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John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) Star: Anthony Hopkins Film: Amistad (1997) Between Adams and Nixon, it’s two presidents and two Oscar nods for Anthony Hopkins. This one, the older of the two in historical terms at least, not just has a much cooler middle name (Quincy surely trumps Milhous) but a much more gilded White House record too. In Steven Spielberg’s slavery epic, Adams fights the abolitionist cause as an old man who’s still capable of opening a giant can of legalese when required. What it tells us about the time it was made: With Clinton in the White House, America was in the mood to celebrate its civil rights breakthroughs.
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	Get Clinton on movies goddamit! More
	Posted by Pelle on Sunday June 24, 2012, 08:28
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	Would have been nice to have James Brolin included as Reagan (also in a miniseries) or Richard Crenna for that matter in 'The Day Reagan was Shot.' And where's Eisenhower? More
	Posted by JohG on Sunday June 24, 2012, 07:55
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	Are you forgetting Dennis Quaid as Clinton in The Special Relationship? More
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