Start the Revolution Without Me
Movie · Comedy

Produced and directed by comedy veteran Bud Yorkin, 'Start the Revolution Without Me' broke ground for a comedy revolution. It takes the tumultuous "let them eat cake" days of the French Revolution and gives everyone a figurative pie in the face. Two sets of twins are mismatched at birth so that years later, each set will have one Gene Wilder and one Donald Sutherland. One set grows up to be aristocratic swashbucklers; the other set are peasants. In a hilarious fluke of fate, they crisscross across classes. In the years following 'Start the Revolution Without Me,' Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and the Abrahams/Zucker/Zucker team would all create madcap comedy masterpieces. A lineup like that must have had a tremendous start.

1970 · 1h 31m
  • 83%
Starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith
Director Bud Yorkin

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Cast & Crew

  • Gene Wilder
    Claude / Philippe
  • Donald Sutherland
    Charles / Pierre
  • Hugh Griffith
    King Louis
  • Jack MacGowran
    Jacques
  • Billie Whitelaw
    Queen Marie Antoinette
  • Victor Spinetti
    Duke d'Escargot
  • Ewa Aulin
    Christina of Beligum
  • H‌F
    Helen Fraser
    Mimi
  • Bud Yorkin
    Director
  • Bud Yorkin
    Producer
  • Norman Lear
    Producer

About

Start the Revolution Without Me

Comedy

Produced and directed by comedy veteran Bud Yorkin, 'Start the Revolution Without Me' broke ground for a comedy revolution. It takes the tumultuous "let them eat cake" days of the French Revolution and gives everyone a figurative pie in the face. Two sets of twins are mismatched at birth so that years later, each set will have one Gene Wilder and one Donald Sutherland. One set grows up to be aristocratic swashbucklers; the other set are peasants. In a hilarious fluke of fate, they crisscross across classes. In the years following 'Start the Revolution Without Me,' Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and the Abrahams/Zucker/Zucker team would all create madcap comedy masterpieces. A lineup like that must have had a tremendous start.

83%

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1970
Run Time
1 hr 31 min
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United States
© 1970 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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English
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English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC)

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English (CC), French (France)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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