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Benjamin Franklin

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2002
  • 3h 30m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
197
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Benjamin Franklin (2002)
BiographyDocumentaryHistory

The story of the renowned American polymath.The story of the renowned American polymath.The story of the renowned American polymath.

  • Stars
    • Richard Easton
    • Dylan Baker
    • Colm Feore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    197
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Richard Easton
      • Dylan Baker
      • Colm Feore
    • 2User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Richard Easton
    Richard Easton
    • Benjamin Franklin
    • 2002
    Dylan Baker
    Dylan Baker
    • Franklin as a young man
    • 2002
    Colm Feore
    Colm Feore
    • Narrator
    • 2002
    Anthony Heald
    Anthony Heald
    • Jonathan Austin
    • 2002
    Gerry Bamman
    Gerry Bamman
    • Paul Wentworth
    • 2002
    Sebastian Roché
    Sebastian Roché
    • Vicomte
    • 2002
    Blair Brown
    Blair Brown
    • Jane Franklin Mecom
    • 2002
    Jim True-Frost
    Jim True-Frost
    • William Franklin
    • 2002
    Josef Sommer
    Josef Sommer
    • Cotton Mather
    • 2002
    Ronald Guttman
    Ronald Guttman
    • Le Comte de Vergennes
    • 2002
    Peter Gerety
    Peter Gerety
    • Joseph Galloway
    • 2002
    Jennifer Dundas
    Jennifer Dundas
    • Catherine Ray
    • 2002
    Simon Jones
    Simon Jones
    • Thomas Penn
    • 2002
    Kathleen Chalfant
    Kathleen Chalfant
    • Silence Dogood
    • 2002
    Jefferson Mays
    Jefferson Mays
    • Elkanah Watson
    • 2002
    Daniel Gerroll
    Daniel Gerroll
    • Joseph Priestley
    • 2002
    Roberta Maxwell
    Roberta Maxwell
    • Deborah Read Franklin
    • 2002
    John Christopher Jones
    John Christopher Jones
    • Ephraim Eliot
    • 2002
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    • Trivia
      Franklin invented the US Postal Service.
    • Connections
      Referenced in DuckTales: Timephoon! (2019)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 19, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • PBS
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Lietuvos Kinostudija
      • Middlemarch Films
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    • Runtime
      • 3h 30m(210 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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