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5.3/10
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A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Cheryl Anne Miller
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- (as Cheryl Miller)
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- TriviaWhen Annie Lennox's character sings a song near the end of the movie, her voice is dubbed.
- GoofsIn battle, the British soldiers are depicted taking short steps; in reality, Redcoats were trained to take long paces, so as to close the range quickly.
- Alternate versionsIn 2009, Hugh Hudson made his own director's cut titled "Revolution Revisited" which was also released on DVD. The new version featured new narration recorded by Al Pacino, a different ending, and removed 10 minutes of footage from the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into Give Me Your Answer True (1987)
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Don't let the low rating frighten you - it's a beautiful movie.
I've just seen "Revolution" on TV and I have to say that it's a much better movie than one may think. Sometimes a movie is worth-seeing only because of its wonderful production values. And "Revolution" is an eye-popping visual feat: wonderful cinematography, first-rate period details. I might say that beside Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon" and Tony Richardson's "Tom Jones", this is the most beautifully made period movie about the eighteenth century. "Revolution" is also an important film because there are only about a dozen films on the Revolutionary War and almost all of them are a matter of obscurity - at least for a Hungarian movie lover. The most popular is Roland Emmerich's "The Patriot" (2000). In my opinion that's a much worse film than Hudson's maligned film. When "Revolution" was released it was a critical and commercial disaster. I think it didn't fit in any of the movie trends of the 1980s. But in the future it might be regarded as a flawed but valuable movie. Its flaws are obvious and much-discussed so I don't want to speak about them. If you're interested in beautiful period pieces and the Revolutionary War you might like this movie.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Revolution 1776
- Filming locations
- King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK(New York scenes)
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Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $358,574
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $52,755
- Dec 29, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $358,574
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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