled and died on the battlefields for our independence. Plus, there undoubtedly is an underlying and timely tie to those that fought and died in the Vietnam War as well, since this film came out in 1972.
@@thomast8539. I don’t think it cut it, as this had every bit not included in the regular version, she could just only show so much.
It was cut at the insistence of Nixon.
Cool Considerate Men is the only number I don’t care for. It kind of turns them into Disney villains. On the other hand, I LOVE the Richard Henry Lee reprise and can not for the life of me understand why that one minute gem was cut.
@@RLucas3000 Or why some of Adam's rant/song outside Congress at the beginning was cut. (you can find the clips on yt.)
This film is powerful and moving. I think the one thing is does best is to show these men as real human beings. Men that were flawed, devoted, brave, conceited and imperfect, just like we all are at different times. Outstanding stuff, particularly all of the scenes between John and Abigail; the exit of John Dickinson; the sweet dance between John and Martha; the boy singing Mama, Look Sharp; when Dr Hall returns to support independence before the slavery section is cut; and, also the argument between Ben and John about compromise. One other great thing is how so many of the actors get to share the spotlight. This film needs a LOT more attention, especially right now.
Abigail and John Adams had one of the best-ever married teams in all of American history. They each contributed so much to America. She had to become more independent in the wake of John’s being away from home so much and she was able to use her intelligence both at home raising her children but also in international and domestic diplomacy. I have a book called My Dearest Friend that is just their letters to each other, with those words being how they started each letter.
My American History teacher had us watch this in the 90's. I think only three of us actually paid attention. I went out and bought the VHS tape. I love this movie. Every student in America should watch it.
Our teacher did the same, it was the 90s as well. I've loved it ever since. ❤
The actor playing Benjamin Franklin is Howard Da Silva. Very similar quality as Ed Wynn who played Uncle Arthur in Mary Poppins! Sadly, Ed Wynn passed in 1966 at age 79 and he was acting until the very end, but he would have been brilliant in this role! He was a legend!
I agree. I also confused the two actors as well.
What many people might be surprised to hear is that Howard Da Silva was Jud Fry in the Original Broadway Cast of Rodgers & Hammerstein's *Oklahoma!* He also did a great job as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in the tv version of Stanley R. Greenberg's powerful play about the Cuban Missile Crisis, *The Missiles of October* (1974).
@@oliverbrownlow5615 Later, when episodes of "Doctor Who" starring Tom Baker were syndicated in the U.S., da Silva provided voice-over intros & closings for each episode. Who else but Ben Franklin could introduce us to the Fourth Doctor?
Da Silva plays a young ruffian all the way back in 1940's 'Abe Lincoln In Illinois' with Raymond Massey.
I saw him in history class playing Kruschev in Missles of October about the Cuban Missle Crisis
A great reaction. The painting at the end that they form into is a very famous one and was a very dramatic reveal as people began to realize the actors were forming into that very well known picture.
Great reaction to an awesome movie. Btw, I'm Black, but I've always been intrigued by and have admiration for the personal nuances of the Founding Fathers of the USA. TIt's such a shame that oo many people today don't have a clear and nuanced understanding of the founding of the nation, and the irony is, the true story is such an AWESOME story. Your reaction and your comments afterward were spot-on. When you mentioned that not everyone back in the Revolutionary Founding days was on the same page, you touched upon an epiphany in understanding that sadly over 95% of Americans today are totally unaware of. Well said!!
William Daniels, who played John Adams, also played Mark Craig on St Elsewhere, the principal on Boy Meets World, and the voice of the car on Night Rider.
One of my all time favorite movie quotes about politics: “I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress!”
That’s up there with this one from The Hunt for Red October: “I’m a politician, which means I’m a cheat and a liar, and when I’m not kissin’ babies, I’m stealin’ their lollipops.”
I’m a firm believer that politics can be used for good, but so often, the sheer cynicism of these lines just hits home.
I have a slight problem with that quote: Three useless men are still a law firm (see: Dewey, Cheatum, & Howe). It takes *four* to make a Congress.
@@augustrempelewert4377 Probably at the time there were no law firms large enough to require three men.
I grew up near Philadelphia. I watched this many times growing up, and I think of it every time I visit the Liberty Bell, Valley Forge and Independence Hall. Great film! Thanks for giving us your reaction to it.
