> if you were expecting historical accuracy or honesty from Hollywood, well, good luck with that.
I second that comment.
Whenever a historical incident is displayed on the screen, you can almost guarantee that what you see isn’t exactly what happened.
That can be because the story didn’t fit the standard mold, and had to be bent to match the presumed audience’s expectations (the slightly cheery end to “Tucker”), or because screenwriters wish to be considered “creative” and therefore must create incidents which never happened (William Wallace fathering the future king of England in “Braveheart”), or because the screenwriters had a political motive (all the movies mentioned by “susan”).
So enjoy “historical” movies, or boycott them – just don’t insist that they be accurate, because it ain’t gonna happen.
