The Patriot

Directed by  |  Roland Emmerich
Produced by  |  Dean Devlin
Mark Gordon
Gary Levinsohn
Written by  |  Robert Rodat
Starring  |  Mel Gibson
Heath Ledger
Joely Richardson
Jason Isaacs
Chris Cooper
Tchéky Karyo
Music by  |  John Williams
Cinematography  |  Caleb Deschanel
Editing by  |  David Brenner
Release date(s)  |  2000
Running time  |  168 min.
Country  |  USA
Language  |  English

The Patriot is a Conservative movie about the American Revolution.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 David Manning Controversy
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Plot[edit]

Benjamin Martin, who lost his wife, lives together with his seven children. He voted against the War with Great Britain. But his son Gabriel joins the American army, without permission of his father. The British arrest Gabriel and burn down the farm of Benjamin Martin. His father freed him and they create an army to fight the Britains. The British colonel William Tavington pursues and fight him.

## David Manning Controversy[edit]

This film was one of five films that were involved in a scandal by its parent company, Sony Pictures, involving being "reviewed" by a fictitious critic named David Manning in an attempt to increase marketability, the others including Hollow Man, The Animal, A Knight's Tale, and Vertical Limit.[1][2][3]

## See also[edit]

* American Patriots

## References[edit]

1. ↑ The Reviewer Who Wasn't There. Newsweek (June 2, 2001). Retrieved on October 3, 2014.
2. ↑ Shearer, Harry (June 10, 2001). le Show. HarryShearer.com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved on January 5, 2009.
3. ↑ "Sony to pay $1.5m for film hoax," Irish Independent, August 5, 2005.