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HBO takes a gamble on new 9-hour miniseries; Co-produced by Tom Hanks and featuring a top-notch cast, "John Adams" is riveting history -- at least initially.

Publication: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Publication Date: 16-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: HBO takes a gamble on new 9-hour miniseries; Co-produced by Tom Hanks and featuring a top-notch cast, "John Adams" is riveting history -- at least initially.(ENTERTAINMENT)

Article Excerpt
Byline: NEAL JUSTIN; STAFF WRITER

HBO, the network that brought you trigger-happy mobsters, sweaty Roman warriors and sex-obsessed Manhattanites, now proudly presents the rip-roaring adventures of ... a Founding Father.

Anyone expecting that "John Adams," a nine-hour miniseries stretched over six consecutive Sundays, will expose a man who curses like Al Swearengen of "Deadwood" or bed-hops like Bill Henrickson of "Big Love" is in for a major letdown. The nation's second president was most dynamic in stuffy, endless boardroom meetings, stayed unabashedly devoted to his wife and possessed about as much glamour as Paul Giamatti, who,...

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