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(cut to man writing at a desk circa 1850) —: Benjamin Disraeli: [to the camera] You don’t even know who I am
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I knew at least that he had been a British literary figure and former Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Victoria. When I worked at UC Berkeley I got respect from my then new technical coworkers, because it was indeed unusual that an immigrant from a 3rd world country should not know things like that.
Another good 1969 movie is Four Days in September (O Que É Isso, Companheiro?)
And a movie which I think is better than any of our 1984 choices: The Lives of Others
Of course, English grammar is still my nemesis, I meant to say that: it was indeed unusual that an immigrant from a 3rd world country to **know **about things like that.
1853 Dimples (1936)
1853 The Bushido Blade (set during Perry’s opening of Japan)
Seeing how challenging some of the old dates are, I thought that Jason and the Argonauts (1963) was going to be hard to pin.
But the BBC historians already had it:
Here is to you Ray:
BC 1300 Jason and the Argonauts.
1839 Amistad
1401 - 12 Paces without a Head
1453 - The Conquest 1453
1458 - The Conclave
1480 - Flavia the Heretic
1500 - Prince of Foxes
Is this the Chinese movie that was released in the US as Hero?
Already on the list for 1841. The mutiny took place in 1839, the trial in 1841. I think the trial is more important in the movie, and serves as the climax, so I would give the movies the 1841 date.
Sorry, obviously I missed it. I agree, the trial date is more important.
The Emperor and the Assassin stars Gong Li and is a completely different movie than Hero, which stars Jet Li (among others).
Should we move Django Unchained from 1858 to 1859? It starts in '58, but recall what Christoph Waltz said: work with me through the winter; I’ll give you a third of my bounties and teach you what I know; when the snow melts, we’ll find your wife.
Near as I can tell, the majority of the movie – including everything with Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L Jackson – comes after that, in '59.
I agree that 1859 would be a better year for Django.
As a substitute:
1858 The Song of Bernadette (won four Oscars, including Best Actress for Jennifer Jones)
1932 The Green Mile.
NM; already addressed (Amistad issue).
Umm, anybody here seen The Great Waldo Pepper? Umm, you, Other Waldo Pepper? 
Wiki says 1926-1931, but I’m wondering if there is something of a definitive year of the movie within those dates.
Waco Kid: “I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille.” - Blazing Saddles. *
Time for another old epic from Hollywood:
Celic B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments. Yul Brynner is now the Egyptian. And in this case while there is lots of doubts on who the most likely pharaoh of exodus was, one goes for the movie’s Ramesses II and the most likely last years of him to report then that:
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BC 1213 The Ten Commandments. **
The climatic scene makes clear that after the dogfight the planes are too damaged to land and the old picture in the album makes it clear that Waldo did not make it. So:
1931 The Great Waldo Pepper