A widowed farmer, with a brave but brutal military past, decides not to join up when the British arrive in 1776. However, when his son enlists and is later captured by the enemy, the former soldier must abandon his new-found pacifist principles in order to rescue his oldest child, and forms a regiment of Carolina patriots, whose guerrilla tactics prove pivotal to the US war effort.

Release date: June 27, 2000 (USA)

Director: Roland Emmerich

Starring: Mel Gibson; Heath Ledger; Joely Richardson; Jason Isaacs; Chris Cooper; Tchéky Karyo; René Auberjonois; Tom Wilkinson

Running time: 2h 45m

MPAA rating: R

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures ReleasingPublication date 2000

Usage Public Domain Mark 1.0Creative Commons Licensepublicdomain

Topics Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs

Language English