Cultural Depictions of Benjamin Franklin
30 entries in the Cultural Depictions of Benjamin Franklin compendium.
Benjamin Franklin in popular cultureFounding Father depicted across media for over a century.1776 (film)A musical dramatization of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.1776 (musical)A musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independence.The Adams ChroniclesA PBS miniseries on the Adams political family.All the Presidents' HeadsFry's museum job leads to time-traveling head-licking.America on ParadeA bicentennial parade with telescoping floats and a Sherman Brothers song.The American Adventure (Epcot)Audio-Animatronic show of American history at EPCOT.The American Revolution (TV series)A documentary miniseries on the American Revolution.The Bard (The Twilight Zone)A Twilight Zone satire of television writing and black magic.The Baroque CycleNeal Stephenson's historical-science fiction series spanning the late 17th and early 18th centuries.Ben and MeA mouse recounts his role in Benjamin Franklin's career.Ben Franklin in ParisA musical about Benjamin Franklin's fictionalized adventures in Paris.Benjamin Franklin (2002 TV series)A 2002 documentary miniseries on Benjamin Franklin's life and legacy.Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the SkyWest's painting of Franklin's kite experiment blends Neoclassicism and Romanticism.Congress Voting IndependenceUnfinished painting of the Declaration of Independence signers in Independence Hall.Day of the TentacleA time-traveling adventure to stop a mutant tentacle.Declaration of Independence (film)A short drama on the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.Declaration of Independence (painting)Trumbull's painting shows the Declaration's presentation, not its signing.For Want of a Nail (novel)Alternate history where Burgoyne wins at Saratoga.Franklin (miniseries)Michael Douglas portrays Benjamin Franklin in an Apple TV+ miniseries.Franklin ProphecyAntisemitic forgery falsely attributed to Benjamin Franklin.A Girl and Her FedA webcomic where Benjamin Franklin's ghost aids a journalist.A Great AwakeningA film about the friendship of Whitefield and Franklin.How HighA stoner comedy about smoking a dead friend's ashes to ace Harvard.I'm a Little Bit CountrySouth Park's 100th episode explores Iraq War protests.Janice MeredithSilent film about a woman aiding the American Revolution.John Paul Jones (film)A 1959 biopic of the Revolutionary War naval hero.Liberty!Documentary miniseries on the American Revolution featuring Philip Bosco as Franklin.Mason & DixonPynchon's postmodernist novel of Mason and Dixon.A More Perfect Union (film)A dramatization of the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
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