The Patriot - Revision history

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2017-12-25T22:41:02Z

‎David Manning Controversy

Pokeria1: /* David Manning Controversy */

2017-12-25T22:40:13Z

‎David Manning Controversy

1990'sguy at 22:36, December 25, 2017

2017-12-25T22:36:19Z

Pokeria1: /* See also */

2017-12-25T20:08:01Z

‎See also

Pokeria1: Adding the David Manning Controversy.

2017-12-25T20:07:35Z

Adding the David Manning Controversy.

DavidB4-bot: Spelling, grammar, and general fixes, typos fixed: british → British, a army → an army

2016-06-27T13:18:19Z

Spelling, grammar, and general fixes, typos fixed: british → British, a army → an army

IsabellW: sort

2015-04-18T01:57:23Z

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TheAmericanRedoubt at 12:18, December 18, 2014

2014-12-18T12:18:33Z

GrantN at 03:21, December 15, 2014

2014-12-15T03:21:56Z

JoeyJ: Created page with "{{Infobox Film | name=The Patriot | image= | caption= | director=Roland Emmerich | producer=Dean Devlin
Mark Gordon
Gary Levinsohn | writer=Robert Rodat | starrin..."

2013-11-14T18:22:07Z

Created page with "{{Infobox Film | name=The Patriot | image= | caption= | director=Roland Emmerich | producer=Dean Devlin Mark Gordon Gary Levinsohn | writer=Robert Rodat | starrin..."

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{{Infobox Film
| name=The Patriot
| image=
| caption=
| director=[[Roland Emmerich]]
| producer=Dean Devlin Mark Gordon Gary Levinsohn
| writer=[[Robert Rodat]]
| starring=[[Mel Gibson]] [[Heath Ledger]] Joely Richardson Jason Isaacs Chris Cooper Tchéky Karyo
| music=John Williams
| cinematography=Caleb Deschanel
| editing=David Brenner
| distributor=
| released=2000
| runtime=168 min.
| country=[[USA]]
| language=English
}}
'''The Patriot''' is a [[Conservative]] movie about the [[American Revolution]].
==Plot==
Benjamin Martin, who lost his wife, lives together with his seven children. He voted against the War with Great Britain. But his son Gabriel joins the American army, without permission of his father. The British arrest Gabriel and burn down the farm of Benjamin Martin. His father freed him and they create a army to fight the Britains. The british colonel William Tavington pursues and fight him.

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 ==David Manning Controversy==
-This film was one of five films that were involved in a scandal by its parent company, Sony Pictures, involving being "reviewed" by a fictitious critic named David Manning in an attempt to increase marketability, the others including ''Hollow Man'', ''The Animal'', ''A Knight's Tale'', and ''Vertical Limit''.{{cite web |url=//www.msnbc.com/news/581770.asp?cp1=1 |title=The Reviewer Who Wasn't There |last1=Horn |first1=John |date=June 2, 2001 |website=[[MSNBC]] |publisher=[[Newsweek]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609225327/http://www.msnbc.com/news/581770.asp?cp1=1 |archive-date=June 9, 2001 |accessdate=October 3, 2014 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="leShow20010610">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=June 10, 2001 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051629/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 | archivedate=May 30, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=IENews>[http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=42&si=1445650&issue_id=12832 "Sony to pay $1.5m for film hoax]," ''[[Irish Independent]]'', August 5, 2005.</ref>
+This film was one of five films that were involved in a scandal by its parent company, Sony Pictures, involving being "reviewed" by a fictitious critic named David Manning in an attempt to increase marketability, the others including ''Hollow Man'', ''The Animal'', ''A Knight's Tale'', and ''Vertical Limit''.<ref>{{cite web |url=//www.msnbc.com/news/581770.asp?cp1=1 |title=The Reviewer Who Wasn't There |last1=Horn |first1=John |date=June 2, 2001 |website=[[MSNBC]] |publisher=[[Newsweek]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609225327/http://www.msnbc.com/news/581770.asp?cp1=1 |archive-date=June 9, 2001 |accessdate=October 3, 2014 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="leShow20010610">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=June 10, 2001 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051629/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 | archivedate=May 30, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=IENews>[http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=42&si=1445650&issue_id=12832 "Sony to pay $1.5m for film hoax]," ''[[Irish Independent]]'', August 5, 2005.</ref>
 ==See also==

