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Post by mattgarth on Sept 25, 2022 8:32:34 GMT
13 Movies made in the 1940s, which include real historical events pre-20th century.
01. Henry V (1944) - Battle of Agincourt (1415) 02. My Darling Clementine (1946) -- OK Corral Gunfight (1881) 03. Captain Boycott - land war in Co. Mayo, Ireland (1860) 04. They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- Custer's Last Stand (1876) 05. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Anna becomes a governess for the children of King Mongkut in 1862. 06. Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- Harper's Ferry raid by John Brown (1859)
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Post by alfromni on Sept 25, 2022 8:45:27 GMT
13 Movies made in the 1940s, which include real historical events pre-20th century.
01. Henry V (1944) - Battle of Agincourt (1415) 02. My Darling Clementine (1946) -- OK Corral Gunfight (1881) 03. Captain Boycott - land war in Co. Mayo, Ireland (1860) 04. They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- Custer's Last Stand (1876) 05. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Anna becomes a governess for the children of King Mongkut in 1862. 06. Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- Harper's Ferry raid by John Brown (1859) 07. Gallant Journey (1946) - recounts the story of the first American to ever fly a glider in 1883.
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Post by persistenceofvision on Sept 25, 2022 14:31:34 GMT
3 Movies made in the 1940s, which include real historical events pre-20th century.
01. Henry V (1944) - Battle of Agincourt (1415) 02. My Darling Clementine (1946) -- OK Corral Gunfight (1881) 03. Captain Boycott - land war in Co. Mayo, Ireland (1860) 04. They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- Custer's Last Stand (1876) 05. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Anna becomes a governess for the children of King Mongkut in 1862. 06. Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- Harper's Ferry raid by John Brown (1859) 07. Gallant Journey (1946) - recounts the story of the first American to ever fly a glider in 1883. 08. Captain from Castile (1947) - Hernán Cortés' invasion of Mexico (1518)
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 25, 2022 15:39:22 GMT
3 Movies made in the 1940s, which include real historical events pre-20th century.
01. Henry V (1944) - Battle of Agincourt (1415) 02. My Darling Clementine (1946) -- OK Corral Gunfight (1881) 03. Captain Boycott - land war in Co. Mayo, Ireland (1860) 04. They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- Custer's Last Stand (1876) 05. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Anna becomes a governess for the children of King Mongkut in 1862. 06. Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- Harper's Ferry raid by John Brown (1859) 07. Gallant Journey (1946) - recounts the story of the first American to ever fly a glider in 1883. 08. Captain from Castile (1947) - Hernán Cortés' invasion of Mexico (1518) 09. That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
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Post by alfromni on Sept 25, 2022 16:50:14 GMT
13 Movies made in the 1940s, which include real historical events pre-20th century.
01. Henry V (1944) - Battle of Agincourt (1415) 02. My Darling Clementine (1946) -- OK Corral Gunfight (1881) 03. Captain Boycott - land war in Co. Mayo, Ireland (1860) 04. They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- Custer's Last Stand (1876) 05. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Anna becomes a governess for the children of King Mongkut in 1862. 06. Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- Harper's Ferry raid by John Brown (1859) 07. Gallant Journey (1946) - recounts the story of the first American to ever fly a glider in 1883. 08. Captain from Castile (1947) - Hernán Cortés' invasion of Mexico (1518) 09. That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- Battle of Trafalgar (1805) 10. Joan of Arc (1948) - her trial at Rouen (1431)
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Post by persistenceofvision on Sept 25, 2022 16:54:14 GMT
