WESTERN MOVIES [PREVEDENI] - 2008

• Aces 'N' Eights (2008) PLAĆENIK
• Appaloosa (2008) APALUZA 
• Broken Fences (2008) SLOMLJENE OGRADE
• Burrowers, The (2008) TAJANSTVENA DIVLJINA

• Comanche Moon (2008) MESEC KOMANČA [SERIJA, TRI EPIZODE]
• Iron Road (2008) GVOZDENI PUT [SERIJA, DVE EPIZODE]

• John Adams (2008) DŽON ADAMS [SERIJA, SEDAM EPIZODA]

PLAĆENIK
Aces 'N' Eights (2008)
[Casper Van Dien ... Luke Rivers, Bruce Boxleitner ... D.C. Cracker, Ernest Borgnine ... Thurmond Prescott, Jeff Kober ... Tate, Jack Noseworthy ... Jess Riley, William Atherton ... Howard, Jake Thomas ... Noah, Rodney Scott ... Monty, Deirdre Quinn ... Jo Tanner, Victoria Chalaya ... Cracker's Woman, Gregory J. Barnett ... Homesteader #3, Jeffrey G. Barnett ... Homesteader #4, Michael H. Barnett ... Teenage Son, Judi Barton ... Homesteader, Melissa Bickerton ... Homesteader Wife #3]
- Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law and order to be found, justice falls onto the shoulders of an elderly rancher and an accomplished, but retired, gunslinger. [Director: Craig R. Baxley] [87 min, 1.85 : 1, Action l Adventure l Drama, USA]
- Miroljubivi naseljenici neistraženog zapada pored drugih problema, suočeni su sa još jednim. Bogati zemljoposednik želi njihovu zemlju zbog pruge koja treba da se gradi, oni se opiru, a on ih ubija. Bez zakona koji bi stao na njihovu stranu, sprovođenje pravde pada na pleća starog rančera Preskota (E. Borgnine) i uspešnog, ali penzionisanog revolveraša (B. Boxleitner).

APALUZA 

Appaloosa (2008)

[Robert Jauregui ... Marshall Jack Bell (as Bobby Jauregui), Jeremy Irons ... Randall Bragg, Timothy V. Murphy ... Vince, Luce Rains ... Dean, James Tarwater ... Chalk (as Jim Tarwater), Boyd Kestner ... Bronc, Gabriel Marantz ... Joe Whittfield, Ed Harris ... Virgil Cole, Viggo Mortensen ... Everett Hitch, Benjamin Rosenshein ... Town Boy, Cerris Morgan-Moyer ... Tilda, James Gammon ... Earl May, Timothy Spall ... Phil Olson, Tom Bower ... Abner Raines, Erik J. Bockemeier ... Fat Wallis]

- Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow. 1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole and Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? [Director: Ed Harris] [Robert B. Parker (novel)] [115 min, 2.35 : 1, Crime l Drama l Western, USA]

- Mlada udovica unese pomutnju u živote dvojice najboljih prijatelja. Virdžil Kol (E. Harris) i Everet Hič (V. Mortensen) su prijatelji i plaćeni čuvari reda i mira u vesternu prepunom pucnjave, a snimljenom prema romanu Roberta B. Parkera. Kada Virdžil Kol i Everet Hič stignu u Apaluzu, otkrivaju mali, prašnjavi gradić u kome vlada samovolja rančera koji nimalo ne mari za zakon i red, već za sebe uzima sve što mu padne pod ruke – zalihe, konje i žene, ostavivši za sobom mrtvog šerifa i jednog od njegovih pomoćnika. Kol i Hič, zaštitnici zakona – lutalice, navikli su da se suočavaju sa lopovima koji koriste svaku priliku, ali ovog puta susrešće neobično lukavog protivnika – nekoga ko ne podiže ulog igrajući po pravilima, već po emocijama. Žena koja pristiže u grad sa jednim dolarom u džepu i nagonom za preživljavanje, Alison Frenč (R. Zellweger), unosi osećaje – a to je ono od čega se gine – u poteru za ubicom Rendalom Bragom (J. Irons) kome se za petama nalaze dvojica iskusnih čuvara pravde, Virdžil Kol i Everet Hič.

