Unforgiven

Unforgiven (1992)

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Corrected entry: The scene on the train features some dialogue implying the assassination of James Garfield, President of the United States, by Charles J. Guiteau. However, the assassination took place in 1881; the film takes place in 1880.

Correction: The film starts in 1880 but most of the acton is in the following year 1881, when Garfield was shot.

Corrected entry: The white horse that Eastwood rides is stallion, not a mare (look carefully).

Correction: This must be linked to something else in the movie in order for it to be a mistake. The fact that it is a stallion would not be an error unless it is speciffically mentioned somewhere in the film that it is a mare. Where is the mistake?

BocaDavie

Corrected entry: In the final gun fight Clint Eastwood shoots the deputy in the off yellow shirt standing next to "the fat man" in the upper stomach. The deputy does not seem to notice this and keeps firing. In the next scene he appears to be shot again and falls dead, only one bullet hole is visible. (01:57:34)

Correction: That's because the first shot missed. That's why Eastwood's character shot at him again.

Corrected entry: Right after Little Bill beats the tar out of English Bob, Bob falls unconscious. Little Bill then proceeds to yell at everyone standing around. While he is yelling, watch closely in the background (bottom right of the screen) and you will notice the unconscious English Bob moving and looking directly at the camera waiting for a "cut."

Correction: Bob is slipping in and out of consciousness. As for what he's "waiting for", that's an assumption on your part. Most people in his position would lie as still as possible to avoid being beaten more.

Corrected entry: During the final scene, there is a thunderstorm happening as Will rides into town and then proceeds to kill Little Bill and the rest. Although there is very loud thunder, there is never any lightning.

Correction: Sometimes, thick cloud between the lightning and the observer can mask the flashes even though the thunder is heard. In addition, if the storm is distant, the time delay between the flash and the thunder becomes so great that succeeding strikes overlap. Then it becomes almost impossible to relate the thunder to any particular flash.

Corrected entry: Eastwood is visiting the grave of his wife. On the gravestone it reads "Born March 1840....died August 1878...aged 29 years." But that would be 38 years.

Correction: Claudia's gravestone is accurate. It says she was born in 1849 (not 1840) