Revolution is a 1985 film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski.

Plot[link]

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[link]

• 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[link]

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[link]

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.

[edit] 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[link]

External links[link]

• Revolution at the Internet Movie Database
• Rotten Tomatoes