ITT: Historical events/figures that should have films made about them

ITT: Historical events/figures that should have films made about them.

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The only film about about military equipment designers I know is the wind rises. Need more of those.

What is the picture in OP? D-Day being reported in NYC?

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Thomas the Slav and his civil war

The French Revolution and napoleons rise and fall as a big budget historical drama

The Great War of role and Persia with Heracleus

The 2nd pubic war

The thirty years war

I'm suprised the #MeToo movement hasn't pushed out a Boudica movie yet.

>The 2nd pubic war
Fund it now!

HOLODOMOR
More people died in Holodomor than the holocaust and there are hundreds of movies about the holocaust but next to zero about Holodomor

>The French Revolution and napoleons rise and fall as a big budget historical drama
That's at least 3 movies, but yeah, wpuld be great.
>The 2nd pubic war
Sounds like a nasty affair.

Shed some light onto Polish deathcamps during WW2.

The Ten Cent Beer Night Riots as a dark comedy.

I’ve been fascinated with this shit for a long time and honestly think that doing a very simple Baseball movie that spirals out of control into an almost apocalyptic field riot could be the funniest fucking thing.

they already made a load of King Kong films

it would drop like a stone in the box office
then you would see articles like "how the #metoo movie exposed sexists and perverts among moviegoers and audiences worldwide"

there's a (netflix?) series in the time period
it's shit complete with black soldiers and multiple female chieftains

Propably going to come out this year and recieve nomination for best lead actress, best movie and best director at the academy awards. Greatest oscar bait of
>current year™

The Disco Destruction Derby would fit a dark comedy as well.

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2nd pubic war is a blank check for kino

Black Panther 2: Revenge of Rhodesia

I really want to see a film set in late WWI that covers the extremely low morale of the soldiers. In the British Army, some officers had to fucking walk around with batons to make their soldiers shoot at the enemy

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he was based

>Sup Forums: the movie

>the marriage lasted
It was a better time

Mighty Joe Young

Go watch "Cyborgs" and jump on the square for 10 bucks.

Constantine the Great ordering the death of his first born son and brightest general Crispus due to rumors of incest with his step-mother Fausta that was more likely a political plot to put her own sons on the throne, which succeeded. 4th century Roman Empire, rise of Christianity, incest, murder, war and intrigue at the feet of one of the greatest emperors Rome ever saw.

The Cowes yacht race in Southern England was one of the most prestigious events of the pre WW1 social scene in Europe. In 1913 it was attended by King George V, Tsar Nicolas I I, Kaiser Wilhelm and their families. A great number of artists actors musicians and businessmen as well as the ill fated Arch Duke of Austia Franz Ferdinand.

All these famous people in the same place as their world teetered on the edge of catastrophe. How is this event not more famous? You can barely even find anything on the Internet. I only learned of it through all the reading I did on the period at university.

That's exactly it user. Top marks. It's also the world's first news ticker only a few years old at the time.

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They could do a story about the inventor. Forcing his daughter to hide in the robot and playing chess against napoleon and kings

>The Ten Cent Beer Night Riots
>The idea behind the promotion was to attract more fans to the game by offering 12 fluid ounce (355 ml) cups of 3.2% beer for just 10 cents each, a substantial discount on the regular price of 65 cents, with a limit of six beers per purchase but with no limit on the number of purchases made during the game.[1] During the game, fans became heavily intoxicated
>3.2% beer
>fans became heavily intoxicated

Americans everyone lel

>All these famous people in the same place as their world teetered on the edge of catastrophe. How is this event not more famous?

If the only thing they did was *be* in the same place that's of hardly any interest to 99.99% of people

America used to be pure kino

Fund it

The life and adventures of James Barry, born Margaret, especially the time he butted heads with Florence Nightingale.
Could probably be a The Knick-style medical series dealing with his rise in ranks, with the finale dealing with the death and his friends trying to keep his true gender out of the papers, with the final shot being the act of the British Army sealing Barry's records and filing them away.

Why do I feel an urge to play mafia 2 again?

Formerly Chucksville.

