This is one of the BEST MOVIES EVER. It's the last 6 weeks of the meetings of the Continental Congress as they vote for independence and Jefferson writes the Declaration. Good (although largely not well known) actors, great songs, a good script, it's a real winner.

Interestingly enough, the only other two things that Sherman Edwards (composer and lyricist) ever did were both Elvis Presley movies...that was it. And this one is SO GOOD...what a shame.

Mr. Otter (aka Historian-On-A-Stick) goes on and on about the inaccuracies in this movie, and there are indeed many, mostly one character saying something a different real person said, or characters slightly skewed to make conflict more obvious...but overall, it's a fine movie, not only in and of itself, but also as an adaptation of a one-set stage play.

Run right out and rent this one, they've restored some footage cut from the theatre release, and it is simply WONDERFUL.