关键词 Revolutionary War

梅尔·吉布森又一次为自由而战。故事发生在美国独立战争期间，一位爱好和平的父亲被逼上梁山，跟残暴的英国军队作殊死搏斗。本杰明·马丁早已告别戎马生涯，虽然他曾经同英国人并肩与法国人和印第安人浴血奋战，但终于有一天，他的儿子成为对抗英国军队的民兵组织头领，而英军掠夺了他的家园及他所挚爱的一切，于是他从一个理想主义的爱国者演变为现实主义的爱国者。

盖茨家族是出名的冒险家家族。本（尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）小时候就获悉了他们家族的一个惊天秘密：美国开国时埋藏国家财富的地点就藏在《独立宣言》中。尽管父亲不想盖茨家族在纠缠于国家宝藏，但本还是与电脑高手雷利（贾斯汀•巴萨 Justin Bartha 饰）一起开始了寻宝行动。本的寻宝计划很快陷入了僵局。与此同时，英国富豪伊恩（肖恩•宾 Sean Bean 饰）也盯上了这个宝藏，他派人潜入了美国国家图书找寻《独立宣言》中宝藏的秘密并密谋对付本。图书馆的艾比嘉尔博士（戴安•克鲁格 Diane Kruger 饰）获悉了伊恩的险恶用心后，决心帮助本找到国家宝藏……

这部音乐剧严格遵照历史，讲述 Hamilton 政治生涯中的几件大事，他的战友和政敌、他与妻子 Eliza 和长子 Philip 的深厚感情以及他犯下的错误。历史人物 George Washington、Thomas Jefferson & James Madison 等在剧中轮流出场。剧中音乐以Hip-hop为主，穿插了Jazz，R&B, Tin Pan Alley 等多种风格的歌曲。

《革命》是由《火战车》的大导演Hugh Hudson执导的又一部史诗般气势宏伟的巨片。艾尔-帕西诺扮演一个被时代洪流推着走的小人物，他从一个不愿参加战斗的明哲保身的小市民到自觉参战的美国公民，从而经历了美国为脱离英国统治而爆发的独立战斗的全过程。电影没有从一个伟人，例如华盛顿入手，而是通过底层人物的命运转移带出对这段历史的公正评价及当时年代各阶层勾心斗角，前线战火纷飞的残酷场面。帕西诺或者说是美国人民最终获得胜利，他们不仅赢得了自由，幸福及粮食，更描绘出一个摆脱帝制后全速前进的美丽蓝图……

　　《拿破仑》(Napoléon，阿贝尔·冈斯，1927年/235分钟/黑白。耗费几十万米胶片和四年时间拍摄，尽管如此，这部影片“只不过是一部未完成的巨大作品的序幕”，某些片断需将三块银幕拼接起来才能放映，常见是1935年的有声版)

　　影片讲述美国独立战争期间,纽约乡野的一群农人奋起抵抗印第安人的侵略和英军的攻击,在历经挫折之后终于成功地保卫其家园,并把美国国旗升起。

In December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world-famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on a secret mission to France—with the fate of American independence hanging in the balance.

Idealistic Revolutionary War rebels harass the Redcoats in British-held Chester, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia in this adventure series which drew parallels with 1960s political activism.

The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”

Everyone knows the story of Paul Revere and his famous midnight ride to warn colonial forces of the British approach. But history books don't tell of the man who sent Revere on his mission: Joseph Warren, America's least remembered founding father. Uncover the forgotten history of Warren and stories of other unsung heroes in our fight for independence.

The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a war of conquest, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. It impacted millions from Vermont’s Green Mountains to the swamps of South Carolina, from Indian Country to the Iberian Peninsula. In defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside-down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic Coast united in rebellion, won their independence, and established a republic that still endures. The American Revolution, will present the story of the men and women of the Revolutionary generation, their humanity in victory and defeat, and the crisis that they lived through.