1776 (film)

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1776 (film) is a 1972 musical drama that adapts the Broadway stage production about the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the debates of the Continental Congress.

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1776 (1972 film) 2
1776 (film) canonical 1
John Adams in 1776 (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
film adaptation
historical drama film
musical film
basedOn 1776 (musical)
Broadway musical 1776
cinematographer Harry Stradling Jr.
linked to: Harry Stradling Sr.
composer Sherman Edwards
countryOfOrigin United States
countryOfSetting United States
depictsEvent signing of the Declaration of Independence
director Peter H. Hunt
distributor Columbia Pictures
editor Florence Williamson
genre drama
historical
musical
leadActor Blythe Danner
David Ford
Donald Madden
Howard Da Silva
John Cullum
Ken Howard
Roy Poole
Virginia Vestoff
William Daniels
mainCharacter Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
medium feature film
originalLanguage English
portrays Abigail Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Thomson
Edward Rutledge
John Adams
John Hancock
Martha Jefferson
Richard Henry Lee
Stephen Hopkins
Thomas Jefferson
producer Jack L. Warner
linked to: Jack Warner
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
releaseDate 1972-11-17
releaseYear 1972
runtimeMinutes 168
screenwriter Peter Stone
setInLocation Philadelphia
subject American Revolution
Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
timeOfSetting 1776

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Howard Da Silva notableWork 1776 (film)
1776 (musical) adaptedInto 1776 (1972 film)
subject linked to: 1776 (stage musical)
linked to: 1776 (film)
William Daniels portrayed John Adams in 1776 (film)
linked to: 1776 (film)
Onna White notableWork 1776 (1972 film)
linked to: 1776 (film)