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28 June 2000 (USA) moreTagline:
What would you do if they destroyed your home, threatened your family. Where would you draw the line? morePlot:
Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 17 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(48 articles)
Gibson: 'I'm A Manic Depressive' (From WENN. 15 May 2008, 9:14 AM, PDT)
Gibson Trilogy On Historically Incorrect Movies List (From WENN. 24 March 2008, 6:20 PM, PDT)
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Good but ........ moreUS TV Schedule:
| Thur. Oct. 9 | 10:00 PM | MAX | |||
| Tue. Oct. 14 | 1:30 PM | MAX | |||
| Sun. Oct. 19 | 5:10 PM | MAX | more |
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Rated R for strong war violence.Parents Guide:
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165 min | 175 min (extended version)Language:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:Unrated (extended version) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:U | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R15 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:RFilming Locations:
Botany Bay Plantation - 7510 Botany Bay Road, Edisto Island, South Carolina, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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Revealing mistakes: The British really were the masters of the sea during that era - their ships themselves actually seem to run contrary to the natural laws, as demonstrated during the party scene where we see the British ship blown up in the nearby harbor. The laws of physics state that, loosely translated, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When the ship is destroyed we see the explosion not only spread outwards from the sides of the ship, but also the gigantic plume of fire going straight up in the air. This ship, however, remains firmly in its same position in the water, neither moving from side to side, or being pushed downwards deeper into the harbor, as an explosion of such magnitude would undoubtedly force it. Unless the ship was aground on a sandbar or rock, it should have had at least some movement away from the direction of the blast moreQuotes:
Miss Anne Howard/ Mrs. Anne Martin: You know who I am Gabriel Martin. The last time you saw me i was 11 and you put ink in my tea.Gabriel Edward Martin: [Uneasy] Surely it was one of my younger brothers. Perhaps Samuel or Nathan.
Miss Anne Howard/ Mrs. Anne Martin: It was you. And it turned my teeth black for a month.
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The Patriot is technically a good movie. Nicely made with good characters, good acting, a strong storyline and fabulous cinematography.
But, to say this movie distorts history would be an understatement. And that is extremely sad in a movie that sells itself as an accurate portrayal of events during the revolution. The Patriot, unfortunately, crosses the line and try's to portray as 'actual fact' a film which is predominantly fictional. Hence, the 'real life' equivalent of Benjamin Martin actually used to scalp Native Americans in his spare time (a fact neatly overlooked by the director).
This 'rose tinted' view of history is at its worst during the church-burning scene where a British Army officer ordered the murder of many innocent civilians by locking them in a church and setting it alight. This event never took place and yet, thanks to The Patriot, a whole generation of Americans will believe that the British Army actually committed this horrendous act in South Carolina -- when in fact history shows that it was not the British Army that burned a church full of people in 1776 but the Nazis that did during WW2.
As a Brit, I don't so much mind Hollywood always portraying us as the 'bad guys' -- after all it is American money making these films -- I'm more concerned that some Americans actually believe what they watch. This is especially true in movies like The Patriot which 'pretend' to be real.
It's a shame that in such a technically competent movie, which pays such attention to minutiae detail like the costumes, that something as significant as the accuracy of the screenplay could have been so grotesquely overlooked.