Start the Revolution Without Me

1970 "Gene Wilder... wilder than ever!"
6.4| 1h30m| R| en| More Info
Released: 14 August 1970 Released
Producted By: Warner Bros. Pictures
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An account of the adventures of two sets of identical twins, badly scrambled at birth, on the eve of the French Revolution. One set is haughty and aristocratic, the other poor and somewhat dim. They find themselves involved in palace intrigues as history happens around them. Based, very loosely, on Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities," Dumas's "The Corsican Brothers," etc.

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
Lee Eisenberg It was inevitable that there was going to be a movie like "Start the Revolution without Me". Directed by Bud Yorkin, producer of "All in the Family" and "Sanford & Son", it depicts two pairs of brothers (peasants and aristocrats) getting switched at birth and playing a role in the French Revolution while practically everyone in the palace is plotting against everyone else.The movie is based on some of the notable French novels dealing with the era. "The Corsican Brothers" also got adapted into a movie by Cheech and Chong (it was probably the lowest of their movies). This one also reminded me of the 1988 comedy "Big Business" starring Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler. But whatever the case, Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland put on fine performances. I especially liked Wilder's neurotic peasant who's grown up as an aristocrat. A good time for all. And the ending? You'll have to wait and find out.The rest of the cast includes Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur), Jack MacGowran (The Exorcist), Billie Whitelaw (Hot Fuzz), Victor Spinetti (A Hard Day's Night), Ewa Aulin (Candy), Murray Melvin (Barry Lyndon) and Orson Welles.
oneillrobyn Does anyone notice the small motorized van that crosses a bridge on the Seine during a scene on the riverside? It's either white or yellow and it travels from left to right, I think.Was that van shown on purpose? What a great, hilarious, sophisticated movie. Besides the "queen"/"king" lines, I love the paper-passing during the "costume" ball. It "kills" me every time I see it. They just don't make movies like that any more. BTW, it was Louis XVI not Louis XIV.And the Orson Welles "narration" is just ridiculous. Perfect touch, it makes me want to take notes to prepare for the history test.Here, have some chicken.
ino_mart I first saw this movie when I was somewhere between 12 and 15 years old. I liked the movie in that time and I had to laugh with the gimmicks. I saw it multiple times.Today I saw this movie again, but instead of 15 years before, I now disliked the movie. I could not laugh with any joke nor situation.What I disliked the most now is that it is not edited very well. It seems that the movie stops for a few milliseconds between many shot and scenes.I now find that the humor is funny when you are a child or teenager, but not when you are an adult.There are also some "real" mistakes in the movie. Of course it is a comic movie and most of it is fictitious. However there are some things that are not correct historically, such as Christinan, the princess of Belgium and its army. In 1786 Belgium did not exist yet, it was a part of the "United states of the Netherlands". Belgium was only founded in 1830. Before 1830 it was ruled by many other authorities (Netherlands, France, Germans, Spain, Rome, ...).
mcdgames To put it simply, this movie is outrageous. It flopped during its theater tenure because everyone was too high-strung over Vietnam and other period conflicts to actually understand this comedy. This fact is also touched on during the commentary by the director himself."Revolution" is in the same league as the Zucker Brothers. It's gags gain momentum as the movie unwinds, until it's whipping around during the last few scenes almost out of control, yet marvelously in control.This is a movie that has Gene Wilder at his comic peak. He's pre-Wonka and pre-"FrankenSTEEN" here, and hasn't found temperance in his angry hysteria. I've watched this movie close to 15 times, and I can't handle myself when Wilder is galloping around with his stuffed falcon. And the gags in his marriage! "Bring the leather and the honey ... " (His character's wife looks at the camera with a look of worry).Donald Sutherland is reserved, but he's not well known for his comedy. Yet he has excellent moments, especially in strangling adversaries on the dock with one hand! "...and I shall be the Queeeeen!" The funniest pieces here are actually the lines. Read the quotes! Oh my, a gold mine!