HISTORY FROM HOLLYWOOD
Writer – discussions about American History since 1877 connect to the themes and plot lines of famous films produced by Hollywood. For this Discussion, you need to find a film that focuses on an actual historical event rather than simply being set in the past. (Think Selma or 12 Strong rather than Once Upon a Time in Hollywood or The Dirty Dozen.)
For this informal discussion, you are welcome to use some of the more popular websites and online sources that we would normally stay away from. In this regard, you can pursue imdb.com and other websites as you formulate your post.
For this discussion:
1. Find an historical film that covers a period in history relevant to this course, 1877-present.
2. Briefly describe its plot and/or famous scenes and/or actors/actresses.
3. And finally, in what ways did the film accurately/inaccurately depict the past
.Below are some examples of the types of films you should be looking for.
Types of Films
12 Strong
13 Hours
All the President’s Men
American Sniper
Apollo 13
Argo
Black Hawk Down
Bonnie and Clyde
Born on the Fourth of July
Bound for Glory
Bridge of Spies
Charlie Wilson’s War
Cinderella Man
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
First Man
Gates of Heaven
Geronimo
Ghosts of Mississippi
Hamburger Hill
Hidden Figures
Iron Jawed Angels
Lone Survivor
Malcolm X
Mississippi Burning
Nixon
Norma Rae
Patton
Pork Chop Hill
Selma
Sergeant York
Snowden
The Aviator
The Big Short
The Doors
The Insider
The Longest Day
The Post
The Right Stuff
The Wolf of Wall Street
Tora, Tora, Tora
Tucker
We Were Soldiers…
Wind Talkers
World Trade Center
