Here
are a few known scenes that were filmed, but didn't make it into the theatrical
release and were not included on the DVD.
1. A shot of Colonel
Tavington beheading a Continental soldier in the climactic battle. The
leadup to this shot can be seen as Tavington and his dragoons first charge into
the battle, slashing their swords as they went. Click Herefor a rough cut screenshot of this scene.
2. A scene from the field hospital sequence that depicted a wounded Continental
soldier having his foot amputated. A real amputee was used for the scene to
add realism with the bloody prostetics.
3. A shot of a British dragoon and his horse being ripped through
by a cannonball.
4. The Battle of Yorktown was longer and included a scene in which George
Washington, who remembers Benjamin
Martin from their days in the French and Indian War, gives him condolences
on Martin's personal loses.
5. A scene in which Tavington is alone in a field and catches and squeezes
a firefly, killing it.
(Ed.: I guess that was deemed to be a bit much, even for how evil Tavington
is portrayed in the film.)
6. More footage from Gabriel's
time in Valley Forge where more is seen of George Washington (who in the final
cut, only appears in the distance on horseback for a moment when Gabriel looks
up from his writing).
7. Additional footage for the sequence showing the wounded following
the skirmish at the Martin farm. There is a shot of Martin treating a wounded
soldier, who has a huge, bloody, open wound. It is because of this soldier that
Benjamin is covered in blood in the theatrical cut. Also, Thomas getting sick
at sight of this soldier's wound may or may not have been filmed.