SLOMLJENE OGRADE  

Broken Fences (2008)

[Jan Van Sickle ... Joe Simons, Ryan J. Parker ... Dylan Simons, Earla Stewart ... Kim Clark, Wesley Walker ... Sherrif Brown, Robert Himber ... Bartender, Bill LeVasseur ... Cowboy]

Joe, a rancher in the mountains of Colorado, has his life of solitude interrupted when his luckless son gets paroled from prison and moves back in with him, bringing his ill-fated ways along. Joe lives a life of solitude by choice on a ranch in the mountains of Colorado, asking no one to feel sorry for him. A widower, he has his daily routine of ranch chores interrupted one evening by a call from his just paroled son, Dylan. Dylan is a good kid that has a dark cloud that seems to follow him wherever he goes. He hasn't spoken to his father in years and has nowhere else to go. Reluctantly, Joe takes Dylan in under the condition that he has changed his ways. The two slowly start to repair their rocky relationship when the ill fortune that follows Dylan strikes again. The ensuing incident sets forth a chain reaction of events that will cause dire consequences for everyone involved. [Director: Troy McGatlin] [101 min, Drama l Western, USA]

- Džo Sajmons živi usamljeničkim životom na farmi u planinama Kolorada. Njegov sin Dilan je dobro dete koje ima tamni oblak koji ga prati gde god da pođe. Džo prima Dilana pod uslovom da promeni svoje načine ponašanja. Njih dvoje polako počinju popravljati svoj težak odnos, kad zla kob koja prati Dilana opet udari. Incident koji je usledio dovodi do lančane reakcije događaja koji će izazvati teške posledice za sve uključene.

TAJANSTVENA DIVLJINA

Burrowers, The (2008)

[Clancy Brown ... John Clay, David Busse ... Young Bluecoat, William Mapother ... William Parcher, Jocelin Donahue ... Maryanne Stewart, Alexandra Edmo ... Faith (as Alex Edmo), Brighid Fleming ... Little Sister, Karl Geary ... Fergus Coffey, Christopher Hagen ... Father, Doug Hutchison ... Henry Victor, Galen Hutchison ... Dobie Spacks, Laura Leighton ... Gertrude Spacks, Harley Coriz ... Short Ute, Suzi McLaughlin ... Mother, Tatanka Means ... Tall Ute, Seri DeYoung ... Audrey]

- In the Wild West a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances. A band of courageous men sets out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, the group prepares for a routine battle. But they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below. [Director: J.T. Petty] [96 min, 2.35 : 1, Horror l Thriller l Western, USA]

- Grupa hrabrih ljudi pokreće potragu i žele da pronađu i vrate porodicu doseljenika koja je misteriozno nestala iz svog doma. Očekujući da će otmičari biti divlji domoroci, grupa se priprema za rutinsku bitku. Ali oni ubrzo otkrivaju da pravi neprijatelji dolaze iz podzemlja i da nisu u pitanju ljudska bića.

MESEC KOMANČA [SERIJA, TRI EPIZODE]

Comanche Moon (2008)

In Chronological Order: 1. Dead Man's Walk (1996), 2. Comanche Moon (2008), 3. Lonesome Dove (1989), 4. Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) and 5. Streets of Laredo (1995).

Hronološki redosled: 1. MRTVAČEV MARŠ [SERIJA, 3 EPIZODE] (1996), MESEC KOMANČA [SERIJA, 3 EPIZODE] (2008), 3. USAMLJENA GOLUBICA [SERIJA, 4 EPIZODE] (1989), POVRATAK NA USAMLJENU GOLUBICU [SERIJA, 4 EPIZODE] (1993) i 5. ULICE LAREDA  [SERIJA, 3 EPIZODE] (1995).

Mini serija Mesec Komanča, od tri epizode, je uvod u jednu od najuspešnijih vestern TV serija Usamljena Golubica iz 1989. godine. To je uzbudljiva je priča o ratovima između Komanča i Teksašana od 1858. do 1865. godine, a priča je iz mlađih dana Gasa Mek Kreja i Vudrou Kola koje su u Usamljenoj Golubici maestralno odglumili Robert Dival i Tomi Li Džons. Treba mnogo hrabrosti da bi se prihvatilo proslavljenih uloga legendi američkog filma, ali Stiv Zan (Gus McCrae) i Karl Urban (Woodrow F. Call) preuzeli su ih bez oklevanja i nisu pogrešili. Hronika indijansko-teksaških ratova počinje kada se Gas i Vudrou pridružuju slavnom Inišu Skalu (V. Kilmer). Pod komandom obrazovanog, ali i vrlo ekscentričnog Iniša Skala, rendžeri štite teritoriju od neprestanih napada poglavice Komanča Grbavog Bizona (W. Studi), njegovog ostrašćenog sina Plavog Patka (A. Beach), čuvenog konjokradice Vuka Koji Udara (J. Joss) i skoro neuhvatljivog kralja meksičkih bandita. Kada Skalu ukradu konja, on kreće u potragu za njima, unapređujući i Mek Kreja i Kola kapetane... Trojici rendžera još pomažu poznati tragač iz plemena Kikapu, kao i vojnici Džošua Dits (K. Robinson), Džek Spun (R. Merriman) i Pia Aj Parker (T. Baker), a svi se oni bore da zaštite osvojenu teritoriju od Komanča koji po svaku cenu nastoje da zadrže tradicionalne običaje i način života. 

