This movie takes place in 1933. At one point Cole says he was at Gettysburg, a battle that took place in 1863, 70 years prior to the events of this movie. This guy doesn't look that old, was he in his early-to-mid-80s? 90s?
shareThe movie starts out in 1933 with Tanto at the Wild West show. Then flashes back to 1869. I don't know how old Cole is supposed to be but the only one that ages is Tanto.
shareIn 1933, Cole states he was at Gettysburg, a seventy year old battle. He must have taken good care of himself, he looks really young for someone over eighty.
shareIn such a vast battle as Gettysburg in the US Civil War there wee bound to be a number of 14-year-old and 13-year-old and 12-year-old soldiers and even a few younger ones. And possibly Cole was a child who lived at Gettysburg and didn't fight in the battle but hid in the basement with his family while hearing cannonballs blast through the walls of his house.
Thus he might possibly be somewhere between 70 and 80 years old in 1933 and thus a few years younger than you suggest and possibly he looked really young of his advanced age.
Anyway, I hear that there are a lot of more implausible things than that in this film.
Latham Cole never appeared in 1933. The only part of the film set in 1933 was the part with old Tonto At the carnival. What puzzled me though, was how old Tonto was meant to be. He was still alive in 1933, 64 years after the setting of the main action. Even if he was 100, that makes him just 36 at the time he meets the Lone Ranger. Depp was 50 at the time and 36 is a bit much to swallow.
shareI must have been completely distracted for the opening, my mistake.
shareTonto is telling the story in 1933. The story he's telling is of events that happened in 1869. Latham Cole isn't alive in 1933, as he dies in 1869. What is difficult to understand?
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