>The French Revolution and napoleons rise and fall as a big budget historical drama
Really the only one for this work is:

Prequel-esque thingy.
>taking of the Bastille as your opening shot, and then some exposition of a downtrodden Louis XVI being brought to the Tuileries all mopey
>movie takes his perspective, and you see his desperate scheming to try to collude with French-opposed Austria
>flight to Varennes as the end of the first act
>second act is Louis in his cell, being told of the various struggles between Jacobins, Montagnards, Girondins, etc...
>this all culminating in a scene of Louis XVI's execution when news reaches Paris that half of Europe has declared on France
>end of taking Louis XVI's perspective
>third act is the reign of terror, and a desperate young Frenchman, in a bid to escape Paris joins the army
>see him in various battles driving back the English, Dutch and Austrians out of the Netherlands
>happy ending ruined with news of Russians seen in Italy
>(after-credits) closing shot is the burning of the fleet at Toulon, a young long-haired lieutenant stepping up and scowling

Second movie:
>French defeat by Surovov depicted in great detail as your opening scene
>the retreat out of Italy is seen as a catastrophe as French soldiers try to cross over into the French Alps, this being drawn out as a long first act in which to introduce Lannes, your protagonist
>at the French border, young Napoleon (the long-haired lieutenant of Toulon) is waiting and gives his famous speech to rouse French spirits, and declaring that he has been sent as the new French general for "l'armée d'Italie"
>everyone is wary of him at first, believing that he will lead them to certain doom against the Austrians and Russians but in the battle of Arcole, he gives the men hope in him by taking up the French flag and charging head-first against the Austrians
>the French are seen pillaging across Italy and Lannes and Napoleon grow to be close friends

I was thinking more like hbo show

I think you underestimate how much light beer we drink in one sitting

If this guy got sent to WW2 he would have gotten home to an 18 year old desu

>finally Napoleon is seen caressing the idea of becoming Alexander-reborn and wants to mount an expedition into Italy
>the expedition is soured when the British destroy the French flag, and Napoleon is stranded in Egypt
>the act of caring for the sick makes the men around him see him as Godly figure, and inspires him to sail back to France alone, to take power
>Lannes stays in Egypt (I know this isn't historically accurate but whatever), and we are left with a cliff-hanger as to whether Napoleon's coup will succeed

Where are the niggers and trannies?

>tfw the Egyptian relics and research should have been claimed as war spoils by the British
>tfw the British were kind and let the French take their research and minor stuff back as 'personal belongings'
>tfw the only reason Egyptology isn't monopolised completely by the British is this one act of kindness (or stupidity)
At least the Brits kept the Rosetta Stone.

My million dollar idea is a Historical Cinematic Universe, and I say that with no joke. I'm even working on a pitch to take to Hollywood.
Movies divided in phases for decades or years, with the same actors playing the historical figures, stingers and hype post-credit scenes, all that.

The idea started in covering the 20th century, from WW1 until the fall of the Berlin Wall. But I'd be up for any other great period with multiple-spanning characters. aka I'm accepting suggestions because I'm a history pleb

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>bastille - Waterloo
>thomas the Slav
>first and second Punic War
>third Punic War-Caesar
>Aurelian - Diocletian
>30 years war
>political thriller during the rise of Islam late 600’s-early 700’s
>Justinian
>Charlemagne
> three kingdoms China
>the fall of Constantinople 1453
>crusades
>glorious revolution England


There are lots

Third movie:

>this time we follow Marshal Murat, and this is an entire movie centered on the Austerlitz campaign
>exposition at the beggining clues us that Napoleon has indeed become emperor, but that Europe still opposes him, especially the Austrians and Russians who have signed a pact
>Napoleon has to act quickly before the two can meet, and the battle of Ulm is our first wide-scale battle shown in the trilogy
>Marshal Murat does usual army shenanigans around Germany
>famous taking of the bridge of Vienna is depicted with Murat leading the vanguard for Napoleon
>finally Napoleon has the Austrians and Russians on the retreat but the two are able to combine forces, making things dire for the heavily outnumbered French army
>Napoleon does his famous choosing of the terrain
>finally the night before the battle, he issues a speech to his men
>as this is the anniversary of his crowning, fires are lit (the famous fires of Austerlitz) and the French army cheers for its emperor, and the awaited victory for tomorrow
>the Russians and Austrians see the fires on the other side and think the French are retreating, growing even more sure they will win
>time-skip to the evening on the next day
>Russian and Austrians corpses litter the battlefield, especially with bodies filling up the nearby lake where they tried to flee
>Napoleon sighs as he walks the field
>cut-to-black

Welp, thanks. It's been a long time since I've been to the Louvre but it's true there's a bunch there too, almost as much as the British natural history museum.