MESEC KOMANČA, PRVI DEO

Comanche Moon (2008) E01

[Steve Zahn ... Gus McCrae, Karl Urban ... Woodrow F. Call, Val Kilmer ... Inish Scull, Ryan Merriman ... Jake Spoon, Keith Robinson ... Joshua Deets, Ray McKinnon ... Bill Coleman, Wes Studi ... Buffalo Hump, Adam Beach ... Blue Duck, James Rebhorn ... Gov. Elisha Pease, Jake Busey ... Tudwal, Melanie Lynskey ... Pearl Coleman, Sal Lopez ... Ahumado, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman ... First Old Comanche (as Floyd Westerman), Kristine Sutherland ... Elmira Forsythe, Rachel Griffiths ... Inez Scull, Troy Baker ... Pea Eye Parker, David Midthunder ... Famous Shoes, Wally Welch ... Ranger Ikey Ripple, Arron Shiver ... Stove Jones, Toby Metcalf ... Ranger Lee Hitch, Josh Berry ... Bob Allen, Jonathan Joss ... Kicking Wolf, Bill Flynn ... Old Ben Mickelson, Aldred Montoya ... Three Birds, Steve Reevis ... Worm, Savion Rose ... Felice, Fredrick Lopez ... Goyeto, Tatanka Means ... Slipping Weasel, Geraldine ... Hema, Brad Leland ... Militia Commander, Brady Coleman ... Mr. Forsythe, Grover Coulson ... Bingham, Anthony Parker ... Quick Antalope, Scotty Augare ... Straight Elbow, Rod Rondeaux ... SlowTree, Rodney Smith ... Tana, Jack Burning ... Second Old Comanche, Jessica Robertson ... Maudie Clark, Ramon Frank ... Jimmy Watson, Elizabeth Banks ... Maggie, Linda Cardellini ... Clara Forsythe, Terri Douglas ... (voice) (uncredited), Shani Klein-Madden ... 1880's Austin - Bankers Wife (uncredited), Rachel Noll ... Saloon Girl (uncredited), Thadd Turner ... Vaquero Horse Rider (uncredited)]

Exciting prequel to "Lonesome Dove" detailing the adventures of Texas Rangers Gus McCrae (S. Zahn) and Woodrow Call (K. Urban). In Part 1 of 3, the Rangers track a notorious horse thief, and Gus and Woodrow are promoted to captains after their leader, Capt. Scull (V. Kilmer), abandons his men to search for his beloved horse that is stolen. Also: Gus courts Clara, a local Austin beauty, and Scull's wife takes up with Jake Spoon, a young Ranger. [Director: Simon Wincer] [Larry McMurtry (source material)] [TV Mini-Series, 1 of 3 Episode, 88 min, 16 : 9, Drama, Western, USA]

MESEC KOMANČA, DRUGI DEO

Comanche Moon (2008) E02

[Steve Zahn ... Gus McCrae, Karl Urban ... Woodrow F. Call, Val Kilmer ... Inish Scull, Ryan Merriman ... Jake Spoon, Keith Robinson ... Joshua Deets, Ray McKinnon ... Bill Coleman, Wes Studi ... Buffalo Hump, Adam Beach ... Blue Duck, James Rebhorn ... Gov. Elisha Pease, Melanie Lynskey ... Pearl Coleman, Sal Lopez ... Ahumado, Norbert Leo Butz ... Capt. Richard King, Indira Varma ... Therese Wanz, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman ... First Old Comanche (as Floyd Westerman), Kristine Sutherland ... Elmira Forsythe, Rachel Griffiths ... Inez Scull, Troy Baker ... Pea Eye Parker, David Midthunder ... Famous Shoes, Brady Coleman ... Mr. Forsythe, Arron Shiver ... Stove Jones, Grover Coulson ... Bingham, Toby Metcalf ... Ranger Lee Hitch, Josh Berry ... Bob Allen, Gene Ray Price ... Aunt Jessie, Bill Flynn ... Old Ben Mickelson, Buck Taylor ... Ben Lily, Dylan Kenin ... Denton Fogg, Savion Rose ... Felice, Bill Poague ... Xavier Wans, Tone Forrest ... Black Carpenter, Jonathan Joss ... Kicking Wolf, Tatanka Means ... Slipping Weasel, Steve Reevis ... Worm, Scotty Augare ... Straight Elbow, Rod Rondeaux ... SlowTree, Jack Burning ... Second Old Comanche, Elizabeth Banks ... Maggie, Mark Brooks ... Gaucho, Jake Busey ... Tudwal, Linda Cardellini ... Clara Forsythe, Geraldine Keams ... Hema, Fredrick Lopez ... Goyeto, Wally Welch ... Ranger Ikey Ripple, Jonathan David Dixon ... Austin Man (uncredited), Shani Klein-Madden ... 1880's Austin - Bankers Wife (uncredited)]

