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INFORMATION POINT BRAVEHEART (1995) - Mel Gibson's "Braveheart" is a red-blooded battle epic about William Wallace, the legendary Scots warrior who led his nation into battle against the English in the years around 1300. It's an ambitious film, big on simple emotions like love, patriotism and treachery. Not much is known about Wallace, known as Braveheart, except that according to an old epic poem, he unified the clans of Scotland and won famous battles against the English before being captured, tortured and executed as a traitor. History vs Braveheart 2. Read the following text and fill in the chart below.       The Film starts in 1280, with the king of Scots dead and Edward I having invaded Scotland and claiming the throne for himself.............In reality, King of Scots Alexander III was still alive and well in 1280, he did not die until 1286.Edward I did not impose himself on Scotland until 1290 when he was invited to judge on the claimants to the throne. Edward I never actually claimed the throne himself but after demanding all candidates for King recognise him as the supreme leader of Scotland, placed John Balliol on the Scottish throne to be used as a puppet king. Edward would strip Balliol of his crown in 1296 after the war between the Scottish and English breaks out. In the Film William Wallace’s father is Malcolm Wallace whom is later killed along with young William’s brother John, after which William’s uncle Argyle adopts the young boy.............. In reality, We now know that William Wallace’s father’s name was Alan Wallace, not Malcolm, and he would not have been killed when William was a boy, in fact he was likely alive when William was fighting his rebellion. William had a brother named Malcolm though, in addition to his brother John. His brother John Wallace however was not killed when William was a boy, he was executed by the English in 1306, a year after William’s execution. Uncle Argyle was a fictional character. In the film, William Wallace returns to Scotland about 1296, a man, after years of being away, visiting Rome with his uncle etc.............In reality, Pure fiction, Wallace in all accounts grew up in Scotland and likely never left his native land at any point as a child or youth. In fact he likely never left Scotland until his invasion of Northern England in 1297. In the Film, Edward II marries Isabella of France around 1296, before Wallace’s rebellion starts............In reality, Edward II did not marry Isabella of France until 1308, three years after Wallace’s death! In the film, Wallace falls in love with Murron, and secretly weds her. After which she is killed and William gets revenge on the Sheriff and English who cut her throat by cutting his................In reality, Wallace may have indeed fell in love with and married a young woman, although her name wouldn’t have been Murron, legend says her name was Marion In the Film, the battle of Stirling takes place upon an open field. In reality, The battle of Stirling Bridge took place at a bridge not an open field. The filmmaker’s doing the battle of Stirling Bridge without an actual bridge was rather ludicrous, the whole key to the battle was the Scots charging down on the English as they were in the process of still crossing the bridge and unprepared and became too hemmed in after the battle begun and limited their mobility as the Scots cut them down. 61