The Patriot
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The Patriot is the name of several movies, released in 1916, 1917, 1928, 1996, 1998 and 2000.
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1916 film
1917 film
1928 film
The 1928 film was written by Julian Johnson and Hanns Kräly. The film was an adaptation of several different plays: Paul I by Dmitri Merezhkovsky; Der Patriot by Alfred Neumann; and The Patriot by Ashley Dukes. The film was directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
The movie is a biographical story of Tsar Paul I of Russia, starring Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor and Lewis Stone. It won the Academy Award for Best Writing Achievement and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Lewis Stone), Best Art Direction, Best Director and Best Picture.
Only pieces of this film are left; there is no complete copy.
1996
1998 film
In the 1998 action film a Canadian patriot has to foil a militia's plot to release a deadly virus.
Rated R by the MPAA
Stars: Steven Seagal, Gallard Sartain, L.Q. Jones, Whitney Yellow Robe
Director: Dean Semler
Produced by Patrick Choi, Nile Niami, Howard L. Baldwin, Steven Seagal, Julius R. Nasso
Written by M. Sussman
2000 film
The 2000 film was written by Robert Rodat, directed by Roland Emmerich, and stars Mel Gibson.
The plot is a fictionalized account of a colonel during the American Revolution. In this version, Gibson plays Colonel Benjamin "The Ghost" Martin, who is driven by a desire for revenge against the cruel British colonel William Tavington (played by Jason Isaacs) to fight the British in colonial South Carolina.
The film has been heavily criticized for its historical inaccuracies, including the creation of British atrocities and the inclusion of British General Cornwallis at the final battle, which is based on Cowpens. Benjamin Martin is likely a combination of Francis Marion the "Swamp Fox" and Daniel Morgan, whose strategy for the Cowpens Emmerich imitates in the climax. Colonel William Tavington is based on Banastre Tarleton, who is infamous for his legion's cruel treatment of surrendering Americans at Waxhaws, and William Ferguson, who was killed at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
External links
- The Patriot (2000) (http://imdb.com/title/tt0187393/) at The Internet Movie Database