The Patriot, a film directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Mel Gibson, was released in the year 2000 and showcases the belief that when the people have the unity and determination to fight for what they believe in they can defeat even the strongest of armies. The historical fiction film follows a South Carolinian by the name of Benjamin Martin, a man who fought in the French and Indian War and now wants a quiet and peaceful life with his family on their plantation. With his wife dead and his oldest son fighting in the war, he will do anything to protect the remainder of his family. When his home is burned by the British army and his young son, Thomas, is killed by Colonel William Tavington-a man who believes in limitless warfare and takes
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The Americans quickly discovered that this style of warfare was ridiculous and instead decided that quick hit-and-run attacks were more effective in taking down sections of the British army. These attacks were orchestrated by men who knew the land being fought on like the back of their hand and Martin was one of them. He led his militia through the swamps and forests of South Carolina and Georgia, sending the British forces on outlandish and tiring wild goose chases and stealing supplies to use for their own troops. The historical accuracy for this film is debatable, but Professor Mark Glancy of the University of London said "It 's horrendously inaccurate and attributes crimes committed by the Nazis in the 1940s to the British in the 1770s.”. Benjamin Martin, while being a fictional character, is actually based off of four very real men, Thomas Sumter, Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion, Daniel Morgan, and Andrew Pickens. Most of the battles shown in the film actually took place, for example, the Battles of Camden and Yorkshire. The French, who’s navy arrived in time to prevent Cornwallis from retreating to the sea, …show more content…
The British were, in fact, under orders by Lord Cornwallis to give aid to the injured. In Biographical Sketches of the Eminent American Patriots (2010, Sept, 30), it states “Lord Cornwallis requested the privilege of sending supplies to the prisoners as well as medical aid for the wounded.” (p. 187, para. 1). The film showed the war ending with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which stated that “His Brittanic Majesty acknowledges the said United States,…,to be free sovereign and Independent States” and that they will be treated as such (Article 1). It is also said that “There shall be a firm and perpetual Peace between his Britanic Majesty and the said States”(Article 7). Overall, The Patriot contained a multitude of events that are fictional but used bits and pieces of history to create the characters and other aspects of the film. There are many different reasons as to why the directors could have chosen to abandon parts of history but the main one is because they wanted to entertain. Gibson stated “If one were to adhere to historical accuracy all the way, you 'd probably have the most boring two hours on earth, but firstly it 's
The Americans quickly discovered that this style of warfare was ridiculous and instead decided that quick hit-and-run attacks were more effective in taking down sections of the British army. These attacks were orchestrated by men who knew the land being fought on like the back of their hand and Martin was one of them. He led his militia through the swamps and forests of South Carolina and Georgia, sending the British forces on outlandish and tiring wild goose chases and stealing supplies to use for their own troops. The historical accuracy for this film is debatable, but Professor Mark Glancy of the University of London said "It 's horrendously inaccurate and attributes crimes committed by the Nazis in the 1940s to the British in the 1770s.”. Benjamin Martin, while being a fictional character, is actually based off of four very real men, Thomas Sumter, Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion, Daniel Morgan, and Andrew Pickens. Most of the battles shown in the film actually took place, for example, the Battles of Camden and Yorkshire. The French, who’s navy arrived in time to prevent Cornwallis from retreating to the sea, …show more content…
The British were, in fact, under orders by Lord Cornwallis to give aid to the injured. In Biographical Sketches of the Eminent American Patriots (2010, Sept, 30), it states “Lord Cornwallis requested the privilege of sending supplies to the prisoners as well as medical aid for the wounded.” (p. 187, para. 1). The film showed the war ending with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which stated that “His Brittanic Majesty acknowledges the said United States,…,to be free sovereign and Independent States” and that they will be treated as such (Article 1). It is also said that “There shall be a firm and perpetual Peace between his Britanic Majesty and the said States”(Article 7). Overall, The Patriot contained a multitude of events that are fictional but used bits and pieces of history to create the characters and other aspects of the film. There are many different reasons as to why the directors could have chosen to abandon parts of history but the main one is because they wanted to entertain. Gibson stated “If one were to adhere to historical accuracy all the way, you 'd probably have the most boring two hours on earth, but firstly it 's