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 enlarge | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  879 reviews
Sales Rank: 1529
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 165
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: 043396057319
ISBN: 0767858468
UPC: 043396057319
EAN: 9780767858465
ASIN: B00004XPPG
Theatrical Release Date: June 28, 2000
Release Date: October 24, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Great action drama April 14, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This story is a great family title with a great story line that impresses on the family values and togetherness.
Great transfer! April 11, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
They did a great job transferring this to Blu-ray. It was dazzling in detail. It was all that I hoped for, in an older title that has be re-released.
The Patriot DVD March 27, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is an excellent movie! I purchased this movie for my mother before and decided I had to have it for myself. Especially sad watching it after Heath Ledger's death. :0(
 Red, White and BLU Patriot March 26, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I first saw The Patriot during its theatrical run. I truly enjoyed the movie for what it was, pure entertainment. The visuals and most impressivly John Williams score enchant me till this day.
However, if you are looking for an historically accurate storyline, you will not find it here. So many things were skewed to the Colonial point of view; slavery was not handled in an historical perspective, nor was the onesidedness of the brutality which heavaily leaned towards Britain. War is Hell, bottom line, show me a balanced perspective on all issues.
With all that being said, I still really enjoyed this movie. The extended cut runs just short of three hours and too me it was difficult to pick out where the movie was extended.
The blu ray disc itself didn't have many special features and was slightly disappointed with the transfer in several scenes. However, it is an improvement of the standard dvd. I am not sure about the superbit dvd, never saw that transfer. Surely blu wins that as well.
All in all, this disc is certainly worth the upgrade.
 In rememberance of Heath Ledger March 25, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've had The Patriot (not the Steven Segal movie) for absolutely ages. I admit, it was cheap, and I do have phases where I have a bit of a thing of Mel Gibson. But I have to be in the right mood for him.
I don't know much about American History. I don't know much about my own Scottish history actually, never mind anything else. But I liked Braveheart, so I figured this was cheap, sounded kinda similar, why the hell not? I'd bought it a few months before Heath Ledger died, and only managed to get round to watching this a couple of months later.
Basically, this is one of those movies where everyone who knows their American history will quibble the slightest inaccuracy - and this kinda film is normally riddled with them. But I'm going to skip over all that. I left school for a reason.
The Patriot, is about a man with seven children and no wife/mother. No, you're not getting another Von Trapp family. (SEVEN CHILDREN???) The script originally called for six children, but since Mel has seven in real life, it was changed. (SEVEN CHILDREN???) He has particpated previously in battles, and is now a proud family man, trying to keep his children out of danger. But his eldest son, played by a blonde Heath, is determined to serve his country, and goes out fighting.
Meanwhile things get hectic back home, with an evil Colonel (Jason Isaacs) hellbent on wrecking quiet family life, until he encounters the Ghost. Can you guess who it is?
There's not much else to report on The Patriot, without repeating 800+ reviewers have already said. It's there to be watched, but at 2hrs 48mins long, you need to find a long night free, with no interruptions. (Easter Sunday strangely enough did it for me.) Mel doesn't really get stretched playing the role of Benjamin Martin, and there are a couple of similarities, particularly in scenes, to Braveheart. (Did you see the scene where he was riding in front of the army? Did you not want to shout at the TV "FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM"? Or was that just me?)
It was one of those films that yes was good, but could have been edited slightly better towards the end. The rest of the running time passed by like a breeze, but you do tend to find the last 30-45 minutes do start to drag. Otherwise, not really an appropriate movie to watch on Easter Sunday, but hey, I had to watch it sometime!
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