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ct_steeze
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i need to watch a movie for u.s. history and do a report on it.

give me some good ideas for movies. 

They need to be a true story and involve american history and they need to have real characters
May 13 2009 10:27PM
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ace_
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pearl harbor- whats a fake character?
May 13 2009 10:28PM
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k-rob
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are there any (good) U.S. history movies with real characters?
May 13 2009 10:29PM
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ct_steeze
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like the main characters in the movie need to be real people in history they cant be made up for the movie
May 13 2009 10:30PM
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ONTerriible
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that movie about richard nixon that was out not to long ago

May 13 2009 10:30PM
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ace_
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oh right.
frost nixon
May 13 2009 10:30PM
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ct_steeze
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yeah theres a ton

right now im thinking black hawk down or saving private ryan but i kinda want a movie that i havent seen before thats good
May 13 2009 10:31PM
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kepler.
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Milk would be an easy one. Or does it have to be America as a whole?

If you're looking for a war movie, maybe Flags of Our Fathers. I'm pretty sure that was fairly accurate.
May 13 2009 10:33PM
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skiminnesota
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Patton

Gods and Generals

The Untouchables


all winners in my book.
May 13 2009 10:33PM
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Hansel.
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gettysburg, patton, flags of our fathers, the band of brothers series if that could count
May 13 2009 10:34PM
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ct_steeze
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how old is gods and generals

May 13 2009 10:35PM
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k-rob
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saving private ryan characters aren't real...
black hawk down are real, although John Grimes is actually John Stebbins (stebbins was convicted of sexual assault so his name was requested by the pentagon to be changed)
May 13 2009 10:35PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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you could watch the movie and also use the original non-fiction novel "Black Hawk Down" by Mark Bowden as a reference.
May 13 2009 10:37PM
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Beefcake
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mississippi burning

seriously one of the most interesting movies ive watched in a history class ever

i even remembered the name. wierd.

May 13 2009 10:37PM
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skiminnesota
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not sure when the movie came out, i have it on DVD its about the civil war... SUPER long movie, but i think its pretty good.
May 13 2009 10:37PM
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Slinger1x1
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like a true story? or like a movie about things that are true?

i like american history x. the whole neo nazi groups in america. i just like the movie a lot actually, edward norton is a great actor and its an amazing movie
May 13 2009 10:37PM
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ct_steeze
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the characters in saving private ryan are based on real people that were in the pacific theater

Its ok if the characters are fake as long as they are based on real people and what actually happened.  It cant be a made up plot with a few true things happening in it
May 13 2009 10:41PM
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SKETCHY_D
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forrest gump, cuz it has civil rights and vietnam war in it
May 13 2009 11:28PM
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fujarome
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Glory.

its a bit long, but i'm pretty sure its accurate and its a quality watch.
May 13 2009 11:35PM
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fujarome
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actually from what i've read, there were 4 brothers, 3 in europe, 1 in the pacific. 2 were killed on d-day, and 1 was MIA in burma (turns out he was alive) and the true story isn't as dramatic as the film obviously. An army chaplain simply found the surviving brother like 1 day later, and got him sent home.
May 13 2009 11:38PM
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ski_DC
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miracle. sooo much historical importance, actually. right at the height of the cold war, after fuel crises, huge amounts of tension between the US and the USSR. settled on the ice. true story, interesting background, and i dont think many kids will think of it, so it will be rather original. and mullets rule.
May 13 2009 11:39PM
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k-rob
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actually, there were eight brothers, and they all died. steven spielberg saw their gravestones and came up with the idea for saving private ryan.
May 14 2009 10:54AM
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Bepo
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this. most teachers love outside the box thinking, and going real deep into the meaning of the movie and everything. plus its a sweet movie
May 14 2009 11:01AM
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OhMyBosh
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Saving Private Ryan or Black Hawk Down... not that hard of a decision, 2 of the best war movies ever...
May 14 2009 11:02AM
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soulskier
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if you havent watched the band of brothers series from hbo, that would be a really good place to start

even one episode would be enough to write about, each is an hour long
May 14 2009 1:07PM
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GreekAR6
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^This.  Do it.  You won't be sorry.  What about K19?  That was based on true events right?  Slightly out of the box too.

May 14 2009 1:40PM
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sconniestyle
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a night at the museum 2 at the smithsonian

i haven't seen it personally, but the previews look like there are tons of historical figures in it.

May 14 2009 3:01PM
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fujarome
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oh shit, really? All i could find was the story of the 4.


actually i just found the story of the 8, it looks like its based on both because the 8 brothers died in the civil war whereas the 4 were in world war II during the battle of normandy

So it looks like they found 2 different stories from different wars, and combined them a bit
May 14 2009 3:35PM
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beezey
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do an old one like, hamburger hill.

or fuck all of those do ones about the idians geting fucked over

May 14 2009 3:40PM
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ct_steeze
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alrite thanks for all the suggestions but my group just screwed me and turned down a lot of them cuz there a bunch of faggots
now were doin letters from iwo jima, anyone know if its any good?
May 14 2009 7:25PM
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Hansel.
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thats the Japanese perspective of the story for the most part, do flags of our fathers same story but americans
May 14 2009 7:40PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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do call of duty 5, WaW
May 14 2009 7:58PM
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