A biographical film about The United States' influential and profoundly enigmatic Founding Father.A biographical film about The United States' influential and profoundly enigmatic Founding Father.A biographical film about The United States' influential and profoundly enigmatic Founding Father.
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- TriviaBlythe Danner also portrayed Thomas Jefferson's wife, Martha, in 1776 (1972). Her daughter Gwyneth Paltrow plays Jefferson's granddaughter in this series and Jefferson's daughter, Patsy, in Jefferson in Paris (1995)
- GoofsIn recounting the story of the 1800 presidential election, the narrator says "In early 1801, the Electoral College met in the new Capitol to pick the next president." The Electoral College does not meet in Washington, D.C. The electors from each state meet within their respective states in December of each election year (in this case 1800), to cast their votes for President. What the program should have said was that in early 1801 Congress met in the new Capitol to count the votes of the Electoral College.
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Thomas Jefferson: "The life of a cabbage is paradise".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017)
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by the way - did you know he owned slaves?
Any movie that features George Will in the first 10 minutes is worth watching, in my opinion. Will, like Jefferson, is a great, multifaceted thinker. Oh, by the way, did you know Jefferson owned slaves. This is, like all of Ken Burn's films, a wonderful collection of diary readings, oil paintings, heart felt music, warm narration, and thought provoking. Oh, by the way, did you know Jefferson owned slaves. As a huge fan of our nation's first and greatest thinker, I was very hopeful about this film, especially when I saw that Ken Burns produced it. However, the modern political correctness constantly invoked when it comes to the issue of slavery is incredibly distracting. There were almost 25 references to Jefferson's owning slaves in the first 28 minutes. Oh, by the way, did you know Jefferson owned slaves. As long as you can tolerate the repeated onslaught of political correctness (not that this is unexpected from PBS), you will be interested in this documentary.
My criticism of course, is the ridiculous interpretation of the past through modern sensibilities. The cost of this however, is a minimal study of America's most enigmatic and great thinker. Oh, by the way, did you know Jefferson owned slaves.
My criticism of course, is the ridiculous interpretation of the past through modern sensibilities. The cost of this however, is a minimal study of America's most enigmatic and great thinker. Oh, by the way, did you know Jefferson owned slaves.
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- May 6, 2011
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