The actress playing Thomas Jefferson's wife is Blythe Danner,the mother of Gwenth Paltrow of Pepper Potts fame from the Avengers movies
I've always loved this movie. The Molasses to Rum to Slaves song was always my favorite because of its power. I felt your pain when the slavery clause was deleted. Hope you are feeling better.
THAT PERFORMANCE WAS THE BEST - THE ACTOR KILLED IT - EVERY HAIR ON MY BODY ROSE. HE BELTED IT OUT SO PASSIONATELY - IT MADE ME LISTEN. SEEING HOW IT LED TO THE REMOVAL OF THAT CLAUSE BROKE MY HEART.
@@ScenecrlyK.S.O. Interesting note: Adams line about posterity never forgiving them for backing down on slavery was based on something the real John Adams actually wrote. However, they decided to leave out the rest of the quote because it sounded too unbelievable. Adams predicted there would be trouble over the situation "a hundred years hence". He was only off by fourteen years.
The whole film is powerful.
@@ScenecrlyK.S.O.. The song is so powerful, because despite what the northeast states, like John Adams were saying, because they no longer had slaves, that they (Boston) owned the ships that captured and brought the slaves here to begin with. So the North’s hands weren’t exactly free from blood. In every era there are wise men, Adams and Franklin then, Bernie Sanders, Beto O’Rourk now, that people could choose to listen to. But instead they follow the Rutledges, the Trumps, the worst of the worst. This country had had successes in freedoms, I can’t let myself lose sight of that, but sometimes it’s hard when so many have been fooled so deeply by Trump. Mark Twain said it’s far easier to fool people than it is getting them to admit they have been fooled.
@@RLucas3000 Wise men like Beto and Bernie 😂😂 They're idiots.
My favorite musical ever since I was born. My mom apparently listened to the record when she was pregnant with me and it’s been my favorite musical ever since. 😁
I love this movie, and I watch it every 4th of July (give or take a day, depending on work). the cast, most reprising their Broadway roles, a whopping 14 of them, brilliant camera work, an amazing script and a baller score. I actually have an autographed photo of William Daniels as Adams in my room. and last year i have the privilage of playing Dr Hall in the Hilliard Arts league production of this show.
We watch this every 4th as well, I grew up in VA and live about 10 minutes from Monticello right now. But man, different parts hit me each year. Watching this reaction because it was hard to watch her reaction to the slavery song. I cried. It was a high price to pay, honestly. But I still love our country and this movie. ❤
Thanks for reacting to this movie and congratulations on still being the only person on YT to do so, even after nearly two years. I thought that someone else might react to it this year, but it's now the end of the day on July 4th. So, I guess that you'll remain the only reaction to this movie for another year, which is a shame because more people need to hear of it.
I'm so happy you found this movie. This is my annual July 4th watch; a musical that could stand on its own without the music. Great musical, great acting, cinematography and directing.
When I was in grade school, our home room teacher took our class on a field trip to see 1776. I and others in that class, fell in love with this movie. We weren't sure a musical about "history" would be good. We were wrong. I loved the way that these men were portrayed as ordinary men. (Not typical men however). Drama, romance, comedy, all woven together as real life is. I've been waiting to see this reaction since you announced it for your Patreon channel. Hopefully I'll find that you loved it as much as I. Peace!
Ohy, the first reaction from one of my all time favorites. It popped up due to me watching your amazing Harry Potter reactions. 1776 is a brilliant show.
Great commentary by the reactor at the end of this video. Spot on and agree wholeheartedly.
I saw the original show on Broadway on a school trip, and felll in love with it. I had both the original Broadway cast recording and the movie soundtrack, the VHS and DVD. They kept much of the original Broadway cast for the movie. William Daniels (Adams)is a character actor in various movies, The Graduate comes to mind, but most people remember him from lots of TV shows. Rutledge (the one whomsang about the triangle trade) was played by John Cullum who was not in the original cast but was a huge Broadway star. If you ever get a chance to watch the TV show Northern Exposure, he was one of the fanastic characters on that show.