13 Movies made in the 1940s, which include real historical events pre-20th century.
01. Henry V (1944) - Battle of Agincourt (1415) 02. My Darling Clementine (1946) -- OK Corral Gunfight (1881) 03. Captain Boycott - land war in Co. Mayo, Ireland (1860) 04. They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- Custer's Last Stand (1876) 05. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Anna becomes a governess for the children of King Mongkut in 1862. 06. Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- Harper's Ferry raid by John Brown (1859) 07. Gallant Journey (1946) - recounts the story of the first American to ever fly a glider in 1883. 08. Captain from Castile (1947) - Hernán Cortés' invasion of Mexico (1518) 09. That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- Battle of Trafalgar (1805) 10. Joan of Arc (1948) - her trial at Rouen (1431) 11. Black Magic (1949) - 'the Affair of the Necklace' (1784-85)
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Post by alfromni on Sept 25, 2022 17:30:57 GMT
13 Movies made in the 1940s, which include real historical events pre-20th century.
01. Henry V (1944) - Battle of Agincourt (1415) 02. My Darling Clementine (1946) -- OK Corral Gunfight (1881) 03. Captain Boycott - land war in Co. Mayo, Ireland (1860) 04. They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- Custer's Last Stand (1876) 05. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Anna becomes a governess for the children of King Mongkut in 1862. 06. Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- Harper's Ferry raid by John Brown (1859) 07. Gallant Journey (1946) - recounts the story of the first American to ever fly a glider in 1883. 08. Captain from Castile (1947) - Hernán Cortés' invasion of Mexico (1518) 09. That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- Battle of Trafalgar (1805) 10. Joan of Arc (1948) - her trial at Rouen (1431) 11. Black Magic (1949) - 'the Affair of the Necklace' (1784-85) 12. Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) - Their fateful meeting in Alexandria (48 BC)
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 25, 2022 17:43:28 GMT
13 Movies made in the 1940s, which include real historical events pre-20th century.
01. Henry V (1944) - Battle of Agincourt (1415) 02. My Darling Clementine (1946) -- OK Corral Gunfight (1881) 03. Captain Boycott - land war in Co. Mayo, Ireland (1860) 04. They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- Custer's Last Stand (1876) 05. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Anna becomes a governess for the children of King Mongkut in 1862. 06. Santa Fe Trail (1940) -- Harper's Ferry raid by John Brown (1859) 07. Gallant Journey (1946) - recounts the story of the first American to ever fly a glider in 1883. 08. Captain from Castile (1947) - Hernán Cortés' invasion of Mexico (1518) 09. That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- Battle of Trafalgar (1805) 10. Joan of Arc (1948) - her trial at Rouen (1431) 11. Black Magic (1949) - 'the Affair of the Necklace' (1784-85) 12. Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) - Their fateful meeting in Alexandria (48 BC) 13. A Song To Remember (1945) -- Death of Chopin (1849)
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Post by alfromni on Sept 25, 2022 17:58:23 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 25, 2022 18:16:02 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
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Post by alfromni on Sept 25, 2022 18:18:26 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars. 01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences. 02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral. 03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_(1943_film)www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iYcVSwWj3s
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Post by persistenceofvision on Sept 25, 2022 18:38:57 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film
04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do.
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Post by alfromni on Sept 25, 2022 18:50:43 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film
04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do.
05. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - In the real raid there was no gunfire before during or immediately after the raid, not even one shot fired. The saboteurs just walked in, placed the explosives and walked out again. The invented Kirk Douglas role just wasn't needed. The actual saboteurs all said of the movie, "Most of it just didn't happen that way".
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Post by persistenceofvision on Sept 25, 2022 18:54:55 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film
04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do.
05. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - In the real raid there was no gunfire before during or immediately after the raid, not even one shot fired. The saboteurs just walked in, placed the explosives and walked out again. The invented Kirk Douglas role just wasn't needed. The actual saboteurs all said of the movie, "Most of it just didn't happen that way".
06. La révolution française (1989) - 18th-century French history is thoroughly simplified to make Danton and Desmoulins clear-cut good guys and Robespierre a clear-cut bad guy.
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 25, 2022 19:05:13 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film
04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do.
05. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - In the real raid there was no gunfire before during or immediately after the raid, not even one shot fired. The saboteurs just walked in, placed the explosives and walked out again. The invented Kirk Douglas role just wasn't needed. The actual saboteurs all said of the movie, "Most of it just didn't happen that way".
