Several aspects of the movie were, shall we say less then HC. And all and all not a very good represtation of the book. And the book had little to do with those historic events.But.... I loved it.
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How Daniel Day-Lewis became Hawkeye.
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The movie was a work of art, the music, scenery, and the use of both in the story were absolutely fantastic.
According to an article in "Muzzle Blasts" Mark Baker was the person who taught DDL to load a rifle on the run. Mark also had a small part in the movie. When DDL and the girls come through the sally gate at the fort, Mark is on the balcony above the gate and his line is "where ya been boys" or some thing like that. A good movie.
So often we pick on some movies. None are perfectly accurate, and infact most are pretty shaky historically. But, they do whet a taste to play our game.
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The music and the scenery made it for me.
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The Gael, written by Dougie MacLean. One of my favorites to play. The two parts, both used in the movie. With two fiddlers play them together.
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As a slight aside here...While I'm not overly concerned with HC'ness, some things bother me a bit. For example, while I really enjoy this movie, Hawkeye's rifle does not seem correct for the time or area in which the movie is set.
Am I correct in that feeling?
Bottom line, yes, I believe so as well.
Though no American Longrifle has been identified to the date of 1757/8, "Killdeer" is of a later AWI or even later period style.
Here is a link to the maker of the rifle:
http://www.waynepwatson.com/biography.html
Gus
I have read the book a couple of times, saw the BBC series as a kid in the early '70's, and love the film, with Lewis, great photography, music. Silk patching for longer range !! Guess there would have been some inaccuracies but no multi shot rifles for a change. I got an early style lancaster rifle as a result of this film
Ditto the film, many times, and the early Lancaster.