Part 2 of 3. Gus and Woodrow are ordered by the governor to rescue Capt. Scull from a Mexican bandit who is holding him for ransom; Comanches raid Austin and burn much of it to the ground; Woodrow worries that Maggie's baby doesn't belong to him; and Gus becomes convinced that Clara is going to marry another man. [Director: Simon Wincer] [Larry McMurtry (source material)] [TV Mini-Series, 2 of 3 Episode, 85 min, 16 : 9, Drama, Western, USA]

MESEC KOMANČA, TREĆI DEO

Comanche Moon (2008) E03

[Steve Zahn ... Gus McCrae, Karl Urban ... Woodrow F. Call, Val Kilmer ... Inish Scull, Ryan Merriman ... Jake Spoon, Keith Robinson ... Joshua Deets, Wes Studi ... Buffalo Hump, Adam Beach ... Blue Duck, James Rebhorn ... Gov. Elisha Pease, Jeremy Ratchford ... Charlie Goodnight, August Schellenberg ... Idahi, Melanie Lynskey ... Pearl Coleman, Zahn McClarnon ... Ermoke, Joseph Castanon ... Newt, Rachel Griffiths ... Inez Scull, Troy Baker ... Pea Eye Parker, David Midthunder ... Famous Shoes, Wally Welch ... Ranger Ikey Ripple, Arron Shiver ... Stove Jones, Toby Metcalf ... Ranger Lee Hitch, Brett Brock ... Joe Stewart, Mary Evans ... Annie Stewart, Bobby McLaughlin ... Corporal Dickas, Alan Tafoya ... Peta Nacona, J.D. Garfield ... Entwistle, Brad Johnson ... Col. Tom Soult, Charles Baker ... Monkey John, Boots Southerland ... Sheriff Kestler, Steve Reevis ... Worm, Chris Burnett ... Augereau, Eddie Spears ... Quannah Parker, Elizabeth Banks ... Maggie, Linda Cardellini ... Clara Forsythe, Maria Bethke ... Hair on Lip (Wife) (uncredited), Terri Douglas ... (voice, uncredited), Shani Klein-Madden ... 1880's Austin - Bankers Wife (uncredited)]

Conclusion. Seven years later, Gus grieves for his late wife and Woodrow gets jealous over the amount of time Jake is spending with Maggie, but Woodrow refuses to accept Newt as his own son; Blue Duck confronts his dying father; Clara visits Gus in Austin; and Scull is approached in Boston to lead an expansion of the West. [Director: Simon Wincer] [Larry McMurtry (source material)] [TV Mini-Series, 3 of 3 Episode, 86 min, 16 : 9, Drama, Western, USA]

GVOZDENI PUT [SERIJA, DVE EPIZODE]

Iron Road (2009)

- Gvozdeni put je nezaboravna priča o zabranjenoj ljubavi između siromašne mlade Kineskinje i uglednog sina američkog železničkog tajkuna. Krajem 19. veka, vlasnik velike kanadske železničke industrije šalje svog sina Džejmsa (L. Macfarlane) u Hong Kong da dovede najbolje kineske radnike za gradnju pruge. Jedan od radnika, koje Džejms dovodi je i siroče po imenu Mali Tigar (Li Sun). Ono što on ne zna je da je Mali Tigar zapravo devojka Mala Tigrica, koja krijući svoj identitet pokušava sebi da obezbedi bolji život. Ispunjena nadom da će u novom svetu izgraditi nov život i otkriti istinu o davno izgubljenom ocu, koji je nekada davno kao radnik takođe odveden u Kanadu. Ona napušta Kinu brodom koji kreće prema Zlatnoj planini. Stigavši, otkriva da svaka milja železnice iziskuje hrabrost, a seje strah i smrt. Umeće baratanja eksplozivima Male Tigrice pomaže joj da savlada mukotrpan posao razbijanja planine. Ali, još joj teže pada otkriće da su njeni nadređeni korumpirani i okrutni rasisti. Zlostavljani radnici bore se sa opasnostima, usamljenošću i brutalnošću, gledajući svoje sapatnike kako svakodnevno ginu na planinskim liticama. Uza sve ovo, Mala Tigrica u strahu skriva svoju veliku tajnu: ona je zapravo prelepa mlada žena i gaji osećaje prema Džejmsu. Odlučuje da mu otkrije svoju tajnu. Dok par nastoji da sakrije svoju romansu, Mala Tigrica otkriva nameru njenih nadređenih da prevare Džejmsovog oca (S. Neill). Pokušavajući ih razotkriti, dovešće vlastiti život u pitanje... Gvozdeni put je priča o ljubavi koja ruši tabue dva suprotstavljena sveta - Istoka i Zapada; o odlučnosti i hrabrosti Male Tigrice; o preobražaju Džejmsa Nikola od neodgovornog gada do čoveka od karaktera; o zaboravljenim životima hiljada kineskih radnika i o rizicima u koje se odvažna mlada žena mora upustiti u svojoj potrazi za boljim životom.

