Revolution
(1985)
Country: UK
Genre: Historical Drama
Synopsis
The American War of Independence as seen through the eyes of an illiterate trapper (Al Pacino) who joins the revolution to protect his son Ned (Sid Owen), who has been captured by the British army.
Notes
- "Revolution" was filmed mainly in King's Lynn in Norfolk (UK). The main battle scenes were shot at Dartmoor and Challaborough Bay in Devon.
- The film received highly negative reviews upon its release ("Time Out" magazine called it "an almost inconceivable disaster"), and was a box office flop. It was nominated for four 'Golden Raspberry' awards in 1985, including Worst Picture and Worst Actor (Al Pacino), but 'lost out' (if that's the right term) to Sylvestor Stallone in "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985). It did, however, win the award for Worst Picture issued by the 8th 'Stinkers Bad Movie Awards' (1986).
- Director Hugh Hudson was dissatisfied with the theatrical cut of the film, and released a new cut, "Revolution: Revisited", on DVD in 2009. This version of the film was also released, together with the original theatrical version, on a (Region B/2) blu-ray/DVD combo in 2012 (Amazon UK link at top right of this page). In the accompanying booklet, film critic Philip French argued that the film was a victim of bad publicity and cultural misunderstandings, and that the 'Revisited' cut is a masterpiece.
- The front sleeve of the Blu-ray/DVD combo (see Profile picture, top left of this page) shows Al Pacino with Sid Owen, who plays Ned in roughly the first three-quarters of the movie, before Dexter Fletcher takes over as a slightly older Ned for the remainder of the film.
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Cast
- Al Pacino
(Tom Dobb) - Sid Owen
(Young Ned Dobb) - Eric Milota
(Merle) - Cameron Johann
(Ben) - Danny Potts
(Ahab) - Dexter Fletcher [ALUMNUS]
- Donald Sutherland
(Sgt. Maj. Peasy) - Nastassja Kinski
(Daisy McConnahay) - Richard O'Brien
(Lord Hampton) - Robbie Coltrane
(New York Burgher) - Joe Wright
(Gang member - uncredited)
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The version I saw was the Director's ('Revisited') Cut. The actors are great, Sid Owen is a very handsome lad, the battle scenes are excellent, the scenery is gritty, dirty and realistic, and as a story of love between a father and son it is quite moving. Donald Sutherland's character is quite nuanced and his relationship with his drummer boy Ben does something to counter-balance the character of Lord Darling. On the negative side, it felt downright peculiar seeing the not-so-attractive Dexter Fletcher replace Owen as Ned in the last half hour of the movie. But overall, this movie is very much worth seeing.
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