I will definitely be buying the DVD which I am sure will be released at some point.
Everything about it was top notch.
The coincidental dying on July 4th, the 50th anniversary of our Independence, was eerie.
By the way, Samuel Barnett is the actor who played Thomas Adams in later life, the son who was with John Adams at his death bed.
His other outstanding movie is THE HISTORY BOYS, and if you have not seen it.........YOU MUST! It is definitely 5-Star Quality and worthy of your time.
It's out on DVD. It was an award winning play before it was a movie. The writer is Alan Bennett.
Here are the awards:
Awards
The original London production won three 2005 Olivier Awards, for Best New Play, Best Actor (Richard Griffiths), and Best Direction (Nicholas Hytner).
The New York production won five Drama Desk Awards, for Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Richard Griffiths), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Samuel Barnett), Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Frances de la Tour) and Outstanding Direction of a Play (Nicholas Hytner). It also won four 2006 Outer Critics Circle Awards, for Outstanding Broadway Play, Outstanding Direction of a Play, and Outstanding Featured Actor and "Featured Actress in a Play" for Griffiths and de la Tour.
The History Boys also was nominated for seven Tony Awards, of
which it won a record six: Best Play, Best Director of a Play, Best Featured Actress for de la Tour, Best Actor for Griffiths, Best Set Design of a Play, and
Best Lighting Design of a Play [1]. Barnett was nominated for an award for Best Performance by a
Featured Actor in a play.
Sorry to go off topic there, but he's a great actor and if you appreciate a good story and great acting, like you saw in John Adams, you will also
appreciate THE HISTORY BOYS.
