"John Adams," the seven-part HBO Films miniseries starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, premiered in March on HBO. It is now available on HBO On Demand and on DVD.John Adams was the central figure in the 1969 Tony Award-winning musical "1776," about the writing and signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was later made into a 1972 film starring William Daniels as Adams. It is available on DVD.David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, "John Adams," was released in 2001. The recent HBO miniseries is based on it."John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life" was one of three books by Paul C. Nagel on the Adams family. The 1999 biography of the sixth president focuses on personal, rather than public, aspects of his life."The Adams Chronicles," PBS's Emmy Award-winning 1976 miniseries, portrayed four generations of the Adams family: first vice president and second president John; his son, sixth president John Quincy; grandson, diplomat Charles Francis; and great-grandsons, historian Henry and industrialist Charles Francis II. Now available on DVD."Amistad," the 1997 Steven Spielberg film based on the true story of a 1839 slave mutiny aboard a ship of the same name, featured Anthony Hopkins as former President John Quincy Adams, the son of John Adams.A special $1 coin bearing John Adams's likeness was issued last year by the US Mint.Sources: Amazon.com, Internet Movie Database, PBS, HBO, US Mint website
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