06. La révolution française (1989) - 18th-century French history is thoroughly simplified to make Danton and Desmoulins clear-cut good guys and Robespierre a clear-cut bad guy.
07. RUDY (1993) -- Rather than his portrayal as the semi-villain of the piece, Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine was actually a supporter of the young player ... and decided to enter him into the game at the end of the contest instead of being coerced by the demanding stadium fans chanting "RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY!!!"
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Post by alfromni on Sept 25, 2022 19:14:19 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film
04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do.
05. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - In the real raid there was no gunfire before during or immediately after the raid, not even one shot fired. The saboteurs just walked in, placed the explosives and walked out again. The invented Kirk Douglas role just wasn't needed. The actual saboteurs all said of the movie, "Most of it just didn't happen that way".
06. La révolution française (1989) - 18th-century French history is thoroughly simplified to make Danton and Desmoulins clear-cut good guys and Robespierre a clear-cut bad guy.
07. RUDY (1993) -- Rather than his portrayal as the semi-villain of the piece, Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine was actually a supporter of the young player ... and decided to enter him into the game at the end of the contest instead of being coerced by the demanding stadium fans chanting "RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY!!!"
08. U-571 - The movie is historical nonsense and an offence to real heroes. The U.S. Navy did seize U-505 in June 1944, but naval Enigma traffic was already being routinely decoded. The actual U-571, captained by Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Lüssow, was never captured, She was lost with all hands, on 28 January 1944, west of Ireland.
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 25, 2022 19:51:43 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film
04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do.
05. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - In the real raid there was no gunfire before during or immediately after the raid, not even one shot fired. The saboteurs just walked in, placed the explosives and walked out again. The invented Kirk Douglas role just wasn't needed. The actual saboteurs all said of the movie, "Most of it just didn't happen that way".
06. La révolution française (1989) - 18th-century French history is thoroughly simplified to make Danton and Desmoulins clear-cut good guys and Robespierre a clear-cut bad guy.
07. RUDY (1993) -- Rather than his portrayal as the semi-villain of the piece, Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine was actually a supporter of the young player ... and decided to enter him into the game at the end of the contest instead of being coerced by the demanding stadium fans chanting "RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY!!!"
08. U-571 - The movie is historical nonsense and an offence to real heroes. The U.S. Navy did seize U-505 in June 1944, but naval Enigma traffic was already being routinely decoded. The actual U-571, captained by Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Lüssow, was never captured, She was lost with all hands, on 28 January 1944, west of Ireland.
09. OBJECTIVE, BURMA! -- the raid by heroic American soldiers and led by brave Errol Flynn was in reality an all British and Australian operation ... as a result the picture wasn't released into UK theatres until 1953, and not seen on British television sets until the mid-1980s.
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Post by alfromni on Sept 25, 2022 19:53:43 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars. 01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences. 02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral. 03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film 04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do. 05. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - In the real raid there was no gunfire before during or immediately after the raid, not even one shot fired. The saboteurs just walked in, placed the explosives and walked out again. The invented Kirk Douglas role just wasn't needed. The actual saboteurs all said of the movie, "Most of it just didn't happen that way". 06. La révolution française (1989) - 18th-century French history is thoroughly simplified to make Danton and Desmoulins clear-cut good guys and Robespierre a clear-cut bad guy. 07. RUDY (1993) -- Rather than his portrayal as the semi-villain of the piece, Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine was actually a supporter of the young player ... and decided to enter him into the game at the end of the contest instead of being coerced by the demanding stadium fans chanting "RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY!!!" 08. U-571 - The movie is historical nonsense and an offence to real heroes. The U.S. Navy did seize U-505 in June 1944, but naval Enigma traffic was already being routinely decoded. The actual U-571, captained by Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Lüssow, was never captured, She was lost with all hands, on 28 January 1944, west of Ireland. 09. OBJECTIVE, BURMA! -- the raid by heroic American soldiers and led by brave Errol Flynn was in reality an all British and Australian operation ... as a result the picture wasn't released into UK theatres until 1953, and not seen on British television sets until the mid-1980s. 10. ZULU - The 24th Regiment of Foot was not a Welsh regiment but the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment of Foot. It did not become the South Wales Borderers until 1881. The song "Men of Harlech" did not become the regimental song until later. At the time of the battle, the regimental song was "The Warwickshire Lad", but there was no "battlefield singing contest" between the British and the Zulus. Of the soldiers present, 49 were English, 32 Welsh, 16 Irish and 22 others of indeterminate ethnicity. Otto Witt the parson, and Henry Hook VC were disgracefully misrepresented. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hook_(VC)
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Post by persistenceofvision on Sept 26, 2022 12:48:41 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film
04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do.
05. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - In the real raid there was no gunfire before during or immediately after the raid, not even one shot fired. The saboteurs just walked in, placed the explosives and walked out again. The invented Kirk Douglas role just wasn't needed. The actual saboteurs all said of the movie, "Most of it just didn't happen that way".
06. La révolution française (1989) - 18th-century French history is thoroughly simplified to make Danton and Desmoulins clear-cut good guys and Robespierre a clear-cut bad guy.
07. RUDY (1993) -- Rather than his portrayal as the semi-villain of the piece, Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine was actually a supporter of the young player ... and decided to enter him into the game at the end of the contest instead of being coerced by the demanding stadium fans chanting "RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY!!!"
08. U-571 - The movie is historical nonsense and an offence to real heroes. The U.S. Navy did seize U-505 in June 1944, but naval Enigma traffic was already being routinely decoded. The actual U-571, captained by Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Lüssow, was never captured, She was lost with all hands, on 28 January 1944, west of Ireland.
09. OBJECTIVE, BURMA! -- the raid by heroic American soldiers and led by brave Errol Flynn was in reality an all British and Australian operation ... as a result the picture wasn't released into UK theatres until 1953, and not seen on British television sets until the mid-1980s.
10. ZULU - The 24th Regiment of Foot was not a Welsh regiment but the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment of Foot. It did not become the South Wales Borderers until 1881. The song "Men of Harlech" did not become the regimental song until later. At the time of the battle, the regimental song was "The Warwickshire Lad", but there was no "battlefield singing contest" between the British and the Zulus. Of the soldiers present, 49 were English, 32 Welsh, 16 Irish and 22 others of indeterminate ethnicity. Otto Witt the parson, and Henry Hook VC were disgracefully misrepresented.
11. HEAVEN'S GATE - crucially, during the Johnson County War the US government sent armed men in to help the immigrant homesteaders defend themselves against professional killers, not backing the other side as the film claims
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Post by alfromni on Sept 26, 2022 15:11:45 GMT
13 Movies which blatantly changed historical facts to fit the plot, the ideology, or the stars.
01. The Great Escape - No Americans were involved in the actual escape at which time they had already been moved to their own compound in Stalag Luft III. Sorry... no daring motorcycle jumps over barbed wire fences.
02. My Darling Clementine -- Doc Holliday WASN'T killed at the OK Corral.
03. Titanic (1943) - Nazi propaganda film
04. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - The two most powerful men in 1588 England are nowhere to be seen, since the 1998 movie has Cate Blanchett unhistorically getting rid of them. Instead, Clive Owen as Walter Raleigh does lots of things that Raleigh didn't do.
05. The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - In the real raid there was no gunfire before during or immediately after the raid, not even one shot fired. The saboteurs just walked in, placed the explosives and walked out again. The invented Kirk Douglas role just wasn't needed. The actual saboteurs all said of the movie, "Most of it just didn't happen that way".
06. La révolution française (1989) - 18th-century French history is thoroughly simplified to make Danton and Desmoulins clear-cut good guys and Robespierre a clear-cut bad guy.
07. RUDY (1993) -- Rather than his portrayal as the semi-villain of the piece, Notre Dame football coach Dan Devine was actually a supporter of the young player ... and decided to enter him into the game at the end of the contest instead of being coerced by the demanding stadium fans chanting "RU-DY, RU-DY, RU-DY!!!"