GVOZDENI PUT, PRVI DEO

Iron Road (2008)

[Li Sun ... Little Tiger (as Sun Li), Luke Macfarlane ... James Nichol, Sam Neill ... Alfred Nichol, Tony Ka Fai Leung ... Bookman, Peter O'Toole ... Relic, Yun Xiang Gao ... Wang Ma, Kenneth Mitchell ... Edgar, Ian Tracey ... Controller, Serge Houde ... George Grant, Nai Hua Zhang ... Di Hong, Charlotte Sullivan ... Melanie Grant, Ningyu Zhao ... Lei Mo, Jiang Boning ... Powder,

Lisa Bunting ... Kathryn Nichol, Jeffrey Fisher ... Foreman, Charmaine Grey ... Frances Grant, Barry Pearson ... Yale Doctor, Brock Andrews ... Railroad Worker (uncredited)]

In 1882, Alfred Nichol, owner of the Nichol Railway Company, is building a railroad through the Canadian Rockies, a project which needs to be completed in a year or else the bank will foreclose on the company's loan. Alfred sends his irresponsible playboy son, James Nichol, to Hong Kong to check on the company's recruitment of Chinese laborers to work on construction of the railroad. Their Hong Kong recruitment agent, Lionel Relic, is a man who has indulged in life. Assisting Relic and James is a young orphan boy named Little Tiger. Unknown to either Relic or James, Little Tiger is actually a young woman masquerading as a boy to eke out a better living for herself. Working in a firecracker factory, she learns the finer details of working with explosives. Their recruitment work is made all the more difficult because of some local gang lords. Despite not seeing Little Tiger as one of the heavy laborers due to his young age and slight build, James does decide to bring Little Tiger back... [Director: David Wu] [TV Mini-Series, 1 of 2 Episode, 95 min, Drama, Western, CAN-CHI]

GVOZDENI PUT, DRUGI DEO

Iron Road (2008)

[Li Sun ... Little Tiger (as Sun Li), Luke Macfarlane ... James Nichol, Sam Neill ... Alfred Nichol, Tony Ka Fai Leung ... Bookman, Yun Xiang Gao ... Wang Ma, Kenneth Mitchell ... Edgar, Ian Tracey ... Controller, Serge Houde ... George Grant, Charlotte Sullivan ... Melanie Grant, Peter O'Toole ... Relic (credit only), Jiang Boning ... Powder, Lisa Bunting ... Kathryn Nichol (credit only), Jeffrey Fisher ... Foreman, Charmaine Grey ... Frances Grant (credit only), Barry Pearson ... Yale Doctor, Nai Hua ... Di Hong, Ningyu Zhao ... Lei Mo]

Despite his first instinct being to send her back to China, James decides to let Little Tiger stay in Canada after he finds out that she is really not a boy but a young woman. Beyond wanting to be with James, Little Tiger is happy to be able to make some money and to be able to look for her father. Quickly, James falls in love with Little Tiger, as she had done with him a long time earlier. Beyond the issue of forbidden love because of racial differences, this relationship causes many problems. First, no one but James knows of Little Tiger's true gender. And second, Alfred wants James to marry Melanie Grant, one of James' previous conquests, if only to be able to have a known secure source of financing through her banker father. But Little Tiger also has to deal with the individual personalities of the crew, some of whom don't like her, especially as she stumbles onto some hidden information. It becomes particularly dangerous for her as she gets assigned to the explosives crew. [Director: David Wu] [TV Mini-Series, 1 of 2 Episode, 95 min, Drama, Western, CAN-CHI]

DŽON ADAMS [SERIJA, SEDAM EPIZODA]

John Adams (2008)

Nakon bostonskog masakra – krvavih uličnih sukoba između američkih kolonista i okupatorske britanske brigade – Džon Adams (P. Giamatti), farmer i advokat koji se sa porodicom preselio u Boston kako bi otpočeo pravničku karijeru, dolazi u nezavidan položaj nakon što je pristao da bude branilac optuženih britanskih vojnika, pri čemu mu savetima pomaže njegova voljena supruga Ebigejl (L. Linney). Adams dobija slučaj, ali iznenađuje svog prijatelja Javnog pravobranioca time što odbija visoku funkciju pri Kruni. Dok u Masačusetsu tinja pro-nezavisno raspoloženje nakon uvođenja prinudnih mera, Adams dobija poziv da se priključi novoosnovanom Kontinentalnom Kongresu. Nakon žestokog govora pred biračima, emotivno se rastaje od svoje porodice i kreće u Filadelfiju, u susret neizvesnoj budućnosti.

