It is 1776 in colonial South Carolina. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, now wants nothing more than to live peacefully on his small plantation, and wants no part ...
The Virginia Museum of History of Culture wants you to know that Colonel William Tavington wasn’t so bad after all. “He’s based on a real historical person called Banastre Tarleton,” says Sam Florer, ...
Jason Isaacs wants to make it clear that The Patriot is not a historically accurate movie. In fact, the actor says that Harry Potter — the franchise he starred in about a young boy wizard who ...
The “Harry Potter” films are “slightly more historically accurate” than the 2000 film “The Patriot,” Jason Isaacs jokingly contended in an interview published Sunday, refuting the idea that the 2000 ...
Independence Day 2025 coincides with the 25th anniversary of “The Patriot,” Mel Gibson’s drama about the Revolutionary War. Fixed in time, and enjoying cult status, it holds up in all its violent, red ...