Sweeping bio-pic of the first true American icon, Benjamin Franklin.

Writer, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin was in every respect America’s first Renaissance man.

From penniless runaway to highly successful printer, from ardently loyal subject of Britain to architect of an alliance with France that ensured America’s independence.

A complicated and conflicting portrait of an even more complex and flawed man who had a hand in creating every pillar of our American society as we still know it today.