“Is anybody there? Does anybody care?
(spoken) Does anybody see what I see?”
To which a voice answers, “Yes, Mr. Adams. I do.” (It’s Dr. Lyman Hall.)
“Dr. Hall! How long have you been there?”
“Long enough, John.”
Have watched the movie every July 4 for many years. Started with our kids, and now they’re sharing with their kids. Full disclosure, I played John Adam’s in my elementary school’s production of the play back in the day. Way back in the day.
When I was in High School, we went on a field trip to see this movie in Philadelphia for our History Class.
Sadly, non of us were mature enough to appreciate it.
As I do now.
John Adams: I do believe you’ve laid a curse on North America / A curse that we here now rehearse in Philadelphia! / A second flood, a simple famine, plagues of locusts everywhere, or a cataclysmic earthquake I’d accept with some despair / But no, you sent us Congress. / Good God, sir, was that fair? / You see, we piddle, twiddle, and resolve, not one damn thing do we solve / Piddle, twiddle, and resolve / Nothing’s ever solved / In foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia!
We were fortunate enough to see the play done professionally in a Philly theater when we lived in PA., and the movie we’ve watched too many times to count.
We actually learned history from this marvelous show well after high school and college.
I see dead voters.
I thought this was about Joe Biden...
“It’s a Revolution, dammit! We’re going to have to offend SOMEBODY.”
My favorite is "We're waiting for the chirp, chirp, chirp... of an eaglet being born... we're waiting for the tap, tap, tap, or that tiny little fellow in this... congressional incubator, Lord knows the temperature is hot enough... to hatch a stone... let alone an egg!"
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS MOVIE.
Never get tired of watching it. Should be shown in schools yeah, in my dreams..
Watched it today on TCM.