Academy AwardÆ-Winner Mel Gibson Chats On-Line To Launch ""The Patriot"" Week On Yahoo! Chat

20-Oct-00

In support of the DVD and video release of the hit film ""The Patriot"", Yahoo! Chat (http://chat.yahoo.com) will host ""The Patriot"" Week, a series of chats with the film's actors, director and producer beginning on October 24. OscarÆ-winner Mel Gibson launches the promotional week on October 24 when he chats on-line at 6:30pm (PDT).This event will be followed by chats with the film's director Roland Emmerich on October 25, from 5-6pm (PDT), producer Dean Devlin on October 26, 5-6pm (PDT) and actor Jason Isaacs on October 27, from 5-6pm (PDT).""The Patriot,"" the summer blockbuster which racked up more than $200 million at the boxoffice worldwide, is the emotionally charged epic adventure of Benjamin Martin (Gibson), a reluctant hero who is swept into the American Revolution when the war reaches his home and threatens his family. In the process he discovers that the only way to protect his family is to fight for a young nation's freedom.Director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin who have teamed up in the past to create such box-office smashes as ""Independence Day"" and ""Godzilla,"" lead a sterling cast, which includes Jason Isaacs (""Armageddon""), Heath Leger (""10 Things I Hate About You""), Joely Richardson (""101 Dalmatians"") and Chris Cooper (""American Beauty"").Among the many added value features on the DVD for ""The Patriot"" are audio commentaries with Emmerich and Devlin, a visual effects interactive featurette, ""The True Patriots"" featurette, deleted scenes with commentary by Emmerich, a photo gallery and much more.For more information, visit Columbia TriStar Home Video at www.cthv.com.

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