The Patriot (1998 film)

The Patriot
The Patriot
	Official DVD cover
Directed by	Dean Semler
Written by	M. Sussman; John Kingswell;
Based on	The Last Canadian by William C. Heine
Produced by	Howard Baldwin; Patrick Choi; Nile Niami; Steven Seagal; Julius R. Nasso;
Starring	Steven Seagal; Gailard Sartain; L.Q. Jones; Camilla Belle;
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)
Release dates	July 10, 1998 (worldwide); February 6, 1999 (U.S.);
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$25,000,000

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.

^ Steven Seagal, dernière légende du film d'action? (novel) by Arnaud Niklaus, page 63, written in French, published January 29, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

[1] Steven Seagal, dernière légende du film d'action? (novel) by Arnaud Niklaus, page 63, written in French, published January 29, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

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