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Directed by | Dean Semler |
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Based on | The Last Canadian by William C. Heine |
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Cinematography | Stephen F. Windon |
Edited by | Derek Brechin |
Music by | Stephen Edwards |
Production companies | Touchstone Pictures Interlight Pictures |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Home Entertainment (USA) |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $25,000,000[1] |
The Patriot is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Dean Semler. Starring Steven Seagal, the film is loosely based on the novel The Last Canadian by William C. Heine. Seagal's first direct-to-video film, it features him as a local doctor and former immunologist who races against time to find a cure for an active viral outbreak, the origins of which trace back to a militia leader who injected himself with a deadly virus.
The film was released worldwide on July 10, 1998 and in the United States on February 6, 1999.