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Release Date:
28 juin 2000 (USA) suiteAccroche:
What would you do if they destroyed your home, threatened your family. Where would you draw the line? suitePlot:
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 suiteAvis des utilisateurs:
Well worth seeing - and accurate on many fronts suiteEnsemble
(Cast overview, first billed only) suite
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Autre(s) titre(s):
Der Patriot (Germany)Le patriote (Canada: French title) [fr]
The patriot: Le chemin de la liberté (France) [fr]
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Rated R for strong war violence.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsDurée:
165 min | 175 min (extended version)Langue:
AnglaisCouleur:
Couleur (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 suiteClassification:
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:R (Certificate #37232)Emplacements De Pelliculage:
Botany Bay Plantation - 7510 Botany Bay Road, Edisto Island, South Carolina, USA suiteCuriosités
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Director Trademark: [Roland Emmerich] [44]Seen in the tavern where Martin recruits for his militia, also seen on a wine bottle label suiteGoofs:
Continuity: When Gabriel is reading the letter he is writing home aloud, the only line in the entire letter that matches what he has said is the line he is currently writing. Nothing in the long letter before the bottom line comes even close to what Gabriel read. suiteGuillemet:
[first lines][repeated line]
Benjamin Martin: I have long feared that my sins would return to visit me, and the cost is more than I can bear.
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The Patriot is NOT a documentary. It didn't pretend to be, and wasn't. Loosely based upon Francis Marion (the "Swamp Fox"), it only touched on Marion's impact on the Revolution in South Carolina. If anything, it was downplayed. For instance, in real life, he had over 150 men in his guerrilla band. The movie portrayed much less. As a documentary, it fails on this and other points. As a movie, it is a tremendous success.
As far as visuals, it was stunning. The wide-open vistas and battle scenes were breath-taking and beautifully filmed. Yes, it was violent, but that lent a realism to the film that most other films about this era lack. The look and feel of this period was portrayed well.
The acting was superb. I won't give anything away, but this did NOT have either a "Hollywood" plot or much of a "Hollywood" ending, as I feared it would. That was impressive, and made the film genuine, exciting and at times, shocking. Plot points such as Benjamin Martin's youngest daughter's feelings about her daddy, and the romance between his son and a young girl were touching, and even emotional.
I found some things complain about. Crisp, clean, brand-new Colonial American flags suddenly appear after, and during, the final battle. In reality they would have been rags by then or at least not so clean. One bad bit of dialogue: Benjamin Martin is on the beach with his sister-in-law, and he asks if he can sit down. Her reply, "It's a free country or soon will be." was a 20th century throw-away line dressed up with a 1780 caveat, and I cringed at it.
The film was historically accurate in many respects. The formal way of speaking, plus the family-above-all, loyalty-to-The-Cause attitudes expressed throughout, were genuine, even though both are out of favor today. Children using weapons, and going off to fight on a moment's notice, was not an uncommon story, and supposedly happened in a branch of my own family. Relationships like Martin's and his wife's sister did occur, often out of necessity. I was surprised to read afterwards that the battle tactics of the last scene occurred, almost exactly as shown, at the Battle of Cowpens, including fierce hand-to-hand combat. Colonel Banastre Tarleton the basis for the movie's character William Tavington was indeed seen as a war criminal by American colonists at the time, and the real Tarleton even had a horse shot out from under him!
But was it biased? Sure it was. Roughly a third of the American colonists were Loyalists, another third were `rebels', and another third were undecided. It would have made the story more complete and complex to portray this (or the time Tarleton mistakenly slaughtered some of those very Loyalists!) But I've read a poem online, "Ode to Valour", dedicated to Col. Tarleton's "heroic exploits" that would shame modern-day propagandists.
I think we all accept that not every British officer of this era was a monster. In fact, in the movie as in real life - Cornwallis and other British officers were appalled that the "Ghost"/Swamp Fox did not play by the rules of "civilized warfare", and chastised characters like Tavington who also breached them. The real Swamp Fox knew a bit about balance, however. After after the war, when the real Francis Marion served in the South Carolina Senate, he is said to have advocated a lenient policy toward the Loyalists. The real Tarleton survived the war, went home to write his memoirs, was seen as a hero, and was elected to Parliament. Maybe we need a sequel to cover all of these other aspects of the story. Until then, this one is a must-see.