Stylistically unambitious but successful musical stage adaptation
I admire the black and white drawing credits
William Daniels (John Adams) and Howard Da Silva (Ben Franklin) are inspired—funny, believable in their roles—Daniels best know for playing the father in The Graduate and Da Silva for playing Chickamaw in They Live By Night
Nice set design with the fountain garden at Franklin’s house
Peter Hunt is no auteur
Early Blythe Danner (age 29)—beautiful as Jefferson’s wife—looks just like Paltrow
Politically the wrong time for this film in 1972 and that may have hurt the initial reception (which still sort of permeates today)- I think its different in 62 or 82
Heat is an effect- works—it’s a character in the film
Several versions of various lengths and I think I’ve seen them all- no effect or change on the evaluation grade
Recommend but closer to the 40th best film of 1972 than the top 10
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