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28/06/2000 Drama, History, War, Action 2h 45m
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Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heroes. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.

Overview

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

  1. Roland Emmerich

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mel Gibson

    Benjamin Martin

  2. Heath Ledger

    Gabriel Martin

  3. Joely Richardson

    Charlotte Selton

  4. Jason Isaacs

    Col. William Tavington

  5. Chris Cooper

    Col. Harry Burwell

  6. Tchéky Karyo

    Jean Villeneuve

  7. René Auberjonois

    Reverend Oliver

  8. Lisa Brenner

    Anne Howard

  9. Tom Wilkinson

    Gen. Cornwallis

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2020-02-25
Here's Mel to give the Brits an inaccurate historical thrashing, again...

The Patriot is based around one Benjamin Martin, an ex-soldier, who now happily living as a family man finds himself thrust into conflict at the break of the American Revolution.

He loves the Brits does Mel Gibson, "Gallipoli", "Braveheart" and here with "The Patriot", see the pattern anyone? As with the aforementioned "Gallipoli" and "Braveheart", certain liberties have also been taken with events in "The Patriot" so as to glossy up for the eager Hollywood contingent. It's not my want to scribble about the facts ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$110,000,000.00

Revenue
$215,294,342.00

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