Pros: Music, quite accurate history, love stories Cons: All right. . .this one is long, and you feel it.
This July 3, I saw "1776" for the second time. The first time was a little more than a year and a half ago and I stayed up to about midnight to watch it. This time it was from mid-afternoon to early evening, at a friend's house in ...
Pros: acting, story, songs, attention to period detail Cons: some people might take the events for historical fact, drags in a few spots
1776 is the Columbia Pictures production of a Broadway show by the same name, which has a decent run during the late 1960's. Jack Warner brought this musical version of liberty and freedom to the silver screen in 1972. Running long at just ...
Pros: Brilliant acting (& singing), great songs... Cons: Speed of events lags in a few parts.
1776 is a wonderful musical with drama and comedy. It also has a great story, brilliant acting, and includes both amusing and dramatic songs. Even if you are not a big fan of musicals, you still might just enjoy this film.
Pros: Absolutely hilarious at times. Cons: There are a couple scenes that don't seem to belong.
Well, it's a classic, and it has that guy who played Mr. Feeny only he's really young! All I have to say is that Franklin is hilarious. In fact, I was rolling around on the floor laughing for most of the movie. Then again, i'm a nerd. It's not every day...
Pros: Effortlessly captures the stage show of the same title. Captures Howard DaSilva's performance. Cons: Occasionally drags a bit.
I have been sprung from my hellish captivity in my boudoir. The last few days were an absolutely appalling experience as I had licked the last few stray crumbs from my Doritos bags, finished off the edible Lesterene cosmetic products and was seriously...
Pros: The entire cast, the script, the direction, and the music. What else is there? Cons: The original 180 minute version was only on Laserdisk, now out of print.
Having the perspective of history on my side, I can easily imagine the men being portrayed in this movie asking that question. When told they would have to decide if there would be a new Nation, asking "Who, Me???" When asked for more and more...
Pros: exceptional writing, most songs are excellent, witty, Howard da Silva and William Daniels shine Cons: roles of the women seem superfluous, a few weak songs
By the time Benjamin Franklin says "What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a great man before?" I am already rolling on the floor laughing so hard I can't breathe. I'm serious. The last time I watched this movie in a public place people threatened to...
Pros: Superb, often accurate. Fun songs, funny jokes Cons: None
Anyone who has seen 1776 - the movie version of the musical - and held a deep admiration of the Founding Fathers as demigods - will come away with a more human understanding of these very fallible men - and more respect for them than ever before. ...
Pros: A stirring vision of a country's beginning Cons: It reminds us of how much we've lost
This film is almost enough to make a person proud to be an American. It chronicles so much of the passion, the dreaming, the truly honorable desire that lay behind much of the motivation to become a separate country. Unfortunately, not only was history...
The liberty bell appears on the screen. As the camera shifts, we see John Adams (William Daniels) standing with his back to the bell, gazing out over the city of Philadelphia. His face is tired, stern, weary.
Pros: good story, good acting, good directing, good music...it's a good movie Cons: I had to rent it from Blockbuster
If you enjoyed high school history, or even if you didn't - this is a movie you will enjoy. The history isn't all accurate, though many of the facts are correct. The music is good. The insight into the personalities of John Addams, Thomas Jefferson and...
Watched this movie when my son was studying the Constitution. The way the information was presented was memorable. 17 years later he still remembers things about the Constitution from the movie. His teacher agreed that this was a great teaching aid...
Pros: Great music, good introduction to the period. Cons: None
Why does the musical "1776" still pack 'em in, 28 years after its initial theatrical release? I think because it shows us that the staid, stuffy figures that eighth graders study in American history were real people, with real problem in...
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