Stephen Decatur, forgotten hero of America

our step mom, we did everything to hate her

Pretty interesting read, thanks.

The Pentagon Wars

HBO miniseries of the Thirty Years War.

Fourth movie (but third in the trilogy):

>this time we follow Marshal Ney
>the year is 1812, and we are shown a more decadent side of Napoleonic society with the war in Spain lagging but the French army losing interest, and with most of Europe subdued
>only Russia dares oppose the continental system
>the French army, and mostly its generals, is eager for another expedition to ensure they haven't grown out of the art
>expedition against Russia starts in high spirits
>the battle pf the Moskowa is falsely shown as a great success but it loses all its prestige once the French arrive in a deserted and burning Moscow
>the retreat is the stuff of horror movies, men walking up against comrades who have frozen, trumpeteers freezing to their trumpets, men fighting to butcher the horses
>the battle of the Berezina however shows some still have humanity, with the sacrifice of a whole army core so that the whole French army can escape to the other side of a river
>Ney is notably one of the last generals to cross
>third act is a string of PTSD-ridden French generals and soldiers with the whole of Europe against them (Leipzig, Warsaw, battle of France, etc...)
>Napoleon himself no longer sees the point and abdicates
>long shot of him walking past his army to meet with the Allies
>the end

And then you can have a movie about the Hundred Days but it's not a trilogy anymore.

a 9/11 film where the jews are actually the terrorists

Yeah. The French do get buttmad about how nobody seems to recognise Champollion's contribution. Yet his shit would have just been used by the British (possibly Young) had they not let them keep it. Either way, Egypt is REEEing for it back and I hope Britain doesn't give it back. Pretty sure there's literal dozens of countries REEEEing for their stuff back from them.

What are some movies with this aesthetics?

>Pretty sure there's literal dozens of countries REEEEing for their stuff back from them.
None harder than Greece apparently, but since Britain blew up their Acropolis, it's almost a bit justified.

Eh, I don't really like shows. Movies have more weight to them, especially in the trilogy form.

Imagine the smell

The last Emperor

>Before the beginning of the siege, Mehmed II made an offer to Constantine XI. In exchange for the surrender of Constantinople, the emperor's life would be spared and he would continue to rule in Mistra.

>As preserved by G. Sphrantzes, Constantine replied:

>"To surrender the city to you is beyond my authority or anyone else's who lives in it, for all of us, after taking the mutual decision, shall die of our own free will without trying to save our lives."

>Constantine led the defence of the city and took an active part in the fighting alongside his troops in the land walls.

>At the same time, he used his diplomatic skills to maintain the necessary unity between the Genoese, Venetian, and Greek troops.

>Constantine died the day the city fell, 29 May 1453.

>According to Michael Critobulus (writing later in Mehmed's service), he remarked, "The city is fallen and I am still alive." Then he tore off his imperial ornaments so as to let nothing distinguish him from any other soldier and led his remaining soldiers into a last charge where he was killed.

An LA riots movie from the perspective of a Korean shop owner caught in the crossfire and gets arrested at the end for "brandishing weapons" while the gang that has been hounding him for years gets away? I am so down.

On one hand Egypt and the other countries demanding the return of artifacts have a rightful claim to them. On the other hand, we could send them back and watch them get blown up by terrorists or rebels five years later, or even just stolen. They're safest where they are now until the home countries can demonstrate stability and security.

