Many thanks to Tina for contributing high quality DVD screencaptures from  “John Adams”, the 2008 mini-series about the second president of the United States, starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. “John Adams” won 13 Emmy Awards and featured Mamie in the last three episodes as Sally Adams. All captures can be found in the Image Library.

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After sweeping trophies at the Emmys ealier last year, “John Adams” has now won 4 Golden Globe Awards – as Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Actor (Paul Giamatti), Best Actress (Laura Linney) and Best Supporting Actor (Tom Wilkinson). In the epic 6-part mini-series, Mamie Gummer played Sally Adams.

John Adams has topped this year’s Emmy Awards nomination list, with the historical drama that follows the life of one of America’s founding fathers getting 23 nominations. Sideways star Paul Giamatti was nominated for his lead role in the best actor in a miniseries or movie category, the best actress category is headed by Laura Linney. The winners will be handed out at a ceremony in Los Angeles on September 21.

The epic seven-part HBO Films miniseries event about the legendary former president “John Adams” will premiere today with its first part on HBO, followed by a documentary on the making of the film. The miniseries has received some amazing reviews, being called a “masterpiece” by Reuters, and the Washington Post wrote, “John Adams can safely be labeled a victory for all the talents who put it together – an entertainment unmistakably relevant in its evocation of a tumultuous era not entirely unlike our own, and a great moment for a medium that is itself in the throes of revolution.” Below you will find some relevant articles and reviews:

Review by The New York Times (March 16, 2008)
Review by The Boston Globe (March 16, 2008)
Review by The Chicago Sun-Times (March 16, 2008)
Review by Newsday (March 14, 2008)
Review by The Washington Post (March 13, 2008)
Review by Reuters (March 13, 2008)
Review by USA Today (March 13, 2008)

Yesterday, Mamie has attended the premire of her upcoming mini-series “John Adams”.

Here’s some additional information on the premiere by the Boston Globe: Historian David McCullough and series producer Tom Hanks are in Washington, D.C., tonight for a screening at the Capitol of HBO’s seven-part miniseries based on McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of John Adams. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Congressman Bill Delahunt, whose district includes the Adams homestead in Quincy, are the featured speakers. McCullough and Hanks will then attend a Friday gala at the Boston Public Library. Paul Giamatti, who plays the second president in the miniseries, which starts March 16, was at the New York premiere Monday, along with McCullough, Hanks, actors Josh Charles, Justin Theroux, David Morse, Eva Amurri, and Mamie Gummer.

HBO has posted a two minutes clip with new scenes from the upcoming mini-series “John Adams”, including behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with writer David McCullough, producer Tom Hanks and actors Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. Additionally, the website for the film has been updated with cast biographies, new pictures and a full synopsis. Unfortunately, none of that features Mamie, so I guess her role, that of Adams’ niece Sally, will be rather small. “John Adams” taps into the uncertainty and intensity surrounding the birth of the American republic and its first 50 years. With the fervent support of his wife Abigail, and through a lifelong political rivalry and friendship with Thomas Jefferson, Adams rose to be the leader of the American independence movement, the nation’s first ambassador to Holland and England, the first American Vice President, the second American President, and father of the sixth American President.