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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 3, 2018 13:38:56 GMT
Example - Iron Man 3. The Mandarin brings up the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre.
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Post by Xcalatë on Jun 3, 2018 14:46:20 GMT
Back to the Future: The 1955 Hill Valley Thunderstorm.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 3, 2018 14:52:08 GMT
Brotherhood of the Wolf, the Beast of Gevaudan.
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Post by hi224 on Jun 3, 2018 14:58:30 GMT
Upcoming peterloo actyslly.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 3, 2018 15:06:12 GMT
The Titanic movies I saw in the early 60s got me interested in the history behind them.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jun 3, 2018 17:08:07 GMT
Most recently, "The Hostiles" which reminded me of the Wounded Knee massacre...
Many others...for instance, when I watched "The Longest Day" I searched out the splendid book of the same title which the movie was based on by Cornelius Ryan. The book has so much more than was included in the fine film. |
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 3, 2018 17:09:20 GMT
JFK.. I've read some pro and anti conspiracy books since. It's a fascinating era although extremely tragic.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 3, 2018 17:19:11 GMT
Also, Rocky IV. The match that sowed the seeds for the end of the Soviet Union.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jun 3, 2018 18:53:15 GMT
300 - I had doubts the events occurred the way they were presented on film
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 19:02:24 GMT
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) got me very interested in WWI. As a companion piece to that I would recommend a documentary titled The Guns of August (1961). I had already read the book before I saw the film but the book is no spoiler for the film or vice versa and I can recommend both.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 3, 2018 19:05:49 GMT
Bridge on the River Kwai made me curious about the real bridge
and Spartacus made me interesting in Roman history. Escape From Alcatraz made me interested in Alcatraz.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 19:18:36 GMT
Most recently, "The Hostiles" which reminded me of the Wounded Knee massacre...
Many others...for instance, when I watched "The Longest Day" I searched out the splendid book of the same title which the movie was based on by Cornelius Ryan. The book has so much more than was included in the fine film. I have still not seen The Longest Day but I did read the fine Cornelius Ryan book, which led me to read another of Ryan's books, A Bridge Too Far, which is an even more incredible book. And, no, I have not yet seen the film A Bridge Too Far yet, either. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 19:27:04 GMT
The Bounty (1984) - fine book by Richard Hough
Titanic (1997) - read a few, the one by Walter Lord the most accessible
Black Hawk Down (2001) - Bowden's book is just as brilliant as the film
Glory (1989) - read a few about the events in this fine film, which were not very good, but they led me to read more about the Civil War overall, books by Bruce Catton and the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Apollo 13 (1995) - I read the book by Lovell and about a dozen others about the space program, fascinating reading
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2018 19:32:52 GMT
Troy, Gladiator
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Post by rateater on Jun 3, 2018 19:57:37 GMT
ghostbusters - the tunguska blast of 1909
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 3:11:23 GMT
Birth of a Nation: Abraham Lincoln ending slavery.
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Post by ᵗʰᵉᵃᵘˣᵖʰᵒᵘ on Jun 4, 2018 4:00:58 GMT
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 4, 2018 4:20:18 GMT
Kundun - Dalai Lama, Tibet-China relations
Enemy at the Gates - WWII eastern front
Patton - WWII pre D-Day American involvement
The Longest Day - Allies beyond Britain & American, what they were up to & where D-Day+
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Post by Marv on Jun 4, 2018 4:41:35 GMT
Hatfields and Mccoys miniseries. Each time i rewatch any of it i find myself on various wiki sites and whatnot looking up as much as i can.
Same goes for most westerns based in reality.
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