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Pic related actually IS getting a dark comedy written by Johnny Knoxville, I think they're in pre-production right now actually

An actual hero.

mountains of the moon
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the wind and the lion
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Do you mean the Elign Marbles? It's not really justified. Greece was Ottoman clay and Ottomans gave Britain the rights to do what they wanted on the Acropolis of Athens. So they took their stuff, legally. Greece gains independence (largely due to the help of Britain, funny that, huh?) and then demands that shit back. Should be kept in Britain. Greece had no legal rights to it at the time of removal.

>all those soldiers
>Constantinople when captured only had something like 20,000 men and women living there
Hmmm...

>no hollywood movie ever about lepanto or byzantium fall

>you're a muslim, 'arri

>Strong female embodiment of a nation and people rises up against forgein invaders that have figuratively and literally raped her people

Sounds pretty right wing to me

theres a BBC series that features her and over rates her accomplishment. She also has a sexual relationship with a black roman soldier

The Elgin Marbles are also in pretty shit condition to begin with, there are only important because of their relationship to the Acropolis. They aren't anything special in terms of artistic value either, very basic and simplistic mythological sculptures, most of which are barely recognizable because of the abuse they suffered. There are WAY better archeological artifacts that were actually stolen that should be pursued for return.

t. Archeologist.

I always thought it would be cool in the same vein as Signs. Just an average day of a korean opening up his shop, not knowing the political climate around him, and him slowly noticing it unravel all from the point of view of his store

>The Brabant killers (also the Nijvel Gang (Dutch: De Bende van Nijvel, French: Les Tueurs fous du Brabant Wallon) are believed responsible for a series of violent attacks that mainly occurred in the Belgian province of Brabant between 1982 and 1985. Twenty-eight people died and 40 were injured. The actions of the gang, believed to consist of several people who assisted a core of three men, made it Belgium's most notorious crime spree. The active participants were known as: The Giant (a tall man who may have been the leader); the Killer (the main shooter) and the Old Man (a middle aged man who drove). The identities and whereabouts of the "Brabant killers" are unknown although one may have been killed after the last known robbery. Failure to catch the gang was a major impetus behind the reform of the Belgian police. There have been many theories of ulterior motives behind the crimes.

cast em

nice trips

Do you think (((they))) will ever make a movie of the decay of western civilization by invading muslim hordes?

>Belgian anything
Could have been handled much more effectively by the Dutch or French
I kid, fun idea for a film

>She also has a sexual relationship with a black roman soldier

>be burglar
>steal jewelry from some home while owners were out
>owners get in contact with burglar and ask to give jewelry back with no repercussions
>DUDE YOU WEREN'T AT HOME SO THEY AREN'T YOURS

>The French Revolution and napoleons rise and fall as a big budget historical drama
jesus christ guide this erection

your brain on anglo tea with milk

Varangian Guard were some hard shit.

>Al-Maʿarri

kys

9/11

Leftie can be my little princess any day.

>starting at 18

Mediterranean villages being killed/kidnapped wholesale by Arab slavers

Goyim aren't people

God I miss white people.

Underrated.
>He was wounded several times in combat, losing the sight in one eye in Corsica and most of one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Future Gohan?

No. It's more like
>owner loses house to the bank because he couldn't pay mortgage
>bank decided to open the door a corporation
>bank says 'this is our house, legally, pay us some money and you can take what you want'
>corporation takes what they wants and leaves
>few years later, corporation helps the owner fight the bank and gain their house back
>owner says 'hey my stuff is gone, corporation! Give me my stuff back!'
You're a retard. To the victors go the spoils. Or in this case, to the victors goes the rights to sell items to other people.

>be Boudica
>get your entire people slaughtered the first moment you face a little oposition
>still hailed as a heroine because she had tits
Feminism is a joke.

He was a white European attacking peaceful refugees coming into his city.

She only lost because Iceni tribesmen, when they ran out of javelins, they'd dismount the chariot and go into melee. So essentially their main advantage (speed and range) was lost. Even then she nearly won. She's a heroine because she had the vagina to stand up to a huge Empire and fight back. The idea that the small can conquer the large. Which is what Britain did.

Source, nigga.

Jews helped throw open gates for Muslim invaders on more than one occasion. There's no fucking way a crusade or defense-against-Muslim-invasion movie will ever be remotely accurately done in Hollywood.