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Post by hi224 on Oct 24, 2018 19:40:47 GMT
William Henry Harrisons life would be an ironic dark comedy as well.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 24, 2018 19:42:39 GMT
The secret gay life of President James Buchannan
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Post by hi224 on Oct 24, 2018 19:42:55 GMT
The secret gay life of President James Buchannan lol. |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 24, 2018 19:43:30 GMT
I'm surprised Paul Greengrass hasn't made a movie about Waco 1993 yet. |
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Post by hi224 on Oct 24, 2018 19:44:38 GMT
I'm surprised Paul Greengrass hasn't made a movie about Waco 1993 yet. At this point, not sure how much more can be utilized from the whole idea. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Oct 24, 2018 19:53:46 GMT
As far as US presidents go, a wild, historically-inaccurate movie about Andrew Jackson would be fun.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2018 20:51:28 GMT
Not particularly, at least nothing from the past few decades. My reflexive propaganda detector goes off. Like the World Trade Center movies. Zero Dark Thirty (for me) is an even better example. I don't intend to watch that for a number of years, if ever. Is it fair to the actors/crew involved? Maybe not entirely, but such is my skepticism of its subject material. Considering how recent its events were before it made its way into a film, Zero Dark Thirty was a red flag on arrival.
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Post by wmcclain on Oct 24, 2018 21:13:07 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Oct 24, 2018 23:26:16 GMT
The heavily debated Business Plot of 1933.
The Burr conspiracy (maybe adapt Vidal's book?)
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Post by hi224 on Oct 25, 2018 1:13:04 GMT
The heavily debated Business Plot of 1933.
The Burr conspiracy (maybe adapt Vidal's book?)
agree on both. |
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Post by kingkoopa on Oct 25, 2018 7:01:13 GMT
The Cuban Missile Crisis. Not focused on the leaders, particularly Kennedy (because "JFK" did that well enough"). Rather, I'd have it examine the paranoia of the Cold War and the nuclear threat. Maybe the story of some random family/dude/small business/etc, with the extremely tense vibe of the situation looming in the background.
Preferably set in Miami.
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Post by kingkoopa on Oct 25, 2018 7:04:57 GMT
Also, though it isn't an exact event, I'd love to watch an Andrew Jackson biopic. Seems like it could be something like "There Will Never Be Blood" meets "J. Edgar." He was no saint, but he was certainly an interesting guy.
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Post by koskiewicz on Oct 25, 2018 17:22:48 GMT
The US military excursion into New Guinea to fight the Japanese during WWII
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Post by marth on Oct 25, 2018 17:33:51 GMT
Napoleon on St. Helena.
Louis Marchand, most trusted valet to Napoleon, published a memoir of the last years of Napoleon on St. Helena.
I watched a documentary, very interesting, with rumours of poisoning, maybe the English, maybe the French... everybody hated him.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 25, 2018 17:36:41 GMT
The Saudi clan's conquest of the Arabian peninsula after World War One.
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 25, 2018 19:44:33 GMT
The Cuban Missile Crisis. Not focused on the leaders, particularly Kennedy (because "JFK" did that well enough"). Rather, I'd have it examine the paranoia of the Cold War and the nuclear threat. Maybe the story of some random family/dude/small business/etc, with the extremely tense vibe of the situation looming in the background. Preferably set in Miami. They made this movie...   |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 25, 2018 20:11:32 GMT
As far as US presidents go, a wild, historically-inaccurate movie about Andrew Jackson would be fun. How wild and historically inaccurate? Like exaggerating a few situations, or full blown Andrew Jackson: Vampire Hunter type stuff? Honestly I could go for either, but it has to be more fun than the Lincoln vampire movie was. |
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Post by wmcclain on Oct 25, 2018 20:42:39 GMT
A story I recall only from Stephen Ambrose's Undaunted Courage.
Lewis and Clark had to cross what was then Spanish territory. Jefferson asked permission, the Spanish authorities said "absolutely not" and he launched the expedition anyway.
The Spanish deployed three army troups to find the expedition and turn them back or arrest them. None were ever heard of again.
I'd like to know what happened to them. I suppose it is a topic for fiction now.
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