XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY JUNE 10 2000 18:22:41 ET XXXXX
'PATRIOT' SCENE STUNS AUDIENCE; PRODUCER, GIBSON DEFEND CHILDREN
SHOOTING GUNS IN FILM
A screening of SONY's PATRIOT in Los Angeles on Thursday night
left the audience jumping about scenes in the Revolutionary War
film that depict young children carrying guns -- and using them!
The controversial scene begins when Gibson's character reaches
into a chest and gives his sons rifles.
"They go into woods and ambush the Redcoats, killing around 15
men. One son is around 13 years old, the other is 10," says an
insider.
A loud "gasp" was heard in the screening room as the camera
zoomed in for a closeup of the kids. Shots are fired. Blood
splatters on Redcoats.
Mel Gibson defended the scene over the weekend, declaring that he
would let his own kids take up weapons in self-defense. Gibson
says he's taken his children to shooting ranges.
In the movie, Gibson goes to war only after one of his son's is
killed.
Screenwriter Robert Rodat attempts to portray the complexities of
war, as he did with SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.
"This war will be fought not on the frontier nor on distant
battlefields, but among our homes. Our children will learn of it
from their own eyes..." says Mel Gibson's Benjamin Martin in
PATRIOT [opening last week in June].
The movie's theme -- take arms up against those who would take
your arms -- is bound to stir the national debate over gun
control.
Producer/Director Roland Emmerich conceded that the film may
become a rallying call for pro-gun advocates and militias.
"Rosie O'Donnell and Hillary Clinton may want to spend the
holiday checking out PERFECT STORM," laughed a viewer after the
screening.
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