Post by less1brain on Jun 28, 2021 17:17:08 GMT -8
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Does anyone recall "Unforgiven," the one made in 1992 and directed by Clint Eastwood, when Sheriff Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman) insists on calling English Bob (Richard Harris) the "Duck of Death" instead of the "Duke of Death," the spurious title conferred on him by the ignorant writer W.W. Beauchamp (Saul Rubinek).
Remember an important lesson from that movie: The writer is always the stupidest person in the room.
Eastwood played Will Munny (if you're going to name a character in a Western, pick a name close to Jesse James or William Bonney aka Billy the Kid, and that tells the audience all they need to know) wasn't stupid enough to write the script himself.
David Webb Peoples, playing himself writing the script, did that.
The historical character depicted (quite falsely) in more Hollywood movies than any other historical characters?
1. William Bonney
2. Jesse James
No, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday aren't even close.
And don't get me started on women in general or other sorts of Americans.
The most historically accurate movie about Wyatt Earp (and family) was the one with Kevin Costner... but it dramatized quite a lot too.
But maybe only 20% was fictionalized.
"Tombstone" was in the 80% or more fictionalized category, but then they're not documentaries.
And people love Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday more than Dennis Quaid's Doc Holiday.
That might explain everything.
Just as the Rivals Roundtable seems to take everything into account and people can vote on which version they like best.
Does anyone recall "Unforgiven," the one made in 1992 and directed by Clint Eastwood, when Sheriff Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman) insists on calling English Bob (Richard Harris) the "Duck of Death" instead of the "Duke of Death," the spurious title conferred on him by the ignorant writer W.W. Beauchamp (Saul Rubinek).
Remember an important lesson from that movie: The writer is always the stupidest person in the room.
Eastwood played Will Munny (if you're going to name a character in a Western, pick a name close to Jesse James or William Bonney aka Billy the Kid, and that tells the audience all they need to know) wasn't stupid enough to write the script himself.
David Webb Peoples, playing himself writing the script, did that.
The historical character depicted (quite falsely) in more Hollywood movies than any other historical characters?
1. William Bonney
2. Jesse James
No, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday aren't even close.
And don't get me started on women in general or other sorts of Americans.
The most historically accurate movie about Wyatt Earp (and family) was the one with Kevin Costner... but it dramatized quite a lot too.
But maybe only 20% was fictionalized.
"Tombstone" was in the 80% or more fictionalized category, but then they're not documentaries.
And people love Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday more than Dennis Quaid's Doc Holiday.
That might explain everything.
Just as the Rivals Roundtable seems to take everything into account and people can vote on which version they like best.