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starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Urich, Chad Lowe, Susan Blakely, Meredith Salengerdirected by: Delbert Mann
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303682952
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 6303682952
Label: Hallmark
Manufacturer: Hallmark
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hallmark
Release Date: November 28, 1996
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 7470
Studio: Hallmark
Theatrical Release Date: April 24, 1988
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Disperse Ye Rebels! Disperse!!
This is a decent film that deserves to be re-issued on DVD. While not a big budget opus like infamous Mel Gibson's THE PATRIOT, this is a much higher quality film overall. While a bit slow in the beginning with family relationships in Lexington, the film picks up when the British at last appear on the screen! There is a nice shot of the British columm deploying impressively into line to face Captain Parker's company. The only problem here is that the British force at this point consisited of ... Read More
Rating: - Lexington in April 1775
This film is set in 1775 Colonial Massachusetts. A peddler is stopped and searched, the British troops find a musket, powder, balls and confiscate them and the wagon (Gun Control!). The peddler stops at a local tavern to tell about this. The people have noticed an increase in British troop patrols. We then meet a family and see a portrayal of life in the 18th century as similar to today. There is a meeting among the men, they discuss the relative military strengths of the Colonial militia to the ... Read More
Rating:  - Not very impressed
Saw this this on televison.
Lovely scenery. Weapons and costumes appear authentic. Buildings need a little work. Interior shots good. Acting and diolog need a little work.
Overall a Soap Opera.
Really not very impressed with what looks more like a work of revisionism than anything authentic. The Americans appear blood thirsty and looking for trouble. They appear to lack any semblence of militery organization or fighting doctrine. Historicly those are proven ... Read More
Rating: - Family Friendly and Educational
April Morning is a family-friendly video of the first major battle of the American Revolution. The dramatic tension between two generations climaxes with a greater understanding, and a loss. The video is a great addition to a homeschool unit on the Revolution, or a good family night viewing, with discussion of the relationship between father and son. I highly recommend it, and was disappointed that it was out of stock. We watched it on TV the first time, and have not been able to find it since.
Rating: - Adds Another Level to Social Studies Classes
Yes, the movie is melodramatic and l....o....n....g with the dialogues in the first portion. That's why I don't show the whole thing in the classroom. We start just before the rider shows up with the warnings. I have a typed synopsis of the events leading up to this and explain the tensions of frontier warfare experience, womens' issues vs the male ego, and that this is a MOVIE based on the events. However, the use of reenactors, authentic clothing, and armaments make it somewhat more appealing. ... Read More
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