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This is a 6 page paper discussing the historical accuracy of the film “The Patriot” and the reasons for any inaccuracies in the film. The release of director Roland Emmerich’s 2000 movie “The Patriot” starring Mel Gibson caused a considerable amount of controversy in regards to its historical accuracy, or more so inaccuracies. In reality, the story and its characters are fiction, except for General Cornwallis, but the story itself is placed within the historical timeframe of the American Revolution which provides a powerful setting for its characters and their causes and does a good job of promoting American propaganda and providing American audiences with a large extravagant and dramatic movie. There are several areas which are shown not to be historically accurate however and which for all accounts are admitted by Gibson and Emmerich as actually being “juiced up” for dramatic effect (May, 2003). Several areas of contention are those which include the brutality of the British regulars, the scope of the conflict, the degree to which America was unified during that time, the inaccurate portrayal of the slaves, and the military scenes along with many other aspects.
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in regards to its historical accuracy, or more so inaccuracies. In reality, the story and its characters are fiction, except for General Cornwallis, but the story itself is placed within
the historical timeframe of the American Revolution which provides a powerful setting for its characters and their causes and does a good job of promoting American propaganda and providing American
audiences with a large extravagant and dramatic movie. There are several areas which are shown not to be historically accurate however and which for all accounts are admitted by Gibson
and Emmerich as actually being "juiced up" for dramatic effect (May, 2003). Several areas of contention are those which include the brutality of the British regulars, the scope of the
conflict, the degree to which America was unified during that time, the inaccurate portrayal of the slaves, and the military scenes along with many other aspects. The brutality by the
British regulars in the film is "juiced up" according to the films star Mel Gibson. In one scene in particular, British regulars murder a group of wounded American POWs. This
scene enraged many historians as rarely did such brutality occur within the regular ranks on either side of the battle. While brutality did exist within the militias, terrorist bands and
Indian proxies, and traitors to each side were hanged, it was known that "regular troops on both sides almost universally observed the law of war" (May, 2003). Another scene in
which an entire town was locked in a church which was burned also never happened. The scene was similar to a Nazi war crime in the French village of Oradour
sur Glane in June 1944 when 642 people were murdered in much the same way. Historian Thomas Fleming talks of the scene in The Patriot noting that "Of course it
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