            Part I: Join or Die  (1770 A.D. - 1774 A.D.)

            Part II: Independence (1774 A.D. - 1776 A.D.)

            Part III: Don't Tread on Me (1777 A.D. - 1781 A.D.)

            Part IV: Reunion (1781 A.D. - 1789 A.D.)

            Part V: Unite or Die (1788 A.D. - 1797 A.D.)

            Part VI: Unnecessary War (1798 A.D. - 1802 A.D.)

            Part VII: Peacefield (1803 A.D. - 1826 A.D.)

DŽON ADAMS, EPIZODA 1: PRISTUPI ILI UMRI

John Adams, Episode 1: Join or Die (2008)

[Paul Giamatti ... John Adams, Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams, Danny Huston ... Samuel Adams, John Bedford Lloyd ... Richard Palmes, Justin Theroux ... John Hancock, Ritchie Coster ... Captain Preston, Guy Henry ... Jonathan Sewall, Steven Hinkle ... Young John Quincy Adams, Madeline Taylor ... Young Nabby Adams, Brennan Brown ... Robert Treat Paine, Boris McGiver ... Robert Goddard, Tom Beckett ... Elbridge Gerry, Bill Buell ... Justice Lynde, Vincent Renart ... Andrew Holmes, Melissa Blue ... First Mourner]

- Part I: Join or Die (1770 A.D. - 1774 A.D.). The first episode opens with a cold winter in Boston on the night of the Boston Massacre. It portrays John Adams arriving at the scene following the gunshots from British soldiers firing upon a mob of Boston citizens. Adams, a respected lawyer in his mid-30s known for his belief in law and justice, is therefore summoned by the accused Redcoats. Their commander, Captain Thomas Preston asks him to defend them in court. Reluctant at first, he agrees despite knowing this will antagonize his neighbors and friends. Adams is depicted to have taken the case because he believed everyone deserves a fair trial and he wanted to uphold the standard of justice. Adams' cousin Samuel Adams is one of the main colonists opposed to the actions of the British government. He is one of the executive members of the Sons of Liberty, an anti-British group of agitators. Adams is depicted as a studious man doing his best to defend his clients. The show also illustrates Adams' appreciation and respect for his wife, Abigail. In one scene, Adams is shown having his wife proofread his summation as he takes her suggestions. After many sessions of court, the jury returns verdicts of not guilty of murder for each defendant. The episode also illustrates the growing tensions over the Coercive Acts ("Intolerable Acts"), and Adams' election to the First Continental Congress. [Director: Tom Hooper] [David McCullough (book)] [TV Episode, 1 of 7 Episodes, 69 min, 1.78 : 1, Biography, Drama, History, USA]

DŽON ADAMS, EPIZODA 2: NEZAVISNOST

John Adams, Episode 2: Independence (2008)

[Paul Giamatti ... John Adams, Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams, Stephen Dillane ... Thomas Jefferson, David Morse ... George Washington, Zeljko Ivanek ... John Dickinson, Danny Huston ... Samuel Adams, Justin Theroux ... John Hancock, John Dossett ... Benjamin Rush, Steven Hinkle ... Young John Quincy Adams, Madeline Taylor ... Young Nabby Adams, Clancy O'Connor ... Edward Rutledge, Tom Beckett ... Elbridge Gerry, Brennan Brown ... Robert Treat Paine, Ed Jewett ... James Duane, Del Pentecost ... General Henry Knox]

- Part II: Independence (1774 A.D. - 1776 A.D.). The second episode covers the disputes among the members of the Second Continental Congress towards declaring independence from Great Britain as well as the final drafting of the Declaration of Independence. At the continental congresses Adams is depicted as the lead advocate for independence. He is in the vanguard in establishing that there is no other option than to break off and declare independence. He is also instrumental in the selection of then-Colonel George Washington as the new head of the Continental Army. However, in his zeal for immediate action, he manages to alienate many of the other founding fathers, going so far as to insult John Dickinson, a peace-loving Quaker member of the Continental Congress, implying that the man suffers from a religiously based moral cowardice, making him a "snake on his belly". Later, Benjamin Franklin quietly chastens Adams, saying, "It is perfectly acceptable to insult a man in private and he may even thank you for it afterwards but when you do so publicly, it tends to make them think you are serious." This points out Adams' primary flaw: his bluntness and lack of gentility toward his political opponents, one that would make him many enemies and which would eventually plague his political career. It would also, eventually, contribute to historians' disregard for his many achievements. The episode also shows how Abigail innovatively copes with issues at home as her husband was away much of the time participating in the Continental Congress. She employs the use of then pioneer efforts in the field of preventative medicine and inoculation against smallpox for herself and the children. [Director: Tom Hooper] [David McCullough (book)] [TV Episode, 2 of 7 Episodes, 90 min, 1.78 : 1, Biography, Drama, History, USA]

