Revolution
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Revolution
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This period drama about the American Revolution has an overlay of rhetoric that thwarts the action, flattening out the story about a man and his loved ones caught up in the events of the time. Tom Dobb (Al Pacino) falls in love with Daisy McConnahay (Nastassja Kinski), an aristocrat who deserts her class to fight alongside the rebels. Tom teaches his son Ned (Dexter Fletcher) everything he needs to learn, though the growing rebellion consumes most of his attention. Eventually, the Redcoats are mowed down in large battle scenes, as the ragtag Colonialists go to war. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, RoviCast
- Al Pacino - Tom Dobb
- Donald Sutherland - Sgt. Maj. Peasy
- Nastassja Kinski - Daisy McConnahay
- Joan Plowright - Mrs. McConnahay
- Steven Berkoff - Sgt. Jones
Credit
John Bunker - Art Director, Malcolm Middleton - Art Director, John Mollo - Costume Designer, Hugh Hudson - Director, Stuart Baird - Editor, Chris Burt - Executive Producer, John Corigliano - Composer (Music Score), Paul Engelen - Makeup, Assheton Gorton - Production Designer, Bernard Lutic - Cinematographer, Robert Chartoff - Producer, Irwin Winkler - Producer, Chris Burt - Producer, Ann Mollo - Set Designer, Alan Whibley - Special Effects, Eddie Stacey - Stunts, Robert Dillon - Screenwriter, Robin Clarke - Music Editor| Revolution (1968 Film), Revolución (2006 Film) | |
| Revolution (2003 Film), Revolution (Film) |
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Revolution (1985 film)
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| Directed by | Hugh Hudson |
| Produced by | Irwin Winkler |
| Written by | Robert Dillon |
| Starring | Al Pacino Donald Sutherland Nastassja Kinski |
| Music by | John Corigliano |
| Cinematography | Bernard Lutic |
| Editing by | Stuart Baird |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 25 December 1985 |
| Running time | 126 minutes (theatrical) 115 minutes (DVD version) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28,000,000[1] |
| Box office | $358,574 (US)[1] |
Revolution is a 1985 film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski.
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Plot
The film stars Al Pacino as a New York fur trapper who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Cast
- Al Pacino - Tom Dobb
- Donald Sutherland - Sgt. Maj. Peasy
- Nastassja Kinski - Daisy McConnahay
- Joan Plowright - Mrs. McConnahay
- Dave King - Mr. McConnahay
- Steven Berkoff - Sgt. Jones
- John Wells - Corty
- Annie Lennox - Liberty Woman
- Dexter Fletcher - Ned Dobb
- Sid Owen - Young Ned
Production
The film was produced by the British company Goldcrest, and was filmed largely in the old dock area of the English port town of King's Lynn. Main battles scenes were filmed at Burrator reservoir on Dartmoor in Devon and on the coastal cliff top near Challabought Bay, South Devon where a wooden fort was built. Military extras were recruited from ex-servicemen mainly from the Plymouth, South Devon, area
Reception
Revolution cost $28 million to make, and proved to be a box-office disaster, only grossing $346,761 in the United States. It currently holds a rating of 8% critical approval at Rotten Tomatoes.
It was also nominated for four Razzie Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Actor and Worst Musical Score. Pacino's film career subsequently went into a four-year hiatus until 1989's Sea of Love.
DVD release Revolution Revisited
The 2009 DVD release of the film, called Revolution: Revisited, has an added narration by Al Pacino. Ten minutes of footage from the original film is cut. A special feature is included: a conversation with Al Pacino and director Hugh Hudson discussing the film being rushed into release by the studio (primarily Goldcrest films), being trashed by the critics, and other issues relating to making and releasing Revolution.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b "Revolution (1985)". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=revolution.htm. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/43540
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/mar/22/revolution-al-pacino-hugh-hudson
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