Most of the lyrics and dialogue between Adams and his wife and Adams by himself are straight from their letters. Adams eventually became the 2nd President of the US and Jefferson the 3rd. Unfortunately, Jefferson, though he recognized that slavery was wrong and should be abolished, he never did free most of his enslaved people. He did outlaw the international slave trade when he was President, was against the expansion of slavery into new territories and wanted gradual emancipation. My take on him is that he was a brilliant and creative but weak and self-indulgent man who wanted the issue to be settled for him. He could not seem to stop giving into his creative passions and other passions, and spent too much money on them. If slavery was abolished, it would have ruined him financially, but it would have forced him to do what he knew was right. Adams and his son John Quincy Adams, the 6th President, on the other hand, were the only 2 Presidents of the first 12 who never owned slaves. They were also the only 2 out of the first 7 who only won 1 term instead of 2. Make of that what you will.
Love this musical! Thx for watching.
OMG!!This takes me back to middle school history class!! Haven’t seen this 35ish years, another movie classic is “To Kill a Mockingbird” this movie was shown in our government or history class, this is a powerful movie!
I watch this every year on the Fourth of July.
Most of the main cast were in the original Broadway production.
Howard da Silva was blacklisted under Sen. Joe McCarthy's 'Anti-American Activities' witch-hunt in the 1950s. His first professional acting job afterwards was as local Republican leader Ben Marino in the musical 'Fiorello!' in 1959, (The show is set in the 1920s, when the Republicans were on the side of the people and the Democrats were controlled by Tammany Hall, and covers the early career of future New York mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia.) Being cast as Benjamin Franklin was a figurative 'middle-finger salute' to McCarthy and his ilk.
Fun Fact: William Daniels (John Adams) was the voice of KITT in the TV series 'Knight Rider'. He also had a leading role in 'St. Elsewhere'.
Richard Henry Lee's 'tie-twiddle' when he asks Jefferson 'when he's coming home' is reminiscent of a similar mannerism used by Oliver Hardy of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team.
The set for the Continental Congress is an exact replica of the actual room. The only exception is the board showing the votes of each delegation throughout the show. That did not exist, and is used to help the audience keep track of where each colony stands at any given moment.
Being a New Yorker myself, I love Lewis Morris' description of the New York Legislature. Some say that it's not much different today.
Stick fights like the one between Adams and Dickenson were common in the Continental Congress.
By supporting independence for America, Caesar Rodney gave up all hope of getting quality cancer treatment in England.
The visit of Martha Jefferson never happened, but was added to express their relationship without slowing down the action.
Many of John Adams'' lines and song lyrics are taken directly from his letters to Abigail, as is the opinion that he is 'obnoxious and disliked'.
Adams' line about deleting the slavery clause was actually from his cousin Samuel Adams, who wrote 'If we give in on this matter, there will be trouble a hundred years hence. Posterity will never forgive us.' Edwards and Stone left out the reference to time. They felt that audiences wouldn't believe that they didn't add it. After all, Sam Adams was only off by 12 years.
The vote for independence actually did rest on the shoulders of James Wilson. While we don't know his actual reasons, it is known that he did not relish being a public figure.
If you can, get a copy of the origin script of '1776'. The Penguin edition has thirteen pages of authors' notes detailing what they kept intact historically, what they changed and why, what they had to guess at, and so on. I believe it also contains a side-by-side comparison of Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration with the official printed version.
I was 14 when this movie played in theaters, the youngest of 5 kids, and my parents were freaking out about long hair, teenage rebellion and so on, so they spent a lot of time taking me out to "wholesome family entertainment". So they naturally took me to 1776. They were steaming mad coming out of the theater because of the way Franklin was portrayed as a skirt chaser. I had to break it to them that that part of the movie was pretty accurate. I think they were as shocked that I knew the concept of illegitimate children as they were that I knew the word "bastard".
"Don't worry, the history books will clean it up" 🤪
I think most people don't realize how shockingly irreverent *1776* seemed when it came out. Before this, the founding fathers were generally portrayed as marble statues, noble, wise, and god-like. Just hearing them use profane and vulgar language, and seeing them portrayed as being interested in sex (let alone singing and dancing) was uproariously funny, because it was so contrary to the popular image that everyone had of them.
Random fact: the whole "obnoxious and disliked" thing is a reference to one of the things John Adams wrote about himself (though I'm uncertain if it's one of his letters to his wife or a journal of his). In said writing, it turns out to be more of an insecurity than an actual fact, in real life his rivals in congress actually had a bit of respect for him.
