John Adams - Season 0 Episode 2 David McCullough: Painting With Words
In this intimate, informal portrait of an artist as a historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough welcomes viewers into his public and private world, exhibiting the infectious curiosity, humor and humanity that have defined his work and life. Director Mark Herzog travels with the celebrated writer as he delivers a speech to rapt legislators; climbs the same Philadelphia church's steeple tower as did John Adams two centuries earlier; returns to the Massachusetts Historical Society to again study an original Adams letter written to his wife Abigail a day before July 4, 1776; visits his old Brooklyn neighborhood and makes his annual trek across the Brooklyn Bridge; sings songs, paints pictures, and reflects on his undiminished enthusiasm for writing while sitting in his tiny "world headquarters" (shed-like though not a shed, he insists) on the grounds of his home. Accompanied in most of these journeys by wife Rosalee (whom he met the summer before college), McCullough provides an insightful, anecdotal look into his life and career, while displaying a refreshing approachability and genuine interest in people he meets along the way.
Year: 2008
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Studio: HBO
Director: Kirk Ellis
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane, Danny Huston, David Morse, Sarah Polley
Crew: Tom Hanks (Executive Producer), David Coatsworth (Producer), Gary Goetzman (Executive Producer), Steven Shareshian (Producer), David Crank (Supervising Art Director), Melanie Oliver (Editor)
First Air Date: Mar 16, 2008
Last Air date: Apr 20, 2008
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 7 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.67/10 by 311.00 users
Popularity: 18.5575
Language: English
Keyword : independence, biography, president, miniseries, 18th century, usa history, founding fathers, america
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