"April Morning" (1988) - Excellent Battle of Lexington 1775 TV Movie
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On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".
An excellent portrayal of the event that sparked the American Revolution from an idea to a shooting war - a 1988 adaptation of the classic novel by Howard Feast which takes place at the dawn of the America ideals for Liberty. Superstitious teenager Adam Cooper (Chad Lowe) struggles to gain the approval of his intellectual and devout Christian father, Moses (Tommy Lee Jones). When a lone rider warns the locals of approaching British troops, Adam surprises his father by joining the local militia. But Adam will have to come of age rapidly amid violence and death to survive the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
First aired on April 24, 1988.
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"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
- Thomas Jefferson
Lot of tyranny
In this country the people are the government it seems they fear themselves
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Your comments here strongly suggest that professional trolls are being sent to this movie's comment page (Why aren't we surprized?!), to provoke, accuse and agitate the people. Your various comments show that you are here to contend with commenters, to challenge them and to put them on the defensive. Okay then; we can ignore you.
@@cacatr4495 How do we know you are not a leftist troll?
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*that from someone that doesn't have a thing on their channel page, nothing on their 'About' page, no playlists, nothing. That being the case, it sounds like you're a troll that is trying to point to someone else, which is called both Diversion and Transference. Typically, your reply to me ignored that "Ralph's" comment was not accurate, but instead, you came after me. Why? Is the truth not preimminent to you?? Why would you 'ask' such a thing (your "question" sounds like an accusation merely *couched as a question) unless you are here to put commenters on the defensive, as trolls do? You will show your colors; they always do.
Ephriam Harrington, my ancestor, fought that morning. His cousins were on the Green. I obtained a half penny dug up at the old bridge site. I share it when ever I can at Living History events.
That's amazing I hope you hang on to it and pass it along to your children
👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 In God We Trust !!!! Not our current government sadly....
My ancestor Asahel Porter was one of the eight that died on the Lexington Green that day.
@plucknpick6414 and @YowzaBowzaWowza you must be so proud to know your ancestors were part of such an amazing time.
@@phoenixfire124: I’m not sure what I feel about it. My admiration and respect for original Patriots is unwavering but I’ve risked nothing nor made any sacrifice to procure or retain our precious, hard won freedoms and liberties . I wonder if I’ll display the same courage if ever called upon to do so. The way things are going today we all may get that opportunity.
Wow, what a blast from the past. We watched this movie in high school when it came out. Back in the day when schools still taught us history and patriotism.
Exactly, Now we have indoctrination centers with child abusing perverts instead of teachers.
biden never liked this movie
P.S. may they all burn in HELL🙏
Schools don’t teach history anymore?!
@@westrueblood8178
The US public school I attended abandoned teaching History for "Social Studies" back in 1973, and Geography and Weather too. Parents were none too pleased with those changes. Private schools *might teach history, the one I later attended did.
America needs to see this movie. Thanks for uploading it. 🇺🇸
roger that
@@TheGetorix Go balls up and try this 1776 today. We will put you right where you belong
Just think what Mel Gibson would have done to are lads -lol
Great movie from a very important part of your countries history
"Stand your ground. Do not fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
------Captain Parker
April 19, 1775 Lexington, MA
Then it was all about which brave soul fired first Lexington or Concord and started a Civil War .
Yeah today Bostonians will attack with rainbow flags and feminist professors
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"But we are all British !" "We were until today". A classic line that makes me wonder if many modern day Americans realize that the colonials were British themselves until independence.
Yes, I know. A total of 7 of my ancestors fought in the war for independence. Four from SC, 1 from MD and 2 from PA. Of the 4 from SC, it was my 7th great grandfather and his 3 sons. One of his sons were killed by Indians allied with the British. One son was captured by the British but was released by Lord Cornwallis’s troops in a prisoner exchange in Yorktown. The other son after the war migrated to the new State of Kentucky and became the 7th Governor of Kentucky. Adair County, Kentucky is named for him.
hel no they dont
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until after the war of 1812 Britain didnt conisider us americans
on the issue of slavery 100% of the slaves were imported by the british
and
the conditions of the jay treaty meant that ALL british property freed had to be recompensated to Britain
thomas jefferson banned the importation of slaves
Yes, it must have been very difficult for many of them. At least in Ireland we knew they were despicable enemies of our people .
