tomorrow hanks is going to be producing a big, multihour movie for television of my book, "john adams," and tom hanks is a very solid and conscientious man with great intigget and taste and i expect that movie will reach people in a way that maybe nothing else could and a hundred times more than any book of mine might or other authors. if it's done right, that will be a huge step forward. host: let me ask you a blunt question about that. will they show john adams without any teeth? guest: i hope so. host: why? guest: so far, all that i've suggested about the tales of that kind, they have taken very seriously. their efforts to make everything as authentic as possible is the most remarkable kind of intigget in that field, in that speciality, that i've ever seen. host: how many parts in the serious? guest: i think it's lesson. host: where will it run? guest: on hbo. host: when? guest: they're going to start filming this fall. how long it will be after that, i don't know. but they're building back lots outside of richmond and a lot of it will be filmed in williamsburg and some of it on lo