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Original title: Patriot, The
Release Date
• USA: Jun 28, 2000
• UK: 14 Jul 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 24, 2000
• R2: 8 Jan 2001
Budget $110,000,000
Official Website:
The Patriot Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong war violence.
Running Time
2 hours, 44 minutes
Country Germany, USA
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Centropolis Entertainment, Mutual Film Corporation, Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG
Studio Centropolis Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, Mutual Film Company
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Other Titles
• The Patriot (2000)
• Der Patriot (2000)
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Genre: Action, War, Drama, Revenge, Martial Arts, Tragedy, Gore, True Story, Period Piece, Epic, Tear Jerker, Cult Classic
Tagline: Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heros. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.
Plot: The emotionally charged adventure The Patriot tells the story of Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson), a reluctant hero who is swept into the American Revolution when the war reaches his farm and the British endanger what he holds most dear. He takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel, and leads a rebel American Militia into battle against a relentless and overwhelming Redcoat army. In the process, he discovers that the only way to protect his family is to fight for a young nation's liberty. But his dark past haunts him. In 1763, the lengthy French and Indian War ended. England controlled Canada and all the territory between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. In many ways, the men who lived on and fought for this land had stronger ties to it and to each other than to Britain. The hardy settlers formed Great Britain's 13 colonies in the New World. After years of warfare, they reclaim their ordinary lives in the burgeoning cities and countryside. jamin Martin is one of these men. Once a ferocious warrior, he's made a hero by his comrades, but leaves his brutality behind him and returns to his home in South Carolina. He marries a fine woman who bears him seven children and under her influence, he trades his violent past for a peaceful future on his
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 | Heath Ledger
Brokeback Mountain, 10 Things I Hate About You, Monster's Ball |
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 | Jason Isaacs
Armageddon, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
 | Chris Cooper
American Beauty, The Bourne Identity, Adaptation. |
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 | Tom Wilkinson
Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shakespeare in Love |
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John Williams
Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
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