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    Franklin

    2024 · Historical drama · 1 season

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    • Michael Douglas has a fresh take on Benjamin Franklin
    • When: The first three episodes of Franklin stream April 12 on Apple TV+.
    • What to know: Michael Douglas stars in and executive produces the new limited series about “the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career,” according to a press release for the show.
    • Viewers meet Franklin, 70, in December 1776 as he travels to France and convinces “an absolute monarchy to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy.”
    • Douglas “embodies a lot of Franklin’s spirit in that he is really smart, and charming, and completely contemporary in that he’s aware of everything that’s going on around him, on a global level and on a personal level,” Franklin director Tim Van Patten told Variety. “And he’s curious. And he has an absolute lust for life.”
    • The series is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff’s book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.
    • — Garin Flowers, entertainment reporter
    • April 10, 2024
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  4. www.imdb.com › title › tt18351584Franklin (TV Mini Series 2024– ) - IMDb

    Franklin: With Michael Douglas, Noah Jupe, Daniel Mays, Ludivine Sagnier. Explores the story of one of the greatest gambles of Franklin's career. At age 70, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies and French informers while engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Franklin_(miniseries)Franklin (miniseries) - Wikipedia

    Franklin is a biographical drama miniseries about the United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, based on Stacy Schiff's 2005 book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America. It was released on Apple TV+ on April 12, 2024.

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  7. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-real-storyThe Real Story Behind Apple TV+'s 'Franklin' | Smithsonian

    Apr 11, 2024 · By 1776, Franklin was internationally renowned as an inventor, scientist, scholar and statesman. He took a huge risk by embarking on the secret voyage to France. If caught by the British, he...

  8. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › franklin-tv-review-2024Franklin movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

    Apr 10, 2024 · Franklin. Clint Worthington April 10, 2024. Tweet. You’d be hard-pressed to find a more worthy, time-tested miniseries about America’s founding than HBO’s “ John Adams ”—a riveting, elegant chronicle of one of our nation’s most famed architects.

  9. www.history.com › benjamin-franklinBenjamin Franklin - Biography, Inventions & Facts | HISTORY

    Nov 9, 2009 · One of the leading figures of early American history, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat. Born into a Boston family of modest...

  10. variety.com › 2024 › tv'Franklin' TV Review: Michael Douglas Miniseries Is A Bore

    Apr 12, 2024 · Apr 12, 2024 6:00am PT. Michael Douglas’ ‘Franklin’ Is an Exhausting Account of a Secret Mission During the American Revolution: TV Review. By Aramide Tinubu. Courtesy of Apple TV+. When...

  11. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Benjamin_FranklinBenjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

    Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [ O.S. January 6, 1705] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. [1] .

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