In pearl harbor, ben afflecks character joins the eagle squadron. It follows a disabled roman soldier discharged for his injuries, marcus aquila, and his quest to retrieve the lost eagle of the ninth legion, with the notentirelywilling help of his british slave, esca maccunoval. The film is a brutal look at the consequences of turning innocent young men into killers. The eagle was leagues above movies like troy and alexander in terms of heart, however dont go in expecting gladiatoresque material. A roman regiment cursed by boadicea has inspired two new films, centurion and the eagle of the ninth. The eagle is a 2011 epic historical drama film set in roman britain directed by kevin macdonald, and starring channing tatum, jamie bell and donald. It is true, as this film suggests, that agricola invaded caledonia, but that. A fact check of the midway movie s historical accuracy reveals that there was indeed a turf battle between the cryptologists in washington, d. It has great action sequences, some fine heroic traits like bravery and courage, and great performances by channing tatum surprisingly, jamie bell, donald sutherland and other good supporting players. It is easy to understand the appeal of stories surrounding the loss of the. In researching the eddie the eagle true story, we learned that washed up former ski jumper bronson peary hugh jackman, who becomes eddies coach in the movie, is an almost entirely fictional character. Any movie that deals with such a powerful symbol takes a great risk but the alamo is a rousing success.
Feb 11, 2011 in the eagle, channing tatum stars as marcus aquila, a roman soldier who tries to restore his fathers good name by going behind hadrians wall with his british slave esca jamie bell to retrieve. He decides he has to restore his familys honour and find the missing eagle standard. You get swept into their journey to find the lost eagle and restore honor to marcuss family. Historical inaccuracies of gladiator by alexandria eagle on prezi. Boasting precision engineering, innovative design and impressive accuracy, the magnum research desert eagle continues to fascinate connoisseurs of fine firearms and capture the imagination of. With channing tatum, jamie bell, donald sutherland, istvan goz. Whatever happened to eddie the eagle, britains most lovable.
Good fight scenes, but a confusion of plot, culture and accents make this a lesser example of the. Production notes from the movie the eagle, a focus features release. Kevin macdonalds the eagle is an enjoyable swordandsandals yomp just dont go assuming its historically accurate charlotte higgins tue 15 mar 2011. Well, not very because it wasnt true since the language wasnt. Five historical clangers in kevin macdonalds the eagle kevin macdonalds the eagle is an enjoyable swordandsandals yomp just dont go assuming its historically accurate charlotte higgins. The film the eagle is set in the 2nd century ad and tells the story of centurio marcus flavius aquila, who is eager to retrieve the emblem of the 9th legion the eagle from a tribe living beyond the hadrians wall. In answering the question, how accurate is harriet.
Let s face it, even war movie nuts do not care if the moccasins are circa 1757. Then, i promptly forgot the film and went about my business. He aims to regain the reputation for his family, which had been lost when his father and a legion of 5,000 men had vanished in. In romanruled britain, a young roman soldier endeavors to honor his fathers memory by finding his lost legions golden emblem.
I know its a little unaware, but i didnt go see this movie for historical accuracy, or to be being preached to about the triumphs of the human spirit. First off, historical accuracy is not a binary state that is either true or false. Having its release pushed back to avoid centurion and its title changed from the eagle of the ninth because someone in market research thought it sounded like a golf picture, kevin macdonalds the eagle didnt find much luck at the boxoffice, which is a shame because this adaptation of rosemary sutcliffs muchloved roman novel is a terrific. Eagleeyed periodpiece fans will recall that last fall another movie, centurion, drew inspiration from the same piece of history. The eagle the eagle of the ninth in some markets is the 2011 film adaptation, directed by kevin macdonald, of rosemary sutcliffs 1954 novel the eagle of the ninth. That film, essentially a prolonged chase from bmovie vet neill marshall the descent, had a breathless momentum that the eagle lacks. Although it has been described as antiwar, a better description would be that it is against the glorification of war. How important do you think historical accuracy in film is.
Adapted by jeremy brock from rosemary sutcliffs historical adventure novel the eagle of the ninth 1954, the film tells the story of a young roman officer attempting to recover the lost roman eagle standard of his fathers legion in. Questions tagged historical accuracy ask question questions about the precise conformity of events or characters portrayed in films or tv shows to real figuresevents. In fact just two years after the events in the movie are set, the romans constructed the antonine wall 60 miles north of hadrians wall, running approximately between todays glasgow and edinburgh. It takes a while to get going, and then its promising idea the road trip with the two enemiesturned.
