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Revolution is a British film of genre Drama directed by Hugh Hudson released in USA on 25 december 1985 with Al Pacino
Revolution (1985)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 december 1985
Length 2h4
Directed by Hugh Hudson
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Political films
Rating53%
Revolution is a 1985 British historical drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Robert Dillon and starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland and Nastassja Kinski. The film stars Pacino as a New York fur trapper who involuntarily gets enrolled in the Revolutionary forces during the American Revolutionary War.
Revolution received a great deal of negative reviews upon release, and was a box office bomb. Due to the disappointment, Pacino took a four year hiatus from films until 1989's Sea of Love.
Synopsis
Fur trapper Tom Dobb unwillingly participates in the American Revolutionary War after his son Ned is drafted into the Army. Later, his son is captured by the British, and taken by the strict Sergeant Major Peasy. Dobb attempts to find him, and along the way, becomes convinced that he must help fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the disgraced & idealistic aristocrat Daisy McConnahay.Actors
Al Pacino
(Tom Dobb)
Donald Sutherland
(Sgt. Maj. Peasy)
Nastassja Kinski
(Daisy McConnahay)
Joan Plowright
(Mrs. McConnahay)
Frank Windsor
(Gen Washington)
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