By their own account the writers and producers say that the characters in this film are “very loosely based” on the men and women of the revolution. It appears that they took the characteristics that would be most emotionally appealing to the audience and used them to “create” the historical personalities.

The main character Benjamin Martin is played by Mel Gibson. On the DVD the producer Dean Develin says that this character is “based on Thomas Sumter, Andrew Pickens, Francis Marion, and bits and pieces of few others.” All three of these historical characters lead small forces of poorly equipped guerilla trained m

I enjoyed the stunning visual history a great deal. My only real complaint about this is that the Green Dragoons were not British Regulars, but rather a legion of American Loyalists, lead by the British, who donned green coats to distinguish themselves. The filmmakers undoubtedly thought that American audience could more easily identify “red coats” as the bad guys.

The film also uses a loose version of Banastre Tarleton, portrayed by Jason Isaacs, as the Character Tavington, who acts as kind of a Snidely Whiplash sort of bad guy character. The real life Tarleton achieved the nickname “Bloody Ban” for his brutal tactics. At one point when his legion caught up with the Virginians near the Waxhaw’s, they became enraged and attacked cutting and hacking every live body they could reach, even those bodies who were kneeling on the ground with their hands up trying to surrender. This is similar to events in the movie where there are reports of Tavington’s soldier “riding through” surrendering troops. Many critics of the movie feel that this is an unfair portrayal of Tarleton and his legion. Jason Isaacs is now leading in the new Harry Potter films as Lucious Malfoy, a bad guy character that is identical to his role in The Patriot.

It seems to me that the cast not only enjoyed getting into th

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