# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/161 "2023-07-04T07:45:29Z")
**American movies based on Canadian books** 1. Rachel, Rachel (1968, based on Margaret Laurence’s 1966 novel _A Jest of God_) 2. Airport 3. Room 4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 5. Life of Pi 6. The Handmaid’s Tale 7. Anne of Green Gables 8. The Apprenticeship of Dudley Kravitz 9. The Secret of Roan Inish 10. Never Cry Wolf Pass. (Nitpick re Number 8: it’s “Duddy,” not “Dudley.”) ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/162 "2023-07-04T08:14:58Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/163 "2023-07-04T11:04:00Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/164 "2023-07-04T13:44:33Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus 3. Inglorious Basterds ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/165 "2023-07-04T14:14:43Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus 3. Inglorious Basterds 4. Hidalgo ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/166 "2023-07-04T14:19:21Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus 3. Inglorious Basterds 4. Hidalgo 5. Gladiator There _was_ a Roman Empire, it did fight Germanic tribes, it did have gladiatorial games and there were emperors named Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Everything else, well…. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/167 "2023-07-04T16:30:29Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > (Nitpick re Number 8: it’s “Duddy,” not “Dudley.”) I tried to Do-Right. **Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus 3. Inglorious Basterds 4. Hidalgo 5. Gladiator 6. Yesterday ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/168 "2023-07-04T16:33:21Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus 3. Inglorious Basterds 4. Hidalgo 5. Gladiator 6. Yesterday 7. History of the World, Part I ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/169 "2023-07-04T17:14:02Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus 3. Inglorious Basterds 4. Hidalgo 5. Gladiator 6. Yesterday 7. History of the World, Part I 8. Year One ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/170 "2023-07-04T17:23:10Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus 3. Inglorious Basterds 4. Hidalgo 5. Gladiator 6. Yesterday 7. History of the World, Part I 8. Year One 9. 1776 As far as we know, the Founders did _not_ sing and dance as they worked together. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/171 "2023-07-04T17:26:55Z")
**Movies based on pseudohistory** 1. In Pursuit of Honor 2. Amadeus 3. Inglorious Basterds 4. Hidalgo 5. Gladiator 6. Yesterday 7. History of the World, Part I 8. Year One 9. 1776 10. The Lion in Winter Based on historical people and situations, but portrays a fictional event. **Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/172 "2023-07-04T17:32:50Z")
**Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/173 "2023-07-04T17:41:01Z")
**Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge 3. The Patriot ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/174 "2023-07-04T20:24:40Z")
**Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge 3. The Patriot 4. Revolution ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/175 "2023-07-04T21:27:38Z")
**Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge 3. The Patriot 4. Revolution 5. Johnny Tremaine ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/176 "2023-07-04T21:36:01Z")
**Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge 3. The Patriot 4. Revolution 5. Johnny Tremaine 6. Drums Along the Mohawk ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/177 "2023-07-05T04:12:02Z")
**Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge 3. The Patriot 4. Revolution 5. Johnny Tremaine 6. Drums Along the Mohawk 7. The Scarlet Coat ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/178 "2023-07-05T05:12:27Z")
**Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge 3. The Patriot 4. Revolution 5. Johnny Tremain 6. Drums Along the Mohawk 7. The Scarlet Coat 8. John Adams And nitpick, Johnny Tremain, not Tremaine. One of my favorite books when I was 10; I read it several times. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/179 "2023-07-05T11:30:51Z")
**Films About the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge 3. The Patriot 4. Revolution 5. Johnny Tremain 6. Drums Along the Mohawk 7. The Scarlet Coat 8. John Adams 9. The Howards of Virginia ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/180 "2023-07-05T19:14:17Z")
**Films about the American Revolution** 1. 1776 2. Valley Forge 3. The Patriot 4. Revolution 5. Johnny Tremain 6. Drums Along the Mohawk 7. The Scarlet Coat 8. John Adams 9. The Howards of Virginia 10. The Crossing Pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988.md?page=10)