Braveheart
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Winner 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director |  |
“One of the most spectacular entertainments in years.”—New York Times
This Oscar-winning blockbuster secured star/director Mel Gibson’s reputation as a maker of epic, bloody, and controversial films. This account of 14th century Scots hero William Wallace (Gibson) initially captures his desire to live quietly with his new bride (Catherine McCormack). But when she’s brutally raped by soldiers of the English occupation, Wallace rouses his countrymen and leads them into glorious battle for Scotland’s independence. Gibson’s rousing film won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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Braveheart is a 1995 Academy-award winning fantasy-action-drama film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role. The film was written for screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace. Gibson portrays the legendary Scot, William Wallace, who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the First War of Scottish Independence by opposing Edward I of England, also known as Edward the Longshanks, (portrayed by Patrick McGoohan) and subsequently abetted by Edward's daughter-in-law Princess Isabelle (played by Sophie Marceau) and a claimant to the Scottish throne, Robert the Bruce (played by Angus Macfadyen).
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Randall Wallace had very little historical evidence to work with in regard to William Wallace's life; he has noted that even Churchill's definitive work "A History of the English Speaking Peoples" observed in only a single line that virtually no factual material survives about the Scottish leader. Because of this, Randall Wallace relied heavily on a 15th-century romantic poem by the Scottish writer Henry the Minstrel ("Blind Harry") in constructing his story.
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