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Historical events turn into movies

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Historical events turn into movies
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Historical events turn into movies
June 27, 2023 at 11:03 pm
Which historical events or lives would you like to see as movies or TV shows?

Here are a few ideas:

1907 Tiflis bank robbery - when Stalin and Lenin robbed a bank. 40 people died and 50 were wounded.

Magellan's trip around the world. That was one nutty trip filled with superstition, cannibalism, and orgies.

Richard Hunne incident. Hunne was an English bloke who was tortured and killed for heresy by the Catholic Church, who tried to make it look like a suicide. Subsequent trials showed that Church killed him which caused widespread anger against the clergy just before England broke ties with the Catholic Church.

Lee Harvey Oswald biopic. There are several biopics about Ted Kaczynski and even several movies about John Wilkes Booth, so why not about this nutjob? It would also be helpful to show just how insane Oswald was because this is something that usually gets overlooked.
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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 27, 2023 at 11:15 pm (This post was last modified: June 27, 2023 at 11:16 pm by Anomalocaris.)
A black political satire named The Death Of Trump,  similar to 2017 film The Death or Stalin
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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 27, 2023 at 11:55 pm
Freed slaves move into Florida swamps. Whites massacre them.
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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 28, 2023 at 3:03 am
Some incidents I can remember saying "This should be a movie" about (list is not even close to comprehensive):
  • The Bay of Pigs Fiasco
  • Killing of Don Henry and Kevin Ives ("The Boys on the Tracks") and its coverup
  • The killing spree of Joseph Kallinger (complete with the hallucinations)
  • The making of the Nazi Titanic movie
  • The Murder of Aaron Friar
  • The creation of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau.
Also, YMMV on how "true" many of the stories in this video are (some are obvious fakes, others have actually been verified), but I'm sure a lot of them would make interesting movies, even if they'd just be shorts. (Warning: Disturbing shit and a thick Yorkshire accent ahoy!)





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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 28, 2023 at 5:38 am
The New Zealand Wars (1845-1872). Spoiler: The British were the bad guys.

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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 28, 2023 at 12:04 pm
The Ten Commandments.
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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 28, 2023 at 12:31 pm
A biography of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. The child of first cousins, he was an accomplished courtier, the lover of King James I, and was stabbed to death at age 35 by a disgruntled army officer.

How could you NOT watch that?

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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 28, 2023 at 1:10 pm
"The Night Witches", female bomber pilots who flew night missions against the Nazis on the Eastern Front.
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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 28, 2023 at 1:12 pm
(June 28, 2023 at 12:04 pm)brewer Wrote: The Ten Commandments.

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RE: Historical events turn into movies
June 28, 2023 at 1:33 pm
(June 28, 2023 at 1:12 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:
(June 28, 2023 at 12:04 pm)brewer Wrote: The Ten Commandments.

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