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Revolution (1985)

15 12/25/1985 (US) Adventure, Drama, History, War 2h 6m

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New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.

Hugh Hudson

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Robert Dillon

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Al Pacino

Tom Dobb
Donald Sutherland

Sgt. Maj. Peasy
Nastassja Kinski

Daisy McConnahay
Joan Plowright

Mrs. McConnahay
Dave King

Mr. McConnahay
Dexter Fletcher

Ned Dobb
Sid Owen

Young Ned
Richard O'Brien

Lord Hampton
Steven Berkoff

Sgt. Jones
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on June 8, 2024

Al Pacino transported to the American Revolution

After the Declaration of Independence, a fur trapper (Pacino) & his son are inadvertently enlisted in the Continental Army in the summer of 1776, wherein they find themselves fighting The Battle of Long Island. They end up working as scouts and are at Valley Forge during the cold winter of 1777-1778, as well as Yorktown in 1781. Nastassja Kinski plays a woman from an aristocratic family who joins the patriots while Donald Sutherland is on hand as an officer in the British Army.

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