A few points about a couple of comments made
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Originally Posted by Charge_7 Although it is very tiny and comes at the end of the movie, there is a disclaimer at the end of U-571 that gives the Brits their credit. |
This is only due to the fact that the man who led the actual raid on the U-boat from which the story is loosely based, led a PR campaign against the studio which forced them to do so
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The Patriot was based on several real individuals, one of the few movies in Hollywood with substance, mainly because Mel is a history buff and a independent director.
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And an Irish American with a very large chip on his shoulder about the English.
Both Braveheart and The Patriot are highly baised, and show an almost total disregard to historical fact.
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The Patriot, at no point in the AWI did British troops burn a church down with civilians inside it
Braveheart, The battle of Sterling Bridge, In real life the Scots won because they ambushed the English army crossing a small bridge. In the film there's
no bridge