DŽON ADAMS, EPIZODA 3: NE TLAČITE NAS VIŠE

John Adams, Episode 3: Don't Tread on Me (2008)

[Paul Giamatti ... John Adams, Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams, Danny Huston ... Samuel Adams, John Dossett ... Benjamin Rush, Jean-Hugues Anglade ... Comte de Vergennes, Judith Magre ... Madame Helvétius, Steven Hinkle ... Young John Quincy Adams, Madeline Taylor ... Young Nabby Adams, Neal Huff ... Captain John Tucker, Tom Wilkinson ... Benjamin Franklin, Jerome Aarts ... Dutch Doctor, Jean Brassard ... Admiral D'Estaing, Pip Carter ... Francis Dana, Jules Croiset ... Second Dutch Banker, Michael Hall D'Addario ... Young Charles Adams (as Michael D'Addario)]

- Part III: Don't Tread on Me (1777 A.D. - 1781 A.D.). In Episode 3, Adams travels to Europe with his young son John Quincy during the war seeking alliances with foreign nations, during which the ship transporting them battles a British frigate. It first shows Adams' embassy with Benjamin Franklin in the court of Louis XVI of France. The old French nobility, who are in the last decade before being consumed by the French Revolution, are portrayed as effete and decadent. They meet cheerfully with Franklin, seeing him as a romantic figure, little noting the democratic infection he brings with him. Adams, on the other hand, is a plain spoken and faithful man, who finds himself out of his depth surrounded by an entertainment- and sex-driven culture among the French elite. Adams finds himself at sharp odds with Benjamin Franklin, who has adapted himself to the French, seeking to obtain by seduction what Adams would gain through histrionics. Franklin sharply rebukes Adams for his lack of diplomatic acumen, describing it as a "direct insult followed by a petulant whine". Franklin soon has Adams removed from any position of diplomatic authority in Paris. His approach is ultimately successful and was to result in the conclusive Franco-American victory at Yorktown. Adams, chastened and dismayed but learning from his mistakes, then travels to the Dutch Republic to obtain monetary support for the Revolution. Although the Dutch agree with the American cause, they do not consider the new union a reliable and credit-worthy client. Adams ends his time in the Netherlands in a state of progressive illness, having sent his son away as a diplomatic secretary to the Russian Empire. [Director: Tom Hooper] [David McCullough (book)] [TV Episode, 3 of 7 Episodes, 67 min, 1.78 : 1, Biography, Drama, History, USA]

DŽON ADAMS, EPIZODA 4: SJEDINJENJE

John Adams, Episode 4: Reunion (2008)

[Paul Giamatti ... John Adams, Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams, Stephen Dillane ... Thomas Jefferson, David Morse ... George Washington, Tom Hollander ... King George III, Sarah Polley ... Nabby Adams Smith, John Dossett ... Benjamin Rush, Judith Magre ... Madame Helvétius, Ebon Moss-Bachrach ... John Quincy Adams, Samuel Barnett ... Thomas Adams, Andrew Scott ... Colonel William Smith, Kevin Trainor ... Charles Adams, Tom Wilkinson ... Benjamin Franklin, Dominic Borrelli ... Master of Ceremonies, Bertie Carvel ... Lord Carmarthen]

- Part IV: Reunion (1781 A.D. - 1789 A.D.). The fourth episode shows John Adams being notified of the end of the Revolutionary War and the defeat of the British. He is then sent to Paris to negotiate the Treaty of Paris in 1783. While overseas, he spends time with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson and Abigail visits him. Franklin informs John Adams that he was appointed as the first American Ambassador to Great Britain and thus has to relocate to the British Court of St. James's. John Adams is poorly received by the British during this time—he is the representative for a recently hostile power, and represents in his person what many British at the time regarded as a disastrous end to its early Empire. He meets with his former sovereign, King George III, and while the meeting is not a disaster, he is excoriated in British newspapers. In 1789, he returns to Massachusetts for the first Presidential Election and he and Abigail are reunited with their children, now grown. George Washington is elected the first President of the United States and John Adams as the first Vice President. Initially, Adams is disappointed and wishes to reject the post of Vice President because he feels there is a disproportionate number of electoral votes in favor of George Washington (Adams number of votes pales in comparison to those garnered by Washington). In addition, John feels the position of Vice President is not a proper reflection of all the years of service he has dedicated to his nation. However, Abigail successfully influences him to accept the nomination. [Director: Tom Hooper] [David McCullough (book)] [TV Episode, 4 of 7 Episodes, 64 min, 1.78 : 1, Biography, Drama, History, USA]

DŽON ADAMS, EPIZODA 5: UJEDINJENJE ILI SMRT

John Adams, Episode 5: Unite or Die (2008)

