Revolution (1985) [VHS] Overview
This big and sometimes messy movie achieves the seemingly impossible: it demythologizes the American Revolution and lets us see it in a completely new light. Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire) has directed a starkly beautiful, powerfully visceral portrait of war from the point of view of the little people who are swept along in its wake. Al Pacino is Tom Dobb, a poor, illiterate trapper bringing up a young son when rebellion breaks out in New York. Dobb's small boat is requisitioned for the war effort, and he and his son become reluctant conscripts. It takes six months and some truly vile treatment by the British before the conflict becomes personal for Dobb and he makes the American cause his own. The Dobb family's tale intersects that of British Sergeant Major Peasy (a formidable Donald Sutherland) and his own son. As the tide of the war turns, the enemies' fortunes are reversed. Tom's love interest, Daisy McConnahay (Nastassja Kinski), is a fiery beauty who breaks from her family of wealthy Tories (British sympathizers) to fight for freedom. Kinski is wonderful as a living Lady Liberty, and Pacino has some extraordinary moments of raw emotion as Dobb. The film's highlights include authentic, grisly re-creations of famous Revolutionary War battles, including Yorktown and Valley Forge. This movie will draw you in, gradually but inexorably, as it creates its convincing and compelling world. --Laura Mirsky
Customer Reviews
That has never been a perfect film, but is also a portrait of the war complelling Rev. Here's an attempt by the director and Al Pacino, to try to correct some errors in editing, which were made on the original film in 1985. Apparently, the production somehow fell and the result was a bargain bit 'confused. Po 'Order has been told by the film starring Al Pacino, as you go looking for. This is an innovation that is only hinted at in the original. TheThe result is a clearer idea of who was Dodd and a bit 'of his background.
The ad for the DVD case is a bit 'misleading as it claims it was taking a cut of a director with more than 40 minutes of the film. That is not so. The only addition is a discussion between the director and Al Pacino are discussing how they wanted to address the problems of the film. Some small parts were made in the original film. Signicficant change seems to be the end, where theCharacter Dodd no return with the girls. This is a big change from the original, changing the atmosphere of the film in this sense.
I like the fact that this film was released on DVD, but I am disappointed that it does not add any additional shots. This is a bit 'confusing for the buyer. However, I always for this film as a representation of one of the best fight scenes ever from Rev. War Battle of Brooklyn scene, but far more deadly than the originalAction gives the majesty and terror of the 18th Combat century in a way no other film has ever done. The effect of the rest of the film is anti-clamatic in comparison, but do not try to show a progression of events during the war of the Rev and how they affect ordinary people caught in it. The Donald Sutherland character that British Sergeant-Maj is really impressive.
Even an incomplete epic, but making a pair, have cleaned up a bit '. Bello and on DVD and has not addedfor those who have to work as once gritty, and an unconventional role of Al Pacino, who was surprisingly convincing. You can see that there is a role he enjoyed, and that the film was still special to him.
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