@@seanmccann8368absolute animals the scum of the earth
Until actually many months late when Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense circulated, Americans generally considered themselves specifically 'Englishmen', unless Scots or Irish or whatever.
I wish there were more movies made like this one
Have you seen Disney Swamp Fox ,it’s pretty good
Have you seen this one:
"George Washington" (1984)
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Its the first of a two part series of George Washington, played by Barry Bostwick. 6 hours, came out in 1984 I think. A true classic. Here's the second part:
"George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation" (1986)
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@@TheHappyBachelor:
Yes I have seen George Washington ABC Mini Series 1984. I watched it back then. As I worked as a docent, a volunteer (no pay😢) I worked at Liberty Hall a non profit in Sonora Calif 95370. They were open for only two years. Every Friday & Saturday morning from 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. I had to start up the DVD player on George Washington.
Then ABC made part 2 in 1987. The Bill of Rights 1791. Explaining each Amendment and how they (the founders) drafted those words based on historical facts
from England, past abusive Kings toward their people.
As a baby boomer (1945 to 1964) you will recognize all the Actors and Actresses who gave there very best in acting out what took place on the Lexington Green 209 years later.
All those brick buildings from the right of the screen were part of a Church.
The mens beliefs in this congregation "We shall not" go against the "King" only if blood has been shed on our end. 73 men stood casualty on the Lexington Green with there long rifles...
Would love to see more movies of this genre,hope it’s possible
Have you seen this one:
"George Washington" (1984)
czcams.com/video/SkCa7GXXxTY/video.html
Its the first of a two part series of George Washington, played by Barry Bostwick. 6 hours, came out in 1984 I think. A true classic. Here's the second part:
"George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation" (1986)
czcams.com/video/H-zaR0Z35BU/video.html
Check out the series John Adams (2008, HBO) it focuses more on the political machinations and it's the best one in my opinion.
I read this book when I was a teenager. I loved the story then, and I loved this movie. It stayed very true to the book.
Howard Fast was a real good writer,you should read more of his stuff..
This video may be filmed by a bunch of actors
But the history still runs through my blood
In the mornings of April 19th 1775 I lost 2 family members isaac and Jhon muzzy
Thank you for sharing this video
They were told to Move lay down there weapons they did neither what did you expect the British to do ? 🇬🇧 ..
@@jamescorlett5272So the government has the right to KILL YOU for a non-violent protest?
ALLAH AKBAR, you'll LOVE that.
heroes hail isaac and jojn muzzy!
@Jamescorlett5272 my friend I believe
There is alot more to this story then you may never fully understand
I don't wanna sound ignorant in any way
But my family members has spent 390 years here in America and the amount of American history and historical land marks is truly amazing
I been wanting to do a CZcams videos that actually talks about it but and the moment I just have alot going on
@@dougmuzzy32 I'm guessing English grammar lessons aren't amongst them?
What a great movie, it is hard to get a movie dealing with the American Revolution today which is a shame....
Hold on now , you're totally ignoring " The Patriot " 😅😅😅😅😅
@@dennismitchell5414 That was a good movie, could have at least tried to be a bit more historically accurate.
@@dennismitchell5414 Only good thing about that was it included French help during the war.
get rid of the Wokes ,, in fact Demoncraps & Repugnicans ,, sail the same waters,, so now ?
The first American Civil War.
“Friend, there aint a road in Massachusetts today that don’t lead to British graves”. What a badass line.
