What happened to Seagal's THE PATRIOT? - DVDfile.com forum for DVD, Blu-Ray, and HD-DVD

Shawn Watson · 02-13-2002, 11:30 PM

I know this movie is crap and I am positive something happened in the editing room. A suspiciously lean 90-minute running time and no theatrical debut. I hear the original length was supposed to be something like 107 minutes. It was directed by Dean Semler who, in the same year, had the exact same happen to Firestorm. This also was supposed to be a totally different film but Fox cut it down to 88 minutes for some reason. So much was it removed from the original script that Graham Yost (Speed) took his name off the credits. Yost also wrote Hard Rain and I know for a fact this movie was completely different in the beggining and went thru extensive reshoot. Shot in 1996 and planned for a 1997 release this movie had many scenes and characters that were not in the final cut. It was also originally titled The Flood and was more of a disaster movie, not a heist movie.

Anyone got any info they can share on any of this?

Shawn

***SeanL*** · 02-13-2002, 11:34 PM

I think this should be in software.....

Moving it there now

SolidSnakeASS · 02-14-2002, 05:19 PM

Cue Glor316! Bring him back.

02-13-2002, 11:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Shawn Watson Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Underverse	What happened to Seagal's THE PATRIOT? I know this movie is crap and I am positive something happened in the editing room. A suspiciously lean 90-minute running time and no theatrical debut. I hear the original length was supposed to be something like 107 minutes. It was directed by Dean Semler who, in the same year, had the exact same happen to Firestorm. This also was supposed to be a totally different film but Fox cut it down to 88 minutes for some reason. So much was it removed from the original script that Graham Yost (Speed) took his name off the credits. Yost also wrote Hard Rain and I know for a fact this movie was completely different in the beggining and went thru extensive reshoot. Shot in 1996 and planned for a 1997 release this movie had many scenes and characters that were not in the final cut. It was also originally titled The Flood and was more of a disaster movie, not a heist movie. Anyone got any info they can share on any of this? Shawn __________________ A PTA meeting with cucumbers instead of parents.

02-13-2002, 11:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
*SeanL* Producer/Admin Got BMG? Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NW Florida	I think this should be in software..... Moving it there now __________________ Forum Administrator "You can never go home again, Oatman... but I guess you can shop there."

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02-14-2002, 05:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
SolidSnakeASS Actor Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Winterpeg, Manitobaugh, Canada	Cue Glor316! Bring him back.