Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger,
Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs
Columbia Pictures; Directed by Roland Emmerich
Rated R; 165 minutes; 2000

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son, now serving under his command, and his family from British tyranny.