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I saw this movie in the theater when first released and at the time I was not a fan of musicals I greatly enjoyed it. I had seen it on television but the newly restored directors cut has great clarity and no commercial interuptions. It gives a lighthearted and fun account of one of the greatest events in history and still gives it a lot of gravity at the moment of the ratification of the Declaration of Independance. I highly recomend this film.
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Music was intolerable! I love most musicals, but this was AWFUL! Much profanity and taking God's name in vain. Made founding fathers look trite and silly. Unbelievably bad. Couldn't finish it. Will shred it so no one else wastes money on it if I were to donate it.
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I first experienced "1776" as a stage play in Hartford, CT as a young man, and was filled with emotion as the fledgling American Congress, through dialogue and music, slowly came together to sign one of the most important documents of all time, the Declaration of Independence. That musical experience has finally been transferred from the stage presentation, then a VHS version, followed by a laserdisc, and now to DVD. Jack Warner was certainly to be commended for bringing this play and musical to film. Rather than go on and on, let me just say that for history buffs and those who just want to see a great musical, and also for those who might need a clearer explanation of the founding of this country as an independent nation, you just cannot go wrong by viewing this film. At its finale, I guarantee you will feel yourself filling up a little with pride at what those men accomplished over 200 years ago.Read full review
I watch this movie every July 4th and love it each and every time! Now that I own my own copy, this will be easier than ever. It takes some liberties with the personal facts of the main figures behind the creation of The Declaration of Independence, but the main story and the struggles that the founding fathers endured to create The Declaration of Independence is worth every minute of time to watch this talented actors tell one of the most important stores of our great country.
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Probably the only musical to make you dwell on the profound questions that lead the Founding Fathers to separate from England. Their great discomfort with the question of slavery—they couldn’t decide to end it or turn it lose—resonates with today’s issues.
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