I loved that line, but not for its machismo, for its accuracy. The whole countryside literally erupted and vomited forth armed men like Vesuvius vomited lava. The Brits did try to evade the path they knew would be impeded, but the road they took went through a fair sized little town, and by chance the only 'general' in the militia happened to be going through that town (trying to get to Concord) when people came riding in saying the Brits were coming, so he started grabbing men and telling them to defend the town, and as he was doing that, hundreds of men from farther away also were passing through trying to find out where the war was. And that is where they found it. Look it up. It was a unique day, in the Revolution, and maybe in all history. An army of chaos prevailed over the most disciplined infantry on Earth, and with no one above Captain anywhere except briefly in that one town, and him acting like a sergeant with almost no one even knowing who he was at all. He never had time to tell them he was a general, and possibly they obeyed him better because they didn't know..
At their maximum strength in this conflict the British never had more than 16,000 second rate soldiers in the conflict, the US Army of COngres, with reserves and every thing numbered the best of 500,000
Source? @@HenriHattar
Obviously NOT your brain!@@carlreed6186
@@HenriHattar 500,000-lol. Half the country was ambivalent about the war and another big chunk was Tory. Try again.
“I been bucking against the tide all me life laddy, but today I’m in the company of brothers... America.”
Powerful last words from Solomon Chandler!
I have an ancestor, Moses Barnes, who fought as part of the minuteman/militia units who harassed the British all the way back to Boston. He was 72 years old and shouldered his musket to fight the British that day.
He ended up living to the ripe old age of 88. Unheard of to live that long in those days… RIP Moses, you brave Patriot!
My ggggreat grandmother Annie McKinney Musick Hatfield survived her husband being scalped n killed in their home in 1792 Virginia..She and her 5 children were abducted by the Shawnee.A posse was raised and got them back within a day after a battle.She later married a widower in the posse Ephraim Hatfield who was the patriarch of the later famous clan. She raised her 5,his 3 and they had 5 more children.She lived to be 104. She has a monument to her life in Pike co. Kentucky.A book was written about her called" the starched apron" by Doris Musick
@@markmeenaghan934you mean those peaceful Indians scalped a woman and kidnapped children? (Sarcasm)
@@markmeenaghan934 thank you for sharing. I would love to read the book, "The Starched Apron". I hope the book is still in print.😀
@@alicel3992 it is out there on Amazon..she had a very interesting life story. I knew nothing of any of it until 2 yrs ago.Her headstone provide me some leads on my quest
Beautifully done. Thank you.
Man , always liked this movie ,saw it when it first came out I was 29 and only been married a few years and had 2 years in the post office now 64 .wow.😊
Wow. All-star cast and this is the first time I've seen this movie. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Good timing. I was just thinking today is the anniversary of the Rev War and then you sent this notification. You're on the ball
I watched this movie over and over again, I never seem to get enough of it
Movie starts like an after school special and turns into “platoon”😳
This is the comment i've been looking for
If they actually had better effects at the killing, you'd be right.
Still for 1988 not bad at all
@@jameszimmerman1069 A Hallmark made for TV movie, even
I can't imagine the feelings those men felt on that day, as the British approached. I am grateful for their courage.
They were dug in, the Britsh approached them going UP HILL, wikth 80 poun packs on their back, the rifle of them days needed time to load and under fire going UP hill they only had ONE shot to get off, then they had to charge, so they were forced DOWN the hill twice due to these dreadful tactics but having lost most of their senior officers one junior officer orderded them to take their packs off and RUN up the hill, no shots, just a dirct charge with bayonets, the Americans had LOADERS for their weapons so DID not run out of ammuntion and had cover and ample time to fire on them, but the British prevaled with tremendous losses, but it is NOT how you think ! At their peak in this war there were only 16, actual British troops, there were German troops there too, but only 16,000 Britsh, The Army of Congress, with ALL forces numbered the best part of 500,000 I know you will say that NO MORE than 48,000 seved at one time, but this does NOT include mitiliia, which OFFICIAL records put at 145,000 plus irregulars as well as reserves, which put the figure well over 300,00 which CAN BE CHECKED , h owever even these figures are a bit rubbery and in actual fact there were about 470.489 THOUSAND ready for battle if needed. The so called CENSUS of 1766 was not an accurate count as it could never be in those days and the population was probably more like 5 million than the offical figure of 2.5 million as this did not take into account indentured servants, Indians and others in the community , including lack of accuracy in getting every one IN the census.
