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Inaccurate history as to Tom Horn's reticence


Although I loved this movie the historical inaccuracies always seem to pop up. Steve McQueen portrayed Tom as being somewhat non-talkative and thereby representative of that Hollywood stereotype of the reticent cowboy who's actions spoke for themselves with little need for elaboration. However, in real life, Tom Horn was a man that was impossible to shut up. At his trial Tom's defense team could hardly get him to shut up once he was on the witness stand, which is very different from the way it was portrayed in the movie. "Talking Boy" (Geronimo's nickname for Horn) lived up to the Apache warrior's nickname under the prosecuting attorney Stoll's questioning. To verify this see http://www.leverguns.com/articles/staley/horn_vs_hollywood.htm I prefer the director and screenwriters to do as much research as possible so as to impart as accurate as possible a history lesson to those who's only knowledge of the historical figure comes from watching the film. (That isn't to say I've verified my source, so I hope it's reliable).

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Thanks for posting that link. Very interesting reading.



"I told you it was off." The Jackal

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I prefer the director and screenwriters to do as much research as possible so as to impart as accurate as possible a history lesson to those who's only knowledge of the historical figure comes from watching the film.


Who cares what you prefer. It's a movie not a documentary, directors can and always do take creative license. People shouldn't be relying on movies to get their history lessons anyways.

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[b]Who cares what I prefer? Drop dead you infitessimal, insignificant imbecile. Why don't you keep your empty insults to yourself? Who cares what YOU think, moron. This is an interactive discussion. If you merely don't care what other people think, why do you have to let the world know what an empty headed belligerant fool you are. Who said it was a documentary? If you're intolerant of other people's pereferences, either join the discussion politely or keep your parochial intollerance to yourself, cretin.

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Well done / said !!!

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You sound like a douchbag, you probably are one

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Not only that, but he wrote "anyways".

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Exactly right

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