Start the Revolution Without Me
- Start the Revolution Without Me
Infobox_Film
name = Start the Revolution Without Me
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
imdb_id = 0066402
writer = Lawrence J. Cohen,
Fred Freeman
starring = Gene Wilder,
Donald Sutherland,
Hugh Griffith,
Jack MacGowran,
Billie Whitelaw,
Victor Spinetti
director = Bud Yorkin
producer = Bud Yorkin
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = February 4 1970
runtime = 90 min.
language = English"Start the Revolution Without Me" is a 1970 film directed by Bud Yorkin, starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw and Victor Spinetti. The comedy is set in revolutionary France where two peasants are mistaken for the famous swordsmen, the Corsican Brothers. It can be considered a parody of a number of works of historical fiction about the French Revolution, including Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" and Dumas' "The Corsican Brothers".
Plot
Two sets of identical twins, played by Wilder and Sutherland, are accidentally switched at birth. One set is aristocratic and haughty, the other poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigues.
Awards
"Start the Revolution Without Me" authors Fred Freeman and Lawrence J. Cohen were nominated for a WGA award for "Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen" in 1971.
Treatment of History
As a spoof, the film has no pretense of historical inaccuracy. Louis XVI, who was 38 years old at the time of his death, is played by Hugh Griffith, who was in his late fifties when the film was shot. He is portrayed as a bumbling cuckold. Marie Antoinette, here called simply Marie, is portrayed as a nymphomaniac. The French Revolution is depicted as being led exclusively by the impoverished masses, while most revolutionary leaders were actually middle or upper-class citizens. The film also portrays the man in the iron mask, who actually lived during the reign of Louis XIV.
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