This Revolution (2005)

Director:

Stephen Marshall

Writer:

Stephen Marshall (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

In this politically charged homage to Medium Cool, a photographer covers the urban guerrilla war on New York streets during the RNC.

Plot Keywords:

Conspiracy | Medium Cool | Anarchist | Verite | Father Killed

Cast

Rosario Dawson	...	Tina Santiago
Nathan Crooker	...	Jake Cassavetes
Amy Redford	...	Chloe Harden
Brett DelBuono	...	Richie Santiago
Brendan Sexton III	...	Daniel Symptom
Immortal Technique	...	Himself
Robert Bella	...	Bob Kramer
Cynthia Garrett	...	BCN News Anchor
Ned Silverman	...	Dexter
Brett Berg	...	Cody
Jermaine Chambers	...	Max
Gavin Bellour	...	Dante
Vija Zvers	...	Mousy (as Vija Brigita Grosgalvis)
Jim Titus	...	Music Producer (as James T. Williams II)
Juan Carlos Hernández	...	Cruz Santiago (as Juan Hernandez)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language.

Runtime:

USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Revolution Theory

Trivia:

During the filming of a protest scene, the cast was mistaken for an actual subversive group, leading to the arrest of several cast members, including Rosario Dawson. The entire third act of the film was rewritten on the fly to explain her absence. Footage of Dawson's actual arrest made the final cut of the film.

Movie Connections:

References Network (1976)

Soundtrack:

Me Tarzan You Jane

A powerful and important movie that grows and grows and grows after seeing it!

I saw this movie at the Munich film-festival. Due to the nature of film-festivals I did not know very much about what I was going to see since the info on all the movies shown is very limited. From the first moments on the rapid and rough style of Marshall's picture grabbed me by the throat and held my interest until the end. THIS REVOLUTION has a feel of a modern reality show like the ones we see on MTV. Like it or not this is current and pretty "Zeitgeist"! This should appeal especially to younger audiences. It certainly would be a great thing if younger people watched this film. Marshall has a lot to address and delivers something that regular Hollywood fails to accomplish: He really changes your perspective on things. His film gets you thinking, especially after leaving the theater. Since Marshall wrote, shot, edited and produced the whole thing in the very short period of 100 days I am even more astonished how well it came out. Marshall delivers a clear and classic 3 act structure! That works well of course but Marshall - coming from a documentary background - also succeeds in filling in a lot of documentary like bits and pieces which launch a lot of social background at the viewer. Furthermore everybody gets a good idea of how divided America really is at the moment. If you take nothing at all from this film this still won't escape you. To me as a German this is particularly interesting. OK, the love story sometimes slows the movie down, the main character is not always sympathetic. But considering all the achievements Marshall made in this film and how big the impact of the movie was on me, I consider this minor flaws. This is a modern, controversial, exiting, stylish and very original movie that grows and grows and grows on me after seeing it. And that is certainly a good thing to say about a movie. Go see it. Especially when you don't share the same political view...it could be very inspiring! And if it annoys you...even better! Controversy means movement, and movement means change! For me as a German I can say that I am very happy to see a controversial film like this coming out of America these days. We all can look forward to more feature films from Marshall!