[Paul Giamatti ... John Adams, Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams, Stephen Dillane ... Thomas Jefferson, David Morse ... George Washington, Rufus Sewell ... Alexander Hamilton, Sarah Polley ... Nabby Adams, John Dossett ... Benjamin Rush, Ebon Moss-Bachrach ... John Quincy Adams, Samuel Barnett ... Thomas Adams, Kevin Trainor ... Charles Adams, Cyril Descours ... Edmund Charles Genet, Mamie Gummer ... Sally Smith Adams, Andrew Scott ... Colonel William Smith, Alan Cox ... William Maclay, John Keating ... Timothy Pickering]

- Part V: Unite or Die (1788 A.D. - 1797 A.D.). The fifth episode begins with John Adams presiding over the Senate and the debate over what to call the new President. It depicts Adams as frustrated in this role: His opinions are ignored and he has no actual power, except in the case of a tied vote. He's excluded from George Washington's inner circle of cabinet members, and his relationships with Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton are strained. Even Washington himself gently rebukes him for his efforts to "royalize" the office of the Presidency. A key event shown is the struggle to enact the Jay Treaty with Britain, which Adams himself must ratify before a deadlocked Senate (although historically his vote was not required). The episode concludes with his inauguration as the second president - and his subsequent arrival in a plundered executive mansion. [Director: Tom Hooper] [David McCullough (book)] [TV Episode, 5 of 7 Episodes, 64 min, 1.78 : 1, Biography, Drama, History, USA]

DŽON ADAMS, EPIZODA 6: NEPOTREBAN RAT

John Adams, Episode 6: Unnecessary War (2008)

[Paul Giamatti ... John Adams, Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams, Stephen Dillane ... Thomas Jefferson, Rufus Sewell ... Alexander Hamilton, Sarah Polley ... Nabby Adams, John Dossett ... Benjamin Rush, Samuel Barnett ... Thomas Adams, Kevin Trainor ... Charles Adams, Mamie Gummer ... Sally Smith Adams, John Curran ... White House Construction Foreman, Lucas N. Hall ... Continental Army Officer, Charisse Matthews ... White House Servant]

- Part VI: Unnecessary War (1798 A.D. - 1802 A.D.). The sixth episode covers Adams's term as president and the rift between the Hamilton-led Federalists and Jefferson-led Republicans. Adams's neutrality pleases neither side and often angers both. His shaky relationship with his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, is intensified after taking defensive actions against the French because of failed diplomatic attempts and the signing of the Alien and Sedition Acts. However, Adams also alienates himself from the anti-French Alexander Hamilton after taking all actions possible to prevent a war with France. Adams disowns his son Charles, who soon dies as an alcoholic vagrant. Late in his Presidency, Adams sees success with his campaign of preventing a war with France, but his success is clouded after losing the presidential election of 1800. After receiving so much bad publicity while in office, Adams lost the election against his Vice-President, Thomas Jefferson, and runner-up Aaron Burr (both from the same party). This election is now known as the Revolution of 1800. Adams leaves the Presidential Palace (now known as The White House), retiring to his personal life in Massachusetts, in March 1801. [Director: Tom Hooper] [David McCullough (book)] [TV Episode, 6 of 7 Episodes, 80 min, 1.78 : 1, Biography, Drama, History, USA]

DŽON ADAMS, EPIZODA 7: MIRNI DANI

John Adams, Episode 7: Peacefield (2008)

[Paul Giamatti ... John Adams, Laura Linney ... Abigail Adams, Stephen Dillane ... Thomas Jefferson, Sarah Polley ... Nabby Adams, John Dossett ... Benjamin Rush, Ebon Moss-Bachrach ... John Quincy Adams, Samuel Barnett ... Thomas Adams, Andrew Scott ... Colonel William Smith, Mamie Gummer ... Sally Smith Adams, Caroline Corrie ... Louisa Catherine Adams, Buzz Bovshow ... John Trumbull, Tom Mannion ... Reverend Whitney, Lizan Mitchell ... Sally Hemmings, Ken Peebles ... Monticello Servant, Andy Prosky ... Monticello Doctor]

- Part VII: Peacefield (1803 A.D. - 1826 A.D.). The final episode covers Adams's retirement years. His home life is full of pain and sorrow as his daughter, Nabby, dies of breast cancer and Abigail succumbs to typhoid fever. Adams does live to see the election of his son, John Quincy, as president, but is too ill to attend the inauguration. Adams and Jefferson are reconciled through correspondence in their last years, and both die mere hours apart on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (July 4th); Jefferson was 83, Adams was 90. [Director: Tom Hooper] [David McCullough (book)] [TV Episode, 7 of 7 Episodes, 61 min, 1.78 : 1, Biography, Drama, History, USA