Thanks for sharing this great movie. I did not know of it until yesterday. I am so glad I got to see it.
Exceptional moovie hits home just the same today as it did when it came out.
So sad… the loss of fathers, brothers, uncles, grandfathers, cousins, dads, fathers in law, friends and orphans…
#LestWeForget ✨
To all of the people scared to ruin because of war… 💖R.I.P.💖
#NeverHurtYourBro.
Lady! ... That is the price of Freedom! And in most cases its something only "men" can really grasp!
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There are a handful of wars that were truly justified. This was one of them. Freedom is never free. No one should be subjected to a life of slavery. The Rule of Law is vital to freedom.
@@shouldertoshouldercollecti7444 you are delusional
Is...is this a PRO American movie? Made by Hollywood people?!?! I've heard about movies like this but I never thought I'd live to see the day where I'd be watching one.
Yes, and it’s why the two Brits got all stirred up!
Really? You must be quite right wing then. Here in Latin America and in many other places we think almost everything Hollywood makes is Yankee propaganda
A sad story, well acted. Thank you for posting.
Good movie, I'm currently working on my Colonia 58 Cal smooth bore Flintlock.
This is a realistic movie, based on a true story. You can feel the fear of this young boy.
He is not a killer, but he have to fight. I think, the british soldiers were poor boys too.
I always have been interested in these part of the american history.
Greetings from germany
Thousands of Germans were hired by the British to fight in the war. Many of them stayed in the colonies after the war. They were productive citizens and helped to forge a new nation.
The Hession soldiers from what is now Germany were hired later
By the British to fight.
See the Battle of Trenton on Christmas Day for an example.
It seems it always the same......old men send young men to fight & die.........peace to you...
@@josephpadula2283 Many Hessians were just poor German boys forced to fight for the British.
Actually they did not have to fight and three out of four wanted to stay with Britain but as in these things the minority were prepared to use consilidated force at any one time in this "war" the maximum amount of British troops numbered no more than 16,000 while the Congressional army numbered nearly 500,000. The terrorist were the Americans.
This movie inspired me to replicate the Coopers Salt Box home. We built it in 1995, large fireplaces and all..
Finally! It’s back!
I really liked how the father prayed for some rain at the beginning of the movie and then the son thanked God for providing the rain at the end
Good continuity.
Ah, yes. I grew up watching it every 4th of July. Love the movie so much, I found it on a streaming service to watch as an adult.
"It'll be a lot easier for them to walk to Concord than It'll be for them to get back."
Great book, great production..but New England doesn't look like that in April, it's much more gray and sparse, you can't do much in April except get ready for May...
...and it rained heavily that day and then a cold front came in. There were no leaves on the trees!!
Someone complained about the pace, but that is pretty much how it happens when life altering events take place. And it would have been the longest day in the life of that young man, and embedded in his memory as if it had happened just yesterday. The day he took his father’s place at the head of the table.
Thank you 🤩🤩💖
When the best movies about the American Revolution ever thanks for the download
Bravo! Very well done. The Disney film JOHNNY TREMAINE also covers many of the issues very well--although it puts the Sons of Liberty in a better light than history does. Also see THE AGE OF REVOLUTION (vol. 3 of THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES) by Winston Churchill. He had relatives on both sides of the Revolution, and he has an interesting viewpoint. He was a master of the English language, and he's a pleasure to read.
thank you for this moving movie .
Jones meant business when he told that boy to load up!