Another fun fact is that Mollasses to Rum is incredibly ironic when you consider how Rutledge and Jefferson both turned out after the signing (Rutledge does what Jefferson said he plans to do. Jefferson meanwhile ends up barely able to sustain his own farm even with slaves)
Adams realized about himself that he was very blunt and direct. Not at all a tactful and political operator like Franklin was.
I love this movie! Can't wait for your reaction!!!
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If the fountain looks familiar, that's because it's the same one they dance around in the opening of "Friends"
Also, Reese Witherspoon is a descendant of the Rev. Witherspoon
They’re about to open a production on Broadway with a all female cast.
The Broadway production has closed, but it's currently on tour, coming soon to a city near you.
I love how despite their clear differences, John Adams respects John Dickinson. Also, props to John Dickinson for taking up arms for a cause he personally didn't believe in but the people of his colony did. One more fun fact: Dickinson was offered the chance to become an officer multiple times during the Revolution but he refused every time. He saw the end of the American Revolution as a Private.
Later, he helped craft the Constitution, and was a strong proponent for the Bill of Rights.
Love this one! Hiward DaSilva is a scene stealer🤣. John is played by William Daniels. It was Ed Wynn who played Uncle Albert in MARY POPPINS (the one who laughed and floated). The actor who sang about the slave trade is John Cullum. A gifted actor, who is known for playing the role if Jim Dahlberg in THE DAY AFTER.
As well as the man who played Richard Heney Lee.
He's also great as Nikita Khrushchev in The Missiles of October.
@@kathyastrom1315 I'll have to check that out. I'm an aficionado of The Cold War.
John Cullum also played Mark Greene’s father in the tv show ER.
@@andyleclerc3600 I highly recommend it! It also has a very young Martin Sheen as Bobby Kennedy.
Always loved this show. Bill Daniels was amazing and Howard de Silva perfect.
Just A Wonderful Piece Of Work!!
Boy meets world high school was john adam high and he was teacher/principal
I think Ed Wynn might be the guy you were recalling from 'Mary Poppins'. I believe he was the father of Keenin Wynn?
Yep. Both father Ed Wynn and son Keenan Wynn worked for Disney, but also had long non-Disney careers. Some may remember Keenan as the voice of The Winter Warlock in the Rankin-Bass tv special *Santa Claus Is Coming to Town* (1970).
THANK YOU for reacting to this. It’s in my top 5 movies. It’s so powerful. You are an amazing reactor and I pray your channel continues to grow and grow.
Promote this around July 4th and maybe more who have not seen it will watch it.
“That the Rhode Island militia be required to wear matching uniforms …”
“Oh, good God.”
And we’re off! 😆😆
I remember either my junior high or high school drama class went on a field trip to San Francisco to see a live production of this. Before the movie came out.
Don't rely on this for the most accurate history. But as a dramatization of the prevailing sentiment, the principles in play and the tremendous stakes, it's tops. I live in L.A. and for several years - basically ending with the onset of the pandemic - a local revival theater would run "1776" and it's director, Peter Hunt, would show up to discuss the making of both the stage and screen versions. In the interim Mr. Hunt passed away and they haven't screened the film since, although I expect they will again in time.
It is accurate. A great deal of it was taken from letters between John and Abigail Adams.
I am American and I have to be honest, I do enjoy this film but it does paint the men in a very specific light--Thomas Jefferson owned about 600 slaves and only freed 2 of them in his lifetime, plus he is known to have had many children with female slaves. All of the founding fathers were men of their times...there were as many bad qualities as good. We need to view them as a whole, not just their best qualities.
I watched the movie « Amazing Grace » growing up and it made a major impact on my impression of global abolitionist movements. I think you would enjoy it! 💕
One of my favorite musicals. I only have a couple so to make the list....
Props to you for doing this film. God bless.
It's nice to finally see somebody do a reaction to this old film. Although it's a shame you cut out the songs
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We were taken to this on a field trip by one of my favorite teachers we were taken there for the musical aspect which as 13 year old boy I thought was terrible little did I know I ended up singing "mama hey mama" in a musucal a song that didn't make your edit but I came away with a much better understanding of history.
i understand how daunting it is to address a musical in the ( stupid you tube musical ban) but this a wonderful musical, and important one
great movie and great play
Someone open up a window!