This timeline is based on a combination of the movie itself and the shooting script, without reference to historical accuracy. The eagle or the standard this is actually a thing. Oscarwinning filmmaker kevin macdonald one day in september has had mixed results with his fiction movies the last king of scotland, state of play, and his rather impersonal approach doesnt suit this stodgy historical action movie. Kudos to michael mann for getting the little details right. Watch a movie or show that is based in a historical time period. Did you work as a consultant influence the way you understand depicting the past. The final frames show marcus and slave having a true buddybuddy moment of. In an even further error, the filmmakers chose to adorn afflecks spitfire plane with rf. The eagle of the ninth an historian goes to the movies. May 29, 2001 the uss arizona goes down in pearl harbor, dec. A german plot to kidnap sir winston churchill unfolds at the height of world war ii.
The plot more closely matches the experience of the romans in germania in ad9 when three roman legions were wiped out in the teutoburg forest. We remained as far as we could within historical accuracy, but at the. Its a very simple story, but epic in its presentation. It is a tale about a fictional british riflemen who, leading a unit of other riflemen, participates in some of the most key moments in the napoleonic wars and climbs the ranks of the. A question about sharpes rifles and rifle historical accuracy. Here we see for the most part the actual actors trekking through real. The blood eagle is a ritual method of execution, detailed in late skaldic poetry.
The roman epic adventure the eagle is directed by kevin macdonald and produced. It combines an interesting plot with great acting and a real concern for historical accuracy. The eagle has a pleasantly traditional actionadventure appeal, but its drowned out by kevin macdonalds stolid direction and channing tatums uninspired work in the central role. Aug 03, 2017 vikings were norse seafarers, mainly speaking the old norse language, who raided and traded from their northern european homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western. I thoroughly enjoyed rosemary sutcliffs adventure novel and i felt this movie was true to the book, with a few changes that. Feb 29, 2016 especially a movie about someone who a lot of people thought was a joke in the sport, said the 31yearold van, an american who won the 2009 ski jumping world championship and placed 15th at. With michael caine, donald sutherland, robert duvall, jenny agutter. For anybody who has seen the television series rome, you might remember a similar plot about retrieving the lost standard. It may as well have been a classic sports flick, and the eagle their superbowl trophy theres something distinctly american about it.
The eagle it dropped the black to avoid confusion with fairbanks the black pirate, which was in production at the same time as this movie is a great looking movie which benefits from fine camerawork from george barnes and an uncredited devereaux jennings and nice set decoration from william cameron menzies. This was extremely important and a symbol of roman honor, and the film actually hinges around an. An exchange between young and dunham after his first flight shows that men had to harden themselves to survive. Mar 15, 2011 five historical clangers in kevin macdonalds the eagle kevin macdonalds the eagle is an enjoyable swordandsandals yomp just dont go assuming its historically accurate charlotte higgins. However, when a director insists on accuracy down to the ground and cares if anyone will notice, you get a. For example, in the movie little women, they walked or took carriages places. According to the two instances mentioned in the sagas, the victims in both cases members of royal families were placed in a prone position, their ribs severed from the spine with a sharp tool, and their lungs pulled through the opening to create a pair of wings. Historical accuracy of apocalypto im about to watch the movie apocalypto pretty soon and based on my knowledge of the mayan civilization this films facts are pretty scattered. Picts arent identified in the historical record until. The eagle is a 2011 epic historical drama film set in roman britain directed by kevin macdonald, and starring channing tatum, jamie bell and donald sutherland.
The movie opens with this lesserknown account from harriet tubmans life. The similarities the character maximus has with these historical figures leads people to the belif that maximus was a mix of them all. If you like your biopics to be firmly grounded in historical accuracy, approach eddie the eagle with the same caution you might feel approaching a vast, icy skijump ramp. The endless historical errors made in the pearl harbor movie. There are several graphic but never gory battles, and a memorable relationship evolving. They are also examples of how practical matters often get in the way of historical accuracy in making a film. Making a lot out of a little historical histrionics. Channing tatum, jamie bell period of history in focus. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in where eagles dare 1968. The eagle is another fine film in the swordandsandal genre.
The inaccuracies of gladiator is what really made the film work well as an action movie, and if you are looking for a 100% historically accurate. Eagle eyed periodpiece fans will recall that last fall another movie. In 2ndcentury britain, two men master and slave venture. In the film, it is revealed that the expat american peary could have been great if ego and alcohol hadnt got in the way. This is a very detailed historical evaluation of the film the eagle, taking into consideration real roman history. Why doesnt hollywood make historically accurate movies. A question about sharpes rifles and rifle historical accuracy i just recently began watching the 90s history series movies known collectively as sharpe. Specifically it says that the setting is in guatemala in 1511, this was the post classic period so wouldnt in guatemala mayan civilization would be dead because of the. Five historical clangers in kevin macdonalds the eagle. The scene where crockett fights the daguello with his fiddle is simply amazing, while the nighttime bombardment of the alamo is quite horrific. Where eagles dare 1968 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers.
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