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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: 1386
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
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Condition: DVD Factory original with box and partial artwork- Plays well- See all our feedback with thousands of happy customers you will be happy too!
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 Exceptional Quality December 26, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an exceptional quality Blu Ray and lifts what I would rate a 4 out of 5 film to a 5, purely due to the visuals. Why aren't all Blu Rays this good ... there needs to be a quality standard.
 ROUNDSHOT December 7, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Very quickly into this film, I realized it was a Swampfox remake.
I give it two stars simply because it is the only film I've ever seen where you see the effect of artillery roundshot hitting a line of troops in close order. Not a pretty sight.
Gettysburg probably had the best artillery special effects from the blackpowder era of warfare prior to this. However, it confined itself to bursting shells and cannister. No roundshot, however, which was much more effective than the primitive shell fire of the time.
Also, once again we get treated to the stupid British regulars marching in columns and lines with the crafty Americans sniping at them from behind trees and rocks. In fact, Washington hired a Prussian drillmaster to get his troops where they were capable of fighting in columns and lines like the British as a necessary condition of winning the war. Baron von Steuben created the Continental army.
The final idiocy of the film are the Black people fighting alongside the American colonials. This is plausible in Boston with a freedman population, but not Virginia or the Carolinas. In the plantation South, the British offered slaves their freedom in exchange for military service with the British. There are communities of Black people in Eastern Canada that date back to this arrangement.
Entertaining and Educational Movie November 22, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Patriot is a well done movie that is both entertaining and educational. It depicts some of the struggles the colonists faced during the American revolution, very well.
 There is a difference! November 22, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have this DVD as a regular DVD and now in Blu-Ray. There is a difference for the better. If you don't mind paying a little more, it's worth the better picture you get.
AMAZING! Definite Buy November 13, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Out of all of my Blu-Rays, this is my favorite. Amazing sound and picture quality, and the directors cut brings this one to just under 3 hours in length. A must buy for anyone looking for a great movie!
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