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Revolution (1985)

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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

PG, 2 hr. 5 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Hugh Hudson

In Theaters: Dec 25, 1985 Wide

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Al Pacino
Tom Dobb
Donald Sutherland
Sgt. Maj. Peasy
Nastassja Kinski
Daisy McConnahay
Joan Plowright
Mrs. McConnahay
Steven Berkoff
Sgt. Jones
Annie Lennox
Liberty Woman
John Wells
Corty
Dexter Fletcher
Ned Dobb
Sid Owen
Young Ned
Richard O'Brien
Lord Hampton
Felicity Dean
Betsy
Jonathan Adams
Chaplain
Jesse Birdsall
Corporal to Sgt. Peasy
Theresa Boden
Abby
Paul Brooke
Lord Darling
Robbie Coltrane
New York Burgher
Joseph Running Fox
Iroquois Indian
Stefan Gryff
Capt. Lacy
Kate Hardie
Carrie Cray
Tristram Jellinek
Marcel
Cameron Johann
Ben
Denis Lacroix
Iroquois Indian
Jo Anna Lee
Amy
William Marlowe
Sgt. Marley
Cheryl Miller
Cuffy
Eric Milota
Merle
Olinka
Gabriel Pontello
Adrian Rawlins
Bill
Manning Redwood
Capt. Cray
Larry Sellers
Honehwah
Mathew Sim
New York Burgher
Malcolm Terris
Dr. Sloan
Lex van Delden
Pierre
Skeeter Vaughan
Tonti
Frank Windsor
Gen. Washington
Harry Ditson
Israel Davis
Dave King
Mr. McConnahay
Paul Humpoletz
New York Burgher
Rebecca Calder
Bella
Brendan Conroy
New York Burgher
Richard Hicks
Roger Otis
Steve Kligerman
Clowski
Harold Pacheco
Iroquois Indian
Danny Potts
Ahab
Graham Greene
Ongwata
John Patrick
Sgt. Malin

Critic Reviews for Revolution

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (11)

Watching Revolution is a little like visiting a museum -- it looks good without really being alive.

April 17, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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It's also a mess, but one that's so giddily misguided that it's sometimes a good deal of fun for all of the wrong reasons.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

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Beautifully photographed but emotionally uninvolving.

April 17, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

An almost inconceivable disaster.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

Curiosity alone should lead you to this one.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

star-spangled silliness, and one of the biggest debacles of the 1980s

July 29, 2002 Comment

James Sanford

Kalamazoo Gazette

Even the characters in the movie don't know what's going on.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher

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MaryAnn Johanson

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interesting cinematically overlooked time period, usually fine actors, terrible movie

April 11, 2007

jay nixon

Super Reviewer

According to Al Pacino and Hugh Hudson, studio interference was detrimental to this movie's impact. I watched it in the "Revisited" director's cut edition, and I was still unimpressed with what I saw. This is a movie that falls apart so quickly and extremely that it's difficult to pull out any redeeming features. This

June 30, 2007

Mike T.

Super Reviewer

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