10 Historical Films That Were Actually Accurate (1 Viewer)

"Khartoum" is one of my favourites :wink2:

Cheers

Martyn:)
 
Star Wars
But if I remind correctly ( I was on Tatoine at that time ), the Death Star was more oval shaped than in the movie :smile2:
 
Mirof said:
Star Wars
But if I remind correctly ( I was on Tatoine at that time ), the Death Star was more oval shaped than in the movie :smile2:
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Interesting. There was a huge error in Episode 6 as the commando team on the Ewok planet were wearing totally incorrect camouflage from the Clone Wars. Lucas research was a bit off. :wink2: -- Al
 
The Katzie Kid said:
"Master & Commander" in book the enemy ship was American NOT French but we couldn't have the Yanks as the bad guys in Hollywood now could we?LOL.
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I dont know, what about The Patriot with Mel Gibson ? Anybody who melts his boys toy soldiers to make bullets to shoot British soldiers surely cant be the good guy {sm2}LOL
 
The Katzie Kid said:
"Master & Commander" in book the enemy ship was American NOT French but we couldn't have the Yanks as the bad guys in Hollywood now could we?LOL
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Please clarify what you mean. The ship was a French ship, commissioned in the French Navy, but she was built in Boston, if that's what you mean. And at the time of the story, we weren't at war with Britain.

If I recall, the model Bonden (Billy Boyd) shows tCaptain Aubrey exhibits the design of our frigate, USS Constitution. I never read the novel, so I don't know if Peter Weir changed that detail. I don't know if the French ordered any ships built in the US, so it might lose points on the accuracy scale. I don't think there were any American ships fighting for the French, with French letters of marque, either. But it is a plausible plot element.

Prost!
Brad
 
theBaron said:
Please clarify what you mean. The ship was a French ship, commissioned in the French Navy, but she was built in Boston, if that's what you mean. And at the time of the story, we weren't at war with Britain.

If I recall, the model Bonden (Billy Boyd) shows tCaptain Aubrey exhibits the design of our frigate, USS Constitution. I never read the novel, so I don't know if Peter Weir changed that detail. I don't know if the French ordered any ships built in the US, so it might lose points on the accuracy scale. I don't think there were any American ships fighting for the French, with French letters of marque, either. But it is a plausible plot element.

Prost!
Brad
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I did read the books... 10 or 12 years ago, but I still think the movie got it right. American built, but French flagged, named and crewed.
 
My vote would have to go to "A Bridge To Far". To me this is one of the most historicaly accurate movies ever made. The attention to detail of showing what happened inpresses me every time I watch it.
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bradleyl30 said:
I did read the books... 10 or 12 years ago, but I still think the movie got it right. American built, but French flagged, named and crewed.
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That's my point. The original post phrased it in such a way to suggest that it was supposed to be an American ship, ie, a commissioned vessel in the US Navy, but that plot element was changed because it would have been unpopular to American audiences. That wasn't the case at all.
 
I just read an article about the historical basis for 'You don't mess with the Zohan' - no joke, I actually did! Sandler even spent two weeks working with the ex Israeli soldier who became a hairdresser in the US!
 
Jack said:
I just read an article about the historical basis for 'You don't mess with the Zohan' - no joke, I actually did! Sandler even spent two weeks working with the ex Israeli soldier who became a hairdresser in the US!
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Years ago my wife rented that movie without knowing anything about it. She started to watch it with the kids (they were little at that time) until the scene on the beach where Zohan catches a fish with his posterior...That's when the kids went to bed...
 
Ill met by Moonlight.
About the abduction and being chased across occupied Crete to British HQ in Cairo, Egypt of German General Kreipe in 1944 by the SOE
 
arnhem44mad said:
Waterloo does it for me.

Black Hawk Down.

Scott
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Hi,
Loved "Waterloo" and it's the best (so far). As in all films you can pick up loads of minor glitches. One that stands out in that film is when Wellington "visits" the 27th (Inniskilling) the night before the battle. "I've had to hang and flog more of these etc............" only trouble is they weren't at the battlefield until the next day after a forced march from the coast! They were part of Lambert's brigade recently back from holiday in New Orleans !!! they arrived on the field at 1030 am,18th June.They suffered 66% casualties during the battle. Years later , Wellington was speaking about the battle and said " Ah the 27th...they saved my centre at Waterloo"
Cheer's,
Johnboy.
 
The Military Workshop said:
I dont know, what about The Patriot with Mel Gibson ? Anybody who melts his boys toy soldiers to make bullets to shoot British soldiers surely cant be the good guy {sm2}LOL
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jazzeum said:
Because of the toy soldiers or the Brits?
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That was just one of the things that drove me nuts about that movie, when I first saw it. Those figures didn't exist for another hundred years, at least. There were other accuracy issues, too.

Then, while watching "Northwest Passage" on TCM, I realized that I enjoyed that movie, despite its accuracy issues. It's just an action-adventure movie, loosely based on historical events, but it's not a documentary. I looked at "The Patriot" anew, with that attitude, and I was able to enjoy it more.

I still don't like how Cornwallis is depicted, he wasn't a fop, but, as I said, it's not a documentary.

Prost!
Brad
 
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