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Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:07 pm to Kafka
Or Robert Todd Lincoln.
He was in close proximity to three Presidential assassinations - his father’s, Garfield’s, and McKinley’s.
He was in close proximity to three Presidential assassinations - his father’s, Garfield’s, and McKinley’s.
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:42 pm to Ping Pong
Lafayette
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:58 pm to Mason Dixon Swine
quote:is a character in The Black Book, a film noir about the French Revolution (srsly)
Lafayette
Also appears in the TV play Valley Forge (1975), which has a classic moment when one of Washington's orderlies brings a bottle of wine to the officers dinner table, and Lafayette sneers at it: "I'm sorry Gen Lafayette, but it's the best wine we have."
Posted on 10/19/23 at 12:04 am to SportsGuyNOLA
quote:is a major character in Royal Flash (1975), which is nowhere near as good as the Flashman novel its based on, but is tolerably entertaining
Otto von Bismarck
Also the subject of an episode in the 1970s BBC series The Fall Of Eagles
quote:1980s miniseries w/Lou Gossett
Anwar Sadat
quote:You really think China would permit H'wood to make a movie about him? As the hero?
Chaing Kai-shek
Posted on 10/19/23 at 12:47 am to Ping Pong
A couple of the craziest Medal of Honor guys from Vietnam. I think a guy named Benvadiaz would make a great film
Posted on 10/19/23 at 5:13 am to Ping Pong
On the caveat that they're done right, and not outlandish to fit today's "modern audiences"...sure.
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla
Posted on 10/19/23 at 5:55 am to Ping Pong
Jebbe the Arrow
Louis St Denis
Sam Kennison
Louis St Denis
Sam Kennison
Posted on 10/19/23 at 8:30 am to Ping Pong
Can’t even have halfway accurate casting anymore for any white historical figures
Posted on 10/19/23 at 8:35 am to Kafka
quote:He also has a character based on him in the 1942 John Wayne film The Flying Tigers, as do other real members of the AVG, like 'Alabama Smith' who was based on Tex Hill.
Claire Chennault would be a good one.
he appears briefly in the Baa Baa Black Sheep pilot, confronting Boyington
quote:Maybe, but I do know that Chennault was not liked by top brass. He told them they were wrong and proved it, for which he was sent home before the end of the war.
Interestingly, he is portrayed rather negatively -- I presume to make Boyington look good
Posted on 10/19/23 at 9:54 am to Mason Dixon Swine
quote:
Lafayette
Hero of Two Worlds by Mike Duncan (History of Rome and Revolutions podcasts) is a great book that came out in the last year or so.
My suggestions:
Quanah Parker
Julian the Apostate
Quanah Parker would be epic.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 10:04 am to goatmilker
quote:
The Custer Myth
G.A. Graham
Custers Trials
J.T. Stiles
You won't find a better two books.
The movie "The Great Sioux Massacre" shows Custer in a different light than the swashbuckling do-good who suffered a tragic death.
It stars Phillip Carey as Custer, Darren McGavin as Benton and Joseph Cotten as Reno.
It's by no means a cinema masterpiece, but probably portrays Custer more in a true light than most other movies that glorify his exploits.
In the movie, he's a self-promoting egotistic glory hound, opinionated harsh taskmaster who is very unbending in how he wants things done, even to the detriment of the men under his command.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 10:28 am to Brosef Stalin
quote:
Vlad needs a real biopic with no vampire stuff.
He is way more interesting when you remove the vampire crap. He had a crazy life and did some wild things, but he was a hero to his people.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 10:42 am to Ping Pong
Frederick Douglass could make for a good movie but his overall message would be corrupted with "white men bad". He was a great uniter and Hollywood doesn't want that.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 11:17 am to StrongOffer
recent history, but Gregory "the Grim Reaper" Scarpa is the craziest story that should be a movie I may have ever read or learned about..
from 60 Minutes/CBS
"Gregory Scarpa got AIDS.. and Gregory Scarpa used it as a license to kill"
Stallone was involved with a script, but it ended up in limbo for some reason.
from 60 Minutes/CBS
"Gregory Scarpa got AIDS.. and Gregory Scarpa used it as a license to kill"
Stallone was involved with a script, but it ended up in limbo for some reason.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 11:48 am to Ziippy
quote:He was the Jessica Fletcher of presidential children.
Or Robert Todd Lincoln.
He was in close proximity to three Presidential assassinations - his father’s, Garfield’s, and McKinley’s.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 12:48 pm to Ping Pong
Winston Churchill, before WWII
Benjamin Franklin
Miguel Cervantes
Kit Carson
Marion Morrison
Benjamin Franklin
Miguel Cervantes
Kit Carson
Marion Morrison
This post was edited on 10/19/23 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 10/19/23 at 12:55 pm to Ping Pong
Jack Parsons (you would have to navigate the minefield of Scientology to tell the story, properly, however)
Agreed
And Tesla.
quote:
Isaac Newton
Agreed
And Tesla.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 2:49 pm to Ziippy
Simo Hayha
Sniper from Finland who is credited as being the deadliest sniper who ever lived.
Sniper from Finland who is credited as being the deadliest sniper who ever lived.
Posted on 10/19/23 at 2:54 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:
And Tesla.
Theres several recent Tesla movies.
IMDB - Tesla (2020)- Staring Ethan Hawke
IMDB - The Current War (2017)
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