Last week, I made a list of the top 5 biopics that I'd like to see, but left out a HUGE one that is easily number 1.
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was present for most of the American Revolution incidents as a resident of Boston and has become a symbol of patriotism. As a Freemason, he is forever attached to the architects of the United States of America.
In addition to being part of the Freemasons, Revere was also involved with the Sons of Liberty. There is strong evidence that Revere was present at the Boston Massacre due to his highly detailed engravings used in the trial against the British soldiers. The Boston Massacre was an incident where British Soldiers used lethal force against Boston colonials who were throwing snowballs at them and taunting them. Revere was also involved with the Boston Tea Party, where the Bostonians dressed as Native Americans and threw the British tea imports into the water in protest against the rising taxes.
Then of course there is the more famous story, "The Midnight Ride." Revere was signaled how the British were traveling to the colonies for the beginning of the Revolutionary War so he could ride to Cambridge to notify people. It should be said that there were 2 other riders, Israel Bissell and Sybil Ludington, who had much more impressive rides, but it was Revere who notified a number of patriots who fanned out across Middlesex County and theoretically the secret Freemasons who had a series of underground tunnels throughout Boston.
Revere was then a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, notablyas an officer in the Penobscot Expedition, the most disatourous campaign of the war.
As you can see, Revere is the best point of view to take the audience through the American Revolution. In very well could be the Gangs of New York for the city of Boston, and could be the sweeping period epic that has been relatively favored by Hollywood, The Academy, and audiences alike.
