Mary s husband is taken by loyalists and mary must take over their property. The enemy is not only the britishamericans are also fighting among themselves. The 1993 madefortv movie mary sillimans war tells a story of noncombatants in the american revolution. See the full list of mary sillimans war cast and crew including actors, directors. Mary sillimans war is a unique, awardwinning film on the american revolution. Mary sillimans war is far from a big budget tv movie with a lot of star power and glamorous sets and costumes. Stephen surjik is a director and producer, known for the umbrella academy 2019, the punisher. The pregnant mothers and farm wives, as well as sillimans own negotiations for her husbands release, by his loyalist captors. In january i made a list of the 10 best, in my opinion, revolutionary war films i neglected to include a film that deserves to be in the top half of that list.
The story of mary s experience during the american revolution is depicted in the 1993 film mary sillimans war, produced by heritage films. Overview of mary sillimans war, 1994, directed by stephen surjik, with nancy palk, richard donat, paul boretski, at turner classic movies. The project received assistance from the national endowment for the humanities. See the full list of mary sillimans war cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. When her husband, a fierce patriot and states attorney, is kidnapped and held for ransom, mary sets in motion a dangerous plan to win her husbands freedom. Shot on location in nova scotia, the film relates the true story of a remarkable woman, whose husband, a patriot. Mary sillimans war is set in 1779, in fairfield, connecticut during the american revolution. Mary sillimans war journal of the american revolution. Along the way she receives help from privateer hawley, who helps her husbands return possible. Mary s husband, selleck silliman, is a prominent patriot and the states attorney. The film focuses on the experiences of mary, as she is swept up in the unsettling events of the revolutionary war.
The silliman family papers, housed at yale university, include a wealth of mary s writing in the form of her journal, papers, and letters, and are a rich resource. Mary sillimans war 1992 the religious wife nancy palk of a connecticut attorney richard donat tries to free him from probritish kidnappers in 1779. Mary sillimans war was produced by steven schecter and heritage films in 1993. Mary shelley tells the story of mary wollstonecraft godwin elle fanning author of one of the worlds most famous gothic novels frankenstein and her fiery, tempestuous relationship with. Mary sillimans war an uncommon glance at american revolutionary war history is intelligently and flavorfully recreated in the moderately absorbing story of a connecticut wife and mother caught. This 1994 film is based on the true story of mary silliman and her husband, general gold selleck silliman of fairfield, connecticut as told in the biography, the way of duty, a woman and her family in. But it is still in fact a very good and accurate story. Mary sillimans town of fairfield, connecticut, is bitterly divided between patriots and tories.