The Patriot: Deleted Scenes

1. The Creek (1:40) Continued:

After Margaret finally turns away, Benjamin takes one last look around the woods and then turns to follow them.

The horse is shown running into the woods from behind.

Comments About 'The Creek' Scene:
Of the six scenes that are included on the DVD, this is one of only two that I really think would have added to the movie. The scene clocks in at around a minute and forty-five seconds. It does slow the building action down as Director Roland Emmerich himself commented, by adding a day in between the sounds of the nearby artillery and the skirmishing that spills out into the farm. In spite of this, I think it's an important scene, because it's the first time that the children see the effects of the war up close.

We don't really see the children react later on after the skirmishing is over and all the wounded are around, so this scene isn't redundant in that way. They later react to Thomas' death, but not before then and I think that this scene would have helped build toward that. It seems to have been cut only because it doesn't get the action going, but rather continues the slow building of tension.

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