The Patriot is a 2000 American historical fiction war film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Robert Rodat, and starring Mel Gibson, Chris Cooper, Heath Ledger, and Jason Isaacs. The film mainly takes place in rural Berkeley County, South Carolina, and depicts the story of an American Colonist, nominally loyal to the British Crown, who is swept into the American Revolutionary War
when his family is affected. Benjamin Martin is a composite figure who
Rodat has stated is based on four factual figures from the American
Revolutionary War: Andrew Pickens, Francis Marion, Daniel Morgan, and Thomas Sumter.