by Stephen Milek
Happy 4th of July everyone. This is from an old blog of mine but thought I would share again.
Happy 4th of July everyone. This is from an old blog of mine but thought I would share again.
This is a short list because there have only been like 6 movies have been made about the Revolutionary War and that's including a HBO miniseries and a made for TV movie from A&E. Still that only leaves 4 movies that I have seen for my list.
1. The Patriot-Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger fight the British in this violent action movie.
2. 1776-Fun musical about the writing of the Declaration of Independence
3. John Adams-HBO Miniseries-The life of John Adams incudes his rise to prominence in Massachusetts to his presidency and death. Paul Giamatti gives a great performance as Adams.
4. The Crossing-A&;E TV movie-About Washington's crossing of the Delaware River with Jeff Daniels playing Washington.
Since there weren't many movies about the Revolutionary War I decided to do an additional list of movies that sounds like they should be about the Revolutionary War but aren't.
1. Independence Day-Takes place on the 4th of July but instead of fighting the British we are fighting aliens.
2. Born on the 4th of July-Sounds patriotic but a controversial film from Oliver Stone about the Vietnam War.
3. The Birth of a Nation-Not about the Revolutionary War but about the start of the KKK.
4. God Bless America -Not at all what it sounds like it is really about a guy that goes crazy and starts a killing people.
5. American Beauty - Sounds like it would be a nice tail of America but it is about the falling apart of a family.
1. The Patriot-Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger fight the British in this violent action movie.
2. 1776-Fun musical about the writing of the Declaration of Independence
3. John Adams-HBO Miniseries-The life of John Adams incudes his rise to prominence in Massachusetts to his presidency and death. Paul Giamatti gives a great performance as Adams.
4. The Crossing-A&;E TV movie-About Washington's crossing of the Delaware River with Jeff Daniels playing Washington.
Since there weren't many movies about the Revolutionary War I decided to do an additional list of movies that sounds like they should be about the Revolutionary War but aren't.
1. Independence Day-Takes place on the 4th of July but instead of fighting the British we are fighting aliens.
2. Born on the 4th of July-Sounds patriotic but a controversial film from Oliver Stone about the Vietnam War.
3. The Birth of a Nation-Not about the Revolutionary War but about the start of the KKK.
4. God Bless America -Not at all what it sounds like it is really about a guy that goes crazy and starts a killing people.
5. American Beauty - Sounds like it would be a nice tail of America but it is about the falling apart of a family.
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