Sit down, John!🙃
Martha Jefferson is played by Blythe Danner, a great actress but best known today probably for being the mother of Gwyneth Paltrow.
I saw this movie when I was in 3rd grade, and have loved it every since. I always remember the the slave trade song. That was my favorite.
This will be an eye opener if you haven’t seen it. My girlfriend is from Liberia where they gained their independence and instituted a government like America. Is Nigeria the same way? Seems pretty free….
Just FYI, Thomas Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves but he only ever freed a handful of them -- including his own children born from his slave Sally Hemmings. Jefferson had a brilliant mind, but he was complicated, to say the least.
I have always loved this film, and I am not a fan of most musicals, and watching it all the way through never fails to get me emotional.
But it is a musical based on a play, and does not really depict the true history of these events. Not all of the inaccuracies are significant, it is a pretty long list, but there are 2 that are probably important enough to mention here. For one thing, the depictions of John Dickinson and James Wilson are very inaccurate...with Dickinson being shown as a hardcore loyalist, which he was not. He was a pacifist more than a loyalist and favored reconciliation and peace. James Wilson is portrayed as a lackey for Dickinson with no convictions of his own, but in reality he was a firm supporter of Independence, and it was to the people he represented in Pennsylvania that he deferred...not Dickinson. When the vote for Independence came up, Wilson only waited until his district could be caucused to confirm the support of the people for Independence before he voted in favor.
The other major diversion from reality worth noting is that the vote for Independence was taken in two stages in real life. First, the delegations all voted and approved the separation from England. Then, the Declaration was debated for a few days, and that was voted on separately. So the removal of the passages on slavery from the Declaration is not as significant as shown in the musical. ✌✌
I think a way to look at it. Before you raise, nurture, and/or correct a child. The child must be born first. The southern colonies were not going to give that chance. So the unfortunate truth was, give on the issue of slavery in hopes to correct the evil in time. Or loose the chance to form a new nation so they could for all.
A very entertaining and inspiring movie even though it lacks 100% historical accuracy. The basics are there, but some time-line finagling and out-of-place characters (e.g., Martha Jefferson did not visit Tom in Philly). The John-Abigail Adams characters are spot-on; there is plenty of primary sources (their letters to each other) to lend credibility to their dialog and communications. Definitely some on-purpose drama built up (slavery vote, the retrieval from Delaware of NOT-cancer-ridden Cesar Rodney) that is not all that true-to-history, but can lead folks to find out for themselves the WHOLE STORY ELSEWHERE. I congratulate you, S K.S.O., on tackling this historical-fiction-MUSICAL! movie; a daring task well-done. Oh, and not to pop anybody's patriotism bubble, but neither Washington or Jefferson freed their own slaves until way after 1776; so TJ's statement that he's "already seen to his" manumission of his bought people is totally erroneous. Here's a history lesson that's also a cinematic analysis: th-cam.com/video/xY4Te8Qm07A/w-d-xo.html .
Jefferson says in the musical that he has "resolved" to free his slaves, not that he has actually done it.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 I believe Monticello, at the time of Jefferson's death on JULY 4, 1826, still had numerous slaves. Jefferson never got around to manumitting his slaves.
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Sowner: Jefferson ever did release his slaves. Real life sucks, don't it?
This movie isn't accurate but it's worth watching.
Actually it’s very accurate because it’s based off the correspondence between John and Abigail Adams.
It's a dramatization, not a documentary. I pity you if you confuse the two . . .
Since there is only written word at the time, the documentary comment is ridiculous. Question is of historical accuracy and the correspondence between John and Abigail is the most accurate and one of the only documentation of the time. So check your facts before you comment on accuracy.
Have you reacted to Amistad?
Sorry but the declaration of independence didn't mean black people at all we were 1/3of human in the constitution and you wouldn't be in Amerikkka without the blood and deaths that sacrificed for the Civil rights movement!🤔😡🤨
Ofcourse it did not - I never said it did.
She knows that. As was discussed in the play the first thing they had to do was get free from England.They would have lost the vote for independence if they did not take the slavery issue out. That was made pretty clear in the play. Neither John Adams nor Franklin's states even had slavery.
Remember the northern states did not have slavery. Only the southern ones. The problem did not go away and 100 years later it tore the country apart to finally get rid of it.
Of course, it did mean all people, so...