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1776

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Refuse to use the pen!

1776 1972
John Adams:

All right, gentlemen. Let's get on with it. Which of us will write our Declaration of Independence? Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
[singing]
Mr. Adams, I say you should write it. To your legal mind and brilliance we defer. John Adams:
Is that so? Well, if I'm the one to do it, they'll run their quill pens through it. I'm obnoxious and disliked, you know that, sir. Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
Yes, I know. John Adams:
But I say you should write it, Franklin. Yes, you. Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
Hell no! John Adams:
Yes, you, Dr. Franklin, you... Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
But... John Adams:
You... Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
But... John Adams:
You... Dr. Benjamin Franklin:
But... Mr. Adams, but, Mr. Adams, the things I write are only light extemporania. I won't put politics on paper, it's a mania. So I refuse to use the pen in Pennsylvania. Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman:
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Refuse to use the pen!

Full Transcript

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HE ALWAYS DOES.
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ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, LET'S GET ON WITH IT.
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WHICH OF US WILL WRITE OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
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♪ MR. ADAMS I SAY YOU SHOULD WRITE IT ♪
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♪ TO YOUR LEGAL MIND AND BRILLIANCE WE DEFER ♪
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♪ IS THAT SO WELL, IF I'M THE ONE TO DO IT ♪
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♪ THEY'LL RUN THEIR QUILL PENS THROUGH IT ♪
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♪ I'M OBNOXIOUS AND DISLIKED YOU KNOW THAT, SIR ♪
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YES, I KNOW. ♪ BUT I SAY YOU SHOULD WRITE IT, FRANKLIN ♪
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♪ YES, YOU ♪ ♪ HELL, NO ♪
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♪ YES, YOU DR. FRANKLIN, YOU ♪
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♪ BUT, BUT ♪ ♪ YOU, YOU ♪
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♪ YOU ♪ ♪ BUT ♪
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♪ MR. ADAMS BUT, MR. ADAMS ♪
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♪ THE THINGS I WRITE ARE ONLY LIGHT EXTEMPORANEA ♪
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♪ I WON'T PUT POLITICS ON PAPER IT'S A MANIA ♪
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♪ SO I REFUSE TO USE THE PEN IN PENNSYLVANIA ♪
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♪ PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA ♪
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♪ REFUSE TO USE THE PEN ♪
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♪ MR. SHERMAN I SAY YOU SHOULD WRITE IT ♪
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♪ YOU ARE NEVER CONTROVERSIAL AS IT WERE ♪
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THAT IS TRUE. ♪ WHEREAS IF I'M THE ONE TO DO IT ♪
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♪ THEY'LL RUN THEIR QUILL PENS THROUGH IT ♪
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♪ I'M OBNOXIOUS AND DISLIKED ♪
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♪ YOU KNOW THAT, SIR ♪ YES, I DO.
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♪ SO I SAY YOU SHOULD WRITE IT, ROGER, YES, YOU ♪
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GOOD HEAVENS, NO. ♪ YES, YOU ROGER SHERMAN, YOU ♪
Duration
95 seconds
Views
945
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:05
Uploaded
Oct 20, 2021
Genres
Production
Columbia Pictures,Jack L. Warner Productions

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Movie Summary

A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.

Actors

William Daniels
John Adams
Howard Da Silva
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
William Hansen
Caesar Rodney (de)