Historical inaccuracies in movies

[Manurewa_Marlins]

I was shocked by the striking resemblence 300 had to the US' War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.

 

[Mr Spock!]

Bridge on the River Kwai

One of my favourite war films and one of my uncles died building the bloody thing after being captured in Malaya.

However

In the 50s the British vets weren't happy at the portrayal of Captain Nicholson who wasn't a real character. The real Allied camp commander was Lt Col Phillip Toosey who was

Awarded the DSO for heroism during the defence of Singapore, he refused an order to join the evacuation so he could remain with his men during captivity. In the hellish conditions of the camp, he worked courageously to ensure that as many of his men as possible would survive. He endured regular beatings when he complained of ill-treatment of prisoners, but as a skilled negotiator he was able to win many concessions from the Japanese by convincing them that this would speed the completion of the work. Behind their backs, however, he did everything possible to delay and sabotage the construction without endangering his men, and also helped organise a daring escape, at considerable cost to himself. For his conduct in the camp, he won the undying respect of his men.

After the war he defended and helped save the life of 2inC Colonel Saito who was a decent officer unlike the portrayal in the movie.

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Behind-Bridge-Colonel-Toosey/dp/048511402X

 

[Danish]

Does anyone else find it just an TINY bit laughable that the site listed by Spock above spends the first 16 paragraphs discrediting Herodotus's work.... then uses him as a direct source of information on this so-called Persian 9/11?? :lol:

 

[LESStar58]

Braveheart

Battle of Stirling BRIDGE anyone?

 

[Cliffhanger]

Not a movie, but the show Sparticus, awful show and very inaccurate.