Comments on: Movie Review: Revolution (1985) http://gcaggiano.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/movie-review-revolution-1985/ Greg Caggiano is a freelance writer blogging about movies, television, history, and sports, among many other topics. Now providing official coverage for Ron Maxwell's upcoming Civil War film "Copperhead". Fri, 24 May 2013 17:32:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Chuck http://gcaggiano.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/movie-review-revolution-1985/#comment-992 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:59:52 +0000 http://gcaggiano.wordpress.com/?p=3186#comment-992 Didn’t realize that this Pacino piece even existed. I guess I didn’t miss much.

I don’t think the makers of The Patriot got Tarleton’s name wrong. The fictional Tavington was supposed to be a composite of Tarleton and a couple of other British officers. They did get the British cavalry uniforms wrong, though.

I remember there was a George Washington TV miniseries that came out in 1984. I saw part of it and wouldn’t mind seeing it again.

]]> By: Steve Hancock http://gcaggiano.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/movie-review-revolution-1985/#comment-984 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:01:03 +0000 http://gcaggiano.wordpress.com/?p=3186#comment-984 I probably wouldn’t even bother trying to watch the rest of it, Greg. The rest of the movie hardly even touches the Revolution. Pacino and his son desert after the first battle, work, hide, and rejoin the army towards the end, in a poorly-executed recreation of Yorktown. I can’t remember half of what happened, but it was just very, very dull. They have a new cut, called “Revolution: Revisited, that is supposed to be a little bit better, which I may (And the relative word is “may”) watch in the near future, i.e. a few years from now.

As far as films on the Revolutionary War, “The Patriot” is one of my favorites. It’s mostly a fictional tale, but the film does a good job of capturing the essence of what happened. I also love “The Crossing,” a TV-movie about the Battle of Trenton, starring Jeff Daniels as George Washington. Then of course, there’s “John Adams,” which is by far the most historically accurate work on the period, and also the most dramatic! I’m hoping that Tom Hanks and Playtone will get “1776″ made soon, since they optioned the rights to that David McCullough book as well.

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