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ADVISORY/Director Roland Emmerich, Producer Dean Devlin, Actor Jason Isaacs to Make Special Appearance to Sign DVDs and Videos of $200 Million Box-Office Hit ``The Patriot''.


Entertainment Editors

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Oct. 25)

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

WHO:    Director Roland Emmerich, producer Dean Devlin and actor Jason
        Isaacs, hot new British import who stars as the villainous
        British colonel in Mel Gibson's box-office smash "The Patriot"

WHAT:   A special in-store appearance to sign DVD and VHS copies of
        "The Patriot," which is debuting on DVD and video.

WHEN:   Wednesday, Oct. 25
        7-9 p.m.

WHERE:  Virgin Megastore
        8000 Sunset Blvd. (Corner of Sunset and Laurel Canyon)
        Los Angeles, Calif.
        323/650-8666


On Oct. 24, Columbia TriStar Home Video is releasing "The Patriot," the summer blockbuster that racked up more than $200 million at the worldwide theatrical box office, on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 and videocassette A removable magnetic tape module for storing video data. The cassette contains supply and takeup reel (hubs) in the same housing. See VCR. . Starring Oscar(R) winner Mel Gibson Noun 1. Mel Gibson - Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956)
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Gibson

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S.
 and Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (born April 4, 1979) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. Biography
Early life
Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of Sally Ledger Bell (née Ramshaw),[1]
, "The Patriot" is an epic action adventure set against the backdrop of the American Revolution American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence. .

Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin teamed up to create such blockbusters as "Independence Day" and "Godzilla." Jason Isaacs first became known in the United States for his roles in the hits "Armageddon" and "Dragonheart."
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