08. U-571 - The movie is historical nonsense and an offence to real heroes. The U.S. Navy did seize U-505 in June 1944, but naval Enigma traffic was already being routinely decoded. The actual U-571, captained by Oberleutnant zur See Gustav Lüssow, was never captured, She was lost with all hands, on 28 January 1944, west of Ireland.
09. OBJECTIVE, BURMA! -- the raid by heroic American soldiers and led by brave Errol Flynn was in reality an all British and Australian operation ... as a result the picture wasn't released into UK theatres until 1953, and not seen on British television sets until the mid-1980s.
10. ZULU - The 24th Regiment of Foot was not a Welsh regiment but the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment of Foot. It did not become the South Wales Borderers until 1881. The song "Men of Harlech" did not become the regimental song until later. At the time of the battle, the regimental song was "The Warwickshire Lad", but there was no "battlefield singing contest" between the British and the Zulus. Of the soldiers present, 49 were English, 32 Welsh, 16 Irish and 22 others of indeterminate ethnicity. Otto Witt the parson, and Henry Hook VC were disgracefully misrepresented.
11. HEAVEN'S GATE - crucially, during the Johnson County War the US government sent armed men in to help the immigrant homesteaders defend themselves against professional killers, not backing the other side as the film claims
12. HOUR OF THE GUN (1967) - The producers of "Hour of the Gun" proudly portray after the credits that "THIS PICTURE IS BASED ON FACTS. THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENED." But it's very far from being how things happened. (See below)
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Sheriff Johan Behan's name was changed to Jimmy Bryan for some reason unknown to me.
The dialogue in Wyatt's hearing (Judge Wells W. Spicer) was pure nonsense (I have the transcript of the Spicer hearing). There was no reference of the deal Wyatt Earp made to Ike Clanton to betray the Cowboys. The transcript is online for anyone to read.
Doc Holliday was played by a then 45 year old Jason Robards (Doc was only 36 when he died).
Morgan Earp didn't die on a pool table, but hit the ground as soon as he was shot.
Pete Spence wasn't shot dead by Earp at a desert railroad stop, but died in 1914 and is buried in the Globe, Arizona cemetery, in an unmarked plot next to Phin Clanton. (In June 1883, Spence was working as a deputy sheriff in Georgetown, New Mexico, when he severely pistol-whipped Rodney O'Hara, killing him. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a 5-year term in the Yuma Arizona Territorial Penitentiary'. Less than 18 months later he was granted a full pardon by the territorial governor. He operated a goat ranch south of Globe, Arizona near the Galiuro Mountains with his old friend, Phin Clanton, and ran mule teams that were used to bring supplies into the Globe area. Phin Clanton died in 1906, and Spence married Phin's widow four years later on April 2, 1910, using his real name of Elliot Larkin Ferguson.)
Curly Bill Brocious was not shot outside a saloon but at a Cowboy encampment way out of town. The Earps were surprised when they came across it. After the killing of Brocious, the "vendetta ride" was over, and Earp killed no more.
Billy Claiborne was killed in an argument with "Buckskin" Frank Leslie who was tending bar at the Oriental Saloon on November 14, 1882 when a very drunk Claiborne began using insulting and abusive language then left the bar. A short time later Leslie also left the saloon at which time Claiborne raised his rifle and fired, missing Leslie who returned fire and hit Claiborne in the chest.
Ike Clanton and his brother Phineas were charged with cattle-rustling and pursued by detective Jonas V. Brighton. On June 1, 1887, at Jim Wilson's Ranch on Eagle Creek, south of Springerville, Arizona, Phin Clanton surrendered, but Ike resisted and was shot dead by Brighton, certainly not by Wyatt Earp as depicted.
There are many other blatant errors in the movie, but the above should be enough to suggest that this movie was most definitely NOT the way it happened. But then by using the magic words "based on", the movie-makers can get away with anything.
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