Inspired by True Events: An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 History-Based Films

Author Robert Niemi

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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Robert Niemi

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ABC-CLIO

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Copyright

2013

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9781610691987

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9th Grade - College Senior

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When a film is described as "based on a true story" or "inspired by true events," exactly how "true" is it? Which "factual" elements of the story were distorted for dramatic purposes, and what was added or omitted? Inspired by True Events: An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 History-Based Films, Second Edition concisely surveys a wide range of major films, docudramas, biopics, and documentaries based on real events, addressing subject areas including military history and war, political figures, sports, and art. This book provides an up-to-date and indispensable guide for all film history buffs, students and scholars of history, and fans of the cinema.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Introduction to the Second Edition.
1: Military History on Film and Television: Wallace's Rising to the Boer War.
2: Scottish Wars of Independence (1296–1314).
3: Braveheart (1995).
4: The Bruce (1996).
5: English Civil War (1642–1651).
6: Cromwell (1970).
7: To Kill a King (2003).
8: Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648–1654), Second Northern War (1655–1660), and Ottoman Invasion of Poland (1668–1672).
9: Pan Wołodyjowski [Colonel Wolodyjowski] (1969); Potop [The Deluge] (1974); Ogniem i Mieczem [With Fire and Sword] (1999).
10: The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.
11: Culloden (1964).
12: The Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815).
13: Kolberg [a.k.a. Burning Hearts] (1945).
14: Napoléon (1927; 1981).
15: The Battle of Austerlitz (1960).
16: Waterloo (1970).
17: The Texas Revolution (1835–1836).
18: The Alamo (1960).
19: Viva Max! (1970).
20: The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987).
21: The Alamo (2004).
22: Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
23: One Man's Hero (1999).
24: The Crimean War (1854–1856).
25: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936).
26: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968).
27: The American Civil War (1861–1865).
28: The Andersonville Trial (1970).
29: Glory (1989).
30: The Civil War (1990).
31: Gettysburg (1993).
32: Pharaoh's Army (1995).
33: Andersonville (1996).
34: The Hunley (1999).
35: Gods and Generals (2003).
36: American Indian Wars (1622–1924).
37: They Died with Their Boots On (1942).
38: Custer of the West (1967).
39: Son of the Morning Star (1991).
40: Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995).
41: Crazy Horse (1996).
42: Geronimo Films.
43: British Colonialism and Wars in Africa (1879–1902).
44: Rhodes of Africa [a.k.a. Rhodes, the Empire Builder] (1936).
45: Zulu (1964).
46: Khartoum (1966).
47: Zulu Dawn (1979).
48: Shaka Zulu (1986).
49: Rhodes (1996).
50: The Spa
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