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 ==David Manning Controversy==
-This film was one of five films that were involved in a scandal by its parent company, Sony Pictures, involving being "reviewed" by a fictitious critic named David Manning in an attempt to increase marketability, the others including ''Hollow Man'', ''The Animal'', ''A Knight's Tale'', and ''Vertical Limit''.
+This film was one of five films that were involved in a scandal by its parent company, Sony Pictures, involving being "reviewed" by a fictitious critic named David Manning in an attempt to increase marketability, the others including ''Hollow Man'', ''The Animal'', ''A Knight's Tale'', and ''Vertical Limit''.{{cite web |url=//www.msnbc.com/news/581770.asp?cp1=1 |title=The Reviewer Who Wasn't There |last1=Horn |first1=John |date=June 2, 2001 |website=[[MSNBC]] |publisher=[[Newsweek]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609225327/http://www.msnbc.com/news/581770.asp?cp1=1 |archive-date=June 9, 2001 |accessdate=October 3, 2014 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="leShow20010610">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=June 10, 2001 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051629/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 | archivedate=May 30, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=IENews>[http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=42&si=1445650&issue_id=12832 "Sony to pay $1.5m for film hoax]," ''[[Irish Independent]]'', August 5, 2005.</ref>
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-A highly positive review was purportedly written by a critic named [[David Manning (fictitious writer)|David Manning]], who was credited to ''[[The Ridgefield Press]]'', a small [[Connecticut]] weekly news publication. During an investigation into Manning's quotes, ''[[Newsweek]]'' reporter John Horn discovered that the newspaper had never heard of him.<ref name="Newsweek 2001-06-02">{{cite web |url=//www.msnbc.com/news/581770.asp?cp1=1 |title=The Reviewer Who Wasn't There |last1=Horn |first1=John |date=June 2, 2001 |website=[[MSNBC]] |publisher=[[Newsweek]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010609225327/http://www.msnbc.com/news/581770.asp?cp1=1 |archive-date=June 9, 2001 |accessdate=October 3, 2014 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The story emerged at around the same time as an announcement that Sony had used employees posing as moviegoers in television commercials to praise the film. These occurrences, in tandem, raised questions and controversy about ethics in [[Film promotion|movie marketing]] practices.
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-On June 10, 2001, the episode of ''[[Le Show]]'', host [[Harry Shearer]] conducted an in-studio interview with Manning, whose "review" of the film was positive. The voice of Manning was provided by a computer [[voice synthesizer]].<ref name="leShow20010610">{{cite web | url=http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 | last=Shearer | first=Harry | title=le Show | publisher=HarryShearer.com | date=June 10, 2001 | accessdate=January 5, 2009 | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530051629/http://media.harryshearer.com/?ProgramID=128 | archivedate=May 30, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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-On August 3, 2005, Sony made an out-of-court settlement and agreed to refund $5 each to dissatisfied customers who saw this and four other films in American theatres, as a result of Manning's reviews.<ref name=IENews>[http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=42&si=1445650&issue_id=12832 "Sony to pay $1.5m for film hoax]," ''[[Irish Independent]]'', August 5, 2005.</ref>
 ==See also==

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 }}
 '''The Patriot''' is a [[Conservative]] movie about the [[American Revolution]].
 ==Plot==
 Benjamin Martin, who lost his wife, lives together with his seven children. He voted against the War with Great Britain. But his son Gabriel joins the American army, without permission of his father. The British arrest Gabriel and burn down the farm of Benjamin Martin. His father freed him and they create an army to fight the Britains. The British colonel William Tavington pursues and fight him.
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 On August 3, 2005, Sony made an out-of-court settlement and agreed to refund $5 each to dissatisfied customers who saw this and four other films in American theatres, as a result of Manning's reviews.<ref name=IENews>[http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=42&si=1445650&issue_id=12832 "Sony to pay $1.5m for film hoax]," ''[[Irish Independent]]'', August 5, 2005.</ref>
 ==See also==
 * [[American Patriots]]
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+==References==
 [[Category:Greatest Conservative Movies]]
 [[Category:Movies]]
 [[Category:Survivalist Fiction]]

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 ==Plot==
 Benjamin Martin, who lost his wife, lives together with his seven children. He voted against the War with Great Britain. But his son Gabriel joins the American army, without permission of his father. The British arrest Gabriel and burn down the farm of Benjamin Martin. His father freed him and they create an army to fight the Britains. The British colonel William Tavington pursues and fight him.
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Patriot, The}}
-[[Category:Greatest Conservative Movies]]
+[[Category:Greatest Conservative Films]]
 [[Category:Movies]]
 [[Category:Survivalist Fiction]]

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	Benjamin Martin, who lost his wife, lives together with his seven children. He voted against the War with Great Britain. But his son Gabriel joins the American army, without permission of his father. The British arrest Gabriel and burn down the farm of Benjamin Martin. His father freed him and they create a army to fight the Britains. The british colonel William Tavington pursues and fight him.		Benjamin Martin, who lost his wife, lives together with his seven children. He voted against the War with Great Britain. But his son Gabriel joins the American army, without permission of his father. The British arrest Gabriel and burn down the farm of Benjamin Martin. His father freed him and they create a army to fight the Britains. The british colonel William Tavington pursues and fight him.

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		+	==See Also==
		+	* [[American Patriots]]

	[[Category:Greatest Conservative Movies]]		[[Category:Greatest Conservative Movies]]
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	Benjamin Martin, who lost his wife, lives together with his seven children. He voted against the War with Great Britain. But his son Gabriel joins the American army, without permission of his father. The British arrest Gabriel and burn down the farm of Benjamin Martin. His father freed him and they create a army to fight the Britains. The british colonel William Tavington pursues and fight him.		Benjamin Martin, who lost his wife, lives together with his seven children. He voted against the War with Great Britain. But his son Gabriel joins the American army, without permission of his father. The British arrest Gabriel and burn down the farm of Benjamin Martin. His father freed him and they create a army to fight the Britains. The british colonel William Tavington pursues and fight him.
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The Patriot - Revision history

Pokeria1: /* David Manning Controversy */

Pokeria1: /* David Manning Controversy */

1990'sguy at 22:36, December 25, 2017

Pokeria1: /* See also */

Pokeria1: Adding the David Manning Controversy.

DavidB4-bot: Spelling, grammar, and general fixes, typos fixed: british → British, a army → an army

IsabellW: sort

TheAmericanRedoubt at 12:18, December 18, 2014

GrantN at 03:21, December 15, 2014

JoeyJ: Created page with "{{Infobox Film | name=The Patriot | image= | caption= | director=Roland Emmerich | producer=Dean DevlinMark GordonGary Levinsohn | writer=Robert Rodat | starrin..."

JoeyJ: Created page with "{{Infobox Film | name=The Patriot | image= | caption= | director=Roland Emmerich | producer=Dean Devlin
Mark Gordon
Gary Levinsohn | writer=Robert Rodat | starrin..."