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Braveheart (1995) -- William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule.

Overview

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Director:
Mel Gibson
Writer (WGA):
Randall Wallace (written by)
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Release Date:
24 May 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Biography | Drama | War more
Tagline:
The courage to face fear more
Plot:
William Wallace, a commoner, unites the 13th Century Scots in their battle to overthrow English rule. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 20 nominations more
User Comments:
Best movie ever more
US TV Schedule:
Thur. July 1610:00 PMTNT   

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for brutal medieval warfare.
Runtime:
177 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | French | Latin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
Randall Wallace had very little historical evidence to work with in regard to William Wallace's life; he has noted that even Churchill's definitive work "A History of the English Speaking Peoples" observed in only a single line that virtually no factual material survives about the Scottish leader. Because of this, Randall Wallace relied heavily on a 15th-century romantic poem by the Scottish writer Henry the Minstrel ("Blind Harry") in constructing his story. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Several costumes in the movie depict Scottish men wearing tartan and other checkered cloth. Tartan and such checkered cloths of this type did not begin to appear until 16th century, and were not worn in battle until the Battle of Culloden in the 1700s. It would not have been worn in the 13th century. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Narrator: I shall tell you of William Wallace. Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes. The king of Scotland had died without a son, and the king of England, a cruel pagan known as Edward the Longshanks...
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Referenced in Sammy the Screenplay (1997) (V) more

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Which of Wallace's group of trusted soldiers dies throughout the movie?
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Who was Edward III's father? Longshanks or Wallace?
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416 out of 594 people found the following comment useful:-
Best movie ever, 13 September 2005
10/10
Author: rutan07 from United States

Most on this site pick the Godfather, or the Shawshank Redemption, but this is it, this is the best film ever made. People will complain, will argue that I am wrong, but I will say it again...Braveheart is as close to perfection as a movie can be. The acting is superb, the man who played Lonshanks, the actor who portrayed Robert the Bruce, both should have been nominated for Oscars due to their powerful rendering of evil and a man who is saved from losing his humanity (from becoming evil) by meeting William Wallace. And let us not forget the direction, the cinematography. Braveheart is glorious, beautiful to look at. The slow motion pictures of horses preparing to charge armed combatants, the entire landscape of Scotland that Mel Gibson captures with the camera. Braveheart is artwork, it is as good as any picture. That the film is number 93 on the list of the top 250 movies ever is a shame. Yes there is violence in this film but that violence does serve a point...that freedom isn't free and sometimes it takes death, gruesome and horrible, to let ones people taste what it is like to be free. Braveheart is a great movie and it deserves to at least be in the top ten of IMDb's list of greatest films.

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