This is one of the best Revolutionary War Movies made. I wish they'd make more of them as so.
Thank you...
Been lookimg for this
This is my number one favorite movie of all time.
wow, superb
Going to be a good movie night. Great post.
Makes me remember running through the woods near my house. I would reenact scenes from this movie . lol
I'm somewhat encouraged that so many liked this movie, given its less than sensational pace or scenes. I must admit I found it a bit underwhelming but liked it overall for most of the reasons stated here.
Thank you, an we still haven't learned a thing. God Bless. Michael
In memory of todays date - I hope America find his way back to that days when they fought for peace,independence and home rule! Not the way they did the last 60 Years figthing for capitalism and not for freedom and self ruling as they did before ! Like Patton says My biggest fear is that after the war against the nazis-the military complex will gain to much power over the politics,and the next wars we fight we fight for their profit! (maybe for that he did in an ``accident`` in germany! )
I think that you meant he DIED
Can you please provide your evidence and documentation on Patton NOT dying in an accident...?
@@Lassisvulgaris
You're not a very bright troll: you wrote your reply to them opposite of what a shrewd troll would have. Are you new to the job?
Subject aside, we can see from all their comments/replies here that lassisvulgaris is a professional online Provocateur, a professional troll. They are just here to upset people, to try to put them on the defensive. We can ignore them.
What a crock
@@Lassisvulgaris He was murdered. As per the excellent book, Target: Patton by Robert K. Wilcox, and common sense. Plus, he told his daughters he would probably not be coming back home.
Great movie , well done, first time watching , love to see more. Take care , blessings
I was there on the Battlefield on that April morning. Well... spiritually.
Thank you for the upload! We just might be heading down the same road again. Be aware. Stand ready.
My Forbearer fought at The Cowpens, so this is just Fantastic! Unfortunately, most of our current "Patriots" would know neither.. Very Sad, indeed
I had one at Cowpens as well.
@@jwkennington IMO Those 3 Battles, Cowpens, Kings Mountain and Guilford Courthouse, was the Death Knell of British forces in America..A Lot of Truly Great Men and Women made SURE the Redcoats were NEVER able to re-supply themselves from "sympathetic" Carolinians...My Family still lives in the area.. very sad that most people aren't aware of these Great Events that made This Great Land!
Excellent!
I enjoyed this movie.
enjoy your podting...thank you....
It is hard to find many American Revolutionary War movies
Watch the television series Turn
Good movie. They didn't teach me this history in UK.) Now there are hoards of trespasses in both our nations.
Thanks to God there's not too many commercials
I first read this book as a kid and have never forgotten it
"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a musket ball."
-Solomon Chandler (probably)
A very young Tommy Lee Jones.
I hardly recognized him.
Excellent movie about the revolutionary war.
Would God save the king?
I don't think so.
Is Adam's friend John (Don) Addams?
I liked, commented and shared it.
I was thinking the same… except that if this really did come out in 1988 that means he was OLDER than he was in lonesome dove, where he plays a much older character..
well done to the detail ,, many thanks awakened my feelings for what was once America!
Can't help but think America would be a better Country if England hadn't lost it,.... one things for sure tho, it couldn't' be any worse... .....
@@19bisho given how the UK was and how it treated its colonies (South Africa and Raj)....i dont think so
Thank you to our forefathers that fought for our liberty and those that continue too.
After reading the book I have to say I'm a bit sad and understanding by how much they cut out... The book has so many amazing details
I never knew about this movie.
I love that this movie uses God's name, Jehovah! And fine horsemanship across the board.
He definitely took after his momma. I remember her playing roles in lots of TV shows 😊
This movie brought a human side to the historical facts that have been written down in history about April 19th, 1775 the beginning of American Freedom
Tha k you.
Great movie. Watch in history class in high school.
I remember when Walt Disney produced Patriotic movies and Sunday nights we would sit around the television set and watch. Disney co. Is woke now so good bye to those movies.
I am very glad to see this movie and that there are more like it. We, Americans, need to remember FREEDOM is NOT free, there is a price to be paid.
Shame on the corrupted ppl in congress and our government!
Disney has always produced fake, jingoist pablum for the masses. NO blood, just Davy Crockett saving the world singlehanded nonsense.
It's better to be woke than asleep like you. You follow Trump, who was a draft dodger. Who called the dead at Arlington Cemetery "suckers". Trump, who couldn't understand what was in it for those who died or were wounded for their country. Who disparaged the injuries John McCain suffered in Vietnam in service of his country.
1:13:45 They left his gun there!...They didn't take the guys already loaded gun!😂😅 They just left it on the ground.
One thing I notice in a lot of older war movies and series, is that the British are hollywoodized to be these mindless evil waves of men, but having more perspective as well as depicting actual skirmisher tactics. This also doesn't stand to focus for a long time on a single battle as many modern films would but demontratres the hit n run tactics used against the British over the course of several hours as well as the exhaustion of both sides.
So many good men sacrificed and paid the ultimate price for us and for our country. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
today our cournty needs to see where we came from. I have cooked and read and wrote by candle light and fire light. It is amazing that a country can be born by candle light
All nations are. Light a candle for peace : not a rocket.
Where the spirit of the lord is; there is freedom!
ALL RELIGIONS are a great toxic poison on this earth.
Missed some good parts. Like when Revere was captured and the militia got bored of standing around`and discharged their weapons so they could go to the tavern and wait. When they discharged their weapons Revere who was just down the road bluffed the patrol that captured him telling them it was several hundred troops marching towards them and the patrol fled, and then he went to the tavern. The Adam kid was annoying. The bridge battle would have been cool to see with the irregulars and the guys on the hill shooting down on the red coats.
The Redcoats were far too clean. They were cold wet and dirty from having to wade waist deep through water and mud in a swamp where the navy boats dropped them off and having to eat bug ridden rations the navy provided and then marching miles in the dark. To this day they still havent figured out who fired first. There were a lot of really interesting side stories for this battle. You had the crazy old 80+ year old retired redcoat who decided to take on the entire red coat column by himself killed a couple and was shot and bayonetted 11 times, lived and then married a twenty-something year old woman. There's a marker commemorating him along that road.
Who spent the time and effort building waist high rock walls along miles of road?
The farmers - while clearing the fields..
@@karencarter8292 While normally that would make sense and I would agree, there were no fields, just a little overgrown grassy area before the woods started. Plus I think if it was rocks from this, they would have ended up more like bocages like in France where farmers generationally just tossed the rocks into eventual long piles of hill along the sides of their fields. (and yes, I totally believe I am being way to nit picky about a very minor point :P )
And it rained like hell that day, then a cold front came in.
when you look at this movie April Morning it will give you some kind of a idea on who may have fire that shot at Lexington Green like maybe some where near it where Captain John Parker or any of his men had not seen him,
It was a great move wish the children in schools could see it now, so sad the way american has be come now days, what we stand for and what we believe, the way are for fathers be leaved, and fault for, my the lord be with us,
Joseph E Simmons, a great grandfather, 2 other Minute Men from Sturbridge, a great grandfather and a great uncle, "responded to the alarm in 75".
Very Well Done.
Years of History Buff . Never knew thee story of that day in depth . Thankyou. I've many more days to know of so many ancestors.
People are quick to judge but when have we ever heard the British side of the story.
There are a LOT of books out there. If you bother to look.
Well, that’s the way the cookie (biscuit) 🍪 crumbles.
I had never seen this movie before. Having read diaries and letters written by the participants (Read: Rebels and Redcoats, a compilation of original documents from the time), I realize this movie, while well intentioned, was made subject to the snowflake sensitivities of the post-Vietnam era. In a real household of that time, the lad would have come home to see his father laid out on the dining room table, he would only _possibly_ be on the bed if he had been still alive when brought in. Beds were not easily replaced, and a widow must also sleep somewhere, maybe for many years.
The people of that era were also, especially in the area near Boston, very determined. When the British drew near, the possibility of withdrawing _was_ mentioned. Captain of militia John Parker, a farmer IIRC, shut that down, saying, "If they mean war, let it begin here". None fled until a British volley mowed down more than a dozen of the patriots. And by the way, it was a travesty for the movie to show someone as being responsible for 'the shot heard round the world'. In real life, the question was investigated to exhaustion during and after the Revolutionary War. no one ever found out who really fired it. Coming far off from one side would probably have been noticed. The militiamen were firm in saying it was none of them, The Brit officers present limited themselves to saying it was no one from their unit, so the movie creates s fictional character to take the blame or credit. It should rightly have been left unexplained.
By the way, firebrand Sam Adams was watching the whole thing from a second floor window about a block away, and has been mentioned as a possible subject, but he had only a pistol, and many present would have recognized a pistol shot as opposed to musket or fowling piece _as well as noticing the shot came from a distance_.
Still, the movie seems to intend a patriotic and truthful portrayal, and so I applaud it.
All very good - but just one nit picky thing - Fully grown foliage in late April in Massachusetts? It's still early spring, grass may be greening up, but trees would be just budding. And you're still fair game for a snow flurry.
We watched this in multiple grades through school
Being mostly of poor Irish descent, naturally I was on the side of the malisha,Mel Gibson in the Patriots is an excellent movie.Australia.
Bring back the bravery and conviction of our founding fathers.
I recall watching this when it first aired. Nice to see it again. Looks like it was filmed in Canada which is to bad, there are many locations in MA that would have represented the area better. Looking at this from the point of view of living not that far from the actual locations, it just looked off, but a minor complaint, this is dated, but very entertaining. I always liked Robert Urich, Tommy Lee and Susan Blakely.
I remember seeing this when it first came out on TV. Was good then and better now, as the young don't know their history. Though this gives a possible answer to who fired the shot. I counted at least 4 different regimental uniforms, with the light and grenadier (bear skin hats) companies from each, 100 men per company, that's 800 of the 1500 there that day.
That number of regiments you counted might be proper. Gage had stripped the 'light infantry' and grenadiers of many regiments to form what we would call a 'special task force' for that mission. Supposedly there were only 700+ men total though (not including the relief force).
Does anyone know what are the thin wires at 54:10?
Being a brit i can say our boys were a force to be reckoned with, but it took real guts to stand in that line and see what was coming at them the best trained army of the time, they were farmers and tradesmen they shouldnt have been there but they were and started what would become the war that ended with americas freedom, although i ask are you still free? love to all.
A sad question to hear today, for sure, because the answer is yet sadder.
Once the Constitution and its regalia of dogma and doctrine promoting a semi representative oligarchy was passed, no.
Everything else has evolved from that.
The best trained army of the time was the Prussian.
WHAT a load of b-ll-x. A significant number of Americans had valuable combat experience in the French & Indian War (7 Years War); including George Washington.
A different kind of war to fighting in Europe: the climate, the untamed terrain, the bloodthirsty biting midges, & then of course the American rebels.
From the UK - with American family (my late eldest sister married a WW2 vet), I wonder how America
might have fared had the Crown retained control over there in those tumultuous times, Freedom can
be a twisty largely undefined road to travel. How, I still wonder, would America look today?
Can't believe "Agent K" died! If ya know what I mean...
Rip torn!
Good book on the subject is.
Paul Revere's Ride By David H Fisher.
The novel is Howard FAST "April Morning" (not Feast!)
I saw this on CBS in 1988
A young Henry Cavill playing the British soldier shot in the leg.
Loading shot onto powder with no wad... that's going to work well.. Welcome to old movies I guess. The funny part is the counting the shot scene is the one thing I remember about this movie.
Good movie
Damn lobsterbacks !!