Revolution (1985 film)

Revolution
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHugh Hudson
Written byRobert Dillon
Produced byIrwin Winkler
Starring
CinematographyBernard Lutic
Edited byStuart Baird
Music byJohn Corigliano
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia-Cannon-Warner Distributors
Release date
  • 25 December 1985 (1985-12-25) (US)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$28 million
(£19 million)
Box office$358,574

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. Pacino stars as a frontiersman in the colony of New York who involuntarily becomes involved in the Revolutionary cause during the American Revolutionary War.

Revolution received negative reviews on its release, and was a financial disappointment; its official release was delayed in Pacino's native New York City. Under withering criticism, Pacino took a four-year hiatus from films until 1989, when he made a successful comeback with Sea of Love.