'John Quincy Adams' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

War of 1812 (2012)

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Genres: History,

Actors Todd A. Judge (composer), Michael C. Durling (director), William Kaffenberger (actor), Paul D'Elia (actor), Daniel Cross (actor), Andrew Collie (actor), Barry Bedwell (actor), Todd Norris (actor), Ken Johnston (actor), Bill Rose (actor), Phil Schultz (actor), Florin Turner (actor), Gina DeAngelis (writer), Stephen Moore (actor), Joe Ziarko (actor),

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000)

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Genres: Biography, Drama,

Actors Charles Bernstein (composer), Keith Carradine (actor), Jackie Richardson (actress), Jane Seymour (actress), Jane Seymour (producer), James Keach (director), Gerard Parkes (actor), Janet-Laine Green (actress), Colin Fox (actor), Kim Roberts (actress), James Keach (actor), James Keach (producer), Winnifred Jong (miscellaneous crew), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (actor), Richard Yearwood (actor),

The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998)

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Genres: ,

Quotes:

Billy Crystal: Matt Damon is so young, the results in his category were tabulated by Fisher-Price Waterhouse."

Billy Crystal: A billion people are watching tonight - except for Linda Tripp, who's taping it.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: My friend James Cameron and I made three films together: "True Lies," "Terminator," and "Terminator 2." Of course, that was during his early low-budget art-house period.

Jack Nicholson: Some of the other nominees are very good friends, and I'm very honored to be on the list with you Bobby; Dusty; you and your father, Mr. Damon; my old bike pal Fonda. We're very proud of the picture, but I've had a sinking feeling all night up till now.

James Cameron: I don't know about you, but I'm having a really great time.

James Cameron: I'm king of the world!

Billy Crystal: So much has changed in the last year. Last year, the White House was complaining that there was too much sex in Hollywood...

Robin Williams: Thank you, Ben and Matt. I still need to see some ID.

[to his daughter at home]::James Cameron: Honey, this is the thing I described to you. It's an Oscar, and it's really cool to get.

Billy Crystal: [When Rabbi Marvin Heir wins for his documentary film "The Long Way Home"] What a night when your Rabbi wins an Oscar.

Actors James Cameron (actor), Red Buttons (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Rick Baker (actor), Hank Azaria (actor), Walter Barnes (actor), Ben Affleck (actor), Warren Beatty (actor), Alec Baldwin (actor), Michael Bolton (actor), Ernest Borgnine (actor), Antonio Banderas (actor), Lloyd Bridges (actor), James L. Brooks (actor), Robert Carlyle (actor),

Amistad (1997)

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Genres: Drama, History, Mystery,

Taglines:

A true story.
Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.

Quotes:

John Quincy Adams: Now, you understand you're going to the Supreme Court. Do you know why?::Ens. Covey: [translating for Cinque] It is the place where they finally kill us.

John Quincy Adams: [to the Court] This man is black. We can all see that. But, can we also see as easily, that which is equally true? That he is the only true hero in this room. Now, if he were white, he wouldn't be standing before this court fighting for his life. If he were white and his enslavers were British, he wouldn't be standing, so heavy the weight of the medals and honors we would bestow upon him. Songs would be written about him. The great authors of our times would fill books about him. His story would be told and retold, in our classrooms. Our children, because we would make sure of it, would know his name as well as they know Patrick Henry's. Yet, if the South is right, what are we to do with that embarrassing, annoying document, The Declaration of Independence? What of its conceits? "All men created equal," "inalienable rights," "life, liberty," and so on and so forth? What on Earth are we to do with this? I have a modest suggestion.::[tears papers in half]

Joseph Cinque: [in Mende] What kind of a place is this where you almost mean what you say? Where laws almost work? How can you live like that?

Joseph Cinque: Give us, us free. Give us, us free. Give us, us free. Give us, us free. Give us, us free.

John Quincy Adams: [to the court] James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington... John Adams. We've long resisted asking you for guidance. Perhaps we have feared in doing so, we might acknowledge that our individuality, which we so, so revere, is not entirely our own. Perhaps we've feared an... an appeal to you might be taken for weakness. But, we've come to understand, finally, that this is not so. We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding... that who we are *is* who we were. We desperately need your strength and wisdom to triumph over our fears, our prejudices, ourselves. Give us the courage to do what is right. And if it means civil war? Then let it come. And when it does, may it be, finally, the last battle of the American Revolution.

John Quincy Adams: Well when I was an attorney, a long time ago, young man, I err... I realized after much trial and error, that in the courtroom, whoever tells the best story wins. In unlawyer-like fashion, I give you that scrap of wisdom free of charge.

Tappan: [to Theodore] They may be of more value to our struggle in death than in life.

John Quincy Adams: [to the court] Well, gentlemen, I must say I differ with the keen minds of the South and with our President, who apparently shares their views, offering that the natural state of mankind is instead - and I know this is a controversial idea - is freedom. Is freedom. And the proof is the length to which a man, woman or child will go to regain it once taken. He will break loose his chains. He will decimate his enemies. He will try and try and try, against all odds, against all prejudices, to get home.

US Secretary of State Forsyth: The only thing John Quincy Adams will be remembered for is his middle name.

[a band of abolitionists approach the outer gate of the prison where the Amistad refugees are being held for trial]::Fala: [in Mende] Who are they, do you think?::[the abolitionists kneel to pray]::Joseph Cinque: [in Mende] Looks like they are going to be sick.::Abolitionists: [singing] Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound...::Fala: [in Mende] They're entertainers!::Abolitionists: [singing]... that saved a wretch like me...::Joseph Cinque: [in Mende] But why do they look so miserable?

Actors Arliss Howard (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Djimon Hounsou (actor), Castulo Guerra (actor), Nigel Hawthorne (actor), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Ralph Brown (actor), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (actor), Peter Firth (actor), Xander Berkeley (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Eric Bruno Borgman (actor), Tomas Milian (actor), Matthew McConaughey (actor),

The Adams Chronicles (1976)

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Genres: Drama, History,

Actors William Daniels (actor), Jeffrey Jones (actor), George Grizzard (actor), Lionel Chetwynd (writer), Paul Bogart (director), Nancy Marchand (actress), Paul Bogart (producer), Jac Venza (producer), David Birney (actor), Wesley Addy (actor), Kathryn Walker (actress), George Hearn (actor), Fred Coe (director), Jean-Pierre Stewart (actor), Katharine Houghton (actress),

The Adams Chronicles (1976)

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Genres: Drama, History,

Actors William Daniels (actor), Jeffrey Jones (actor), George Grizzard (actor), Lionel Chetwynd (writer), Paul Bogart (director), Nancy Marchand (actress), Paul Bogart (producer), Jac Venza (producer), David Birney (actor), Wesley Addy (actor), Kathryn Walker (actress), George Hearn (actor), Fred Coe (director), Jean-Pierre Stewart (actor), Katharine Houghton (actress),

A Woman for the Ages (1952)

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Genres: ,

Actors William Daniels (actor), Sal Mineo (actor), William Corrigan (director), Jean Holloway (writer), Sylvia Field (actress), Betty Lou Keim (actress), Michael Mann (actor), John Boruff (actor),

March On, America! (1942)

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Genres: History, Short,

Actors Natalie Kalmus (miscellaneous crew), Douglas Kennedy (actor), John Litel (actor), Frank McGlynn Sr. (actor), Grant Mitchell (actor), Addison Richards (actor), Franklin D. Roosevelt (actor), Everett Dodd (editor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Charles Waldron (actor), Douglas Wood (actor), Donald Woods (actor), Carleton Young (actor), Gordon Hollingshead (producer), Owen Crump (writer),

The Monroe Doctrine (1939)

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Genres: Drama, History, Romance, Short, War,

Quotes:

Senor De La Torre: What makes you so sure the United States would resort to war? people don't want it, and in a democracy people rule. So I've been told.

Theodore Roosevelt: Speak softly but carry a big stick!

Actors Tom Chatterton (actor), Michael Visaroff (actor), Edwin Stanley (actor), Frank Puglia (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), George Reeves (actor), John Harron (actor), Stuart Holmes (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Erville Alderson (actor), Frank Mayo (actor), Grant Mitchell (actor), Jack Mower (actor), Frederick Giermann (actor), Emmett Vogan (actor),

The Declaration of Independence (1911)

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Genres: Drama, Short,

Actors J. Searle Dawley (director), Robert Brower (actor), Wadsworth Harris (actor), Harry Linson (actor), Marc McDermott (actor), Robert Emmett Tansey (actor), William West (actor), Miriam Nesbitt (actress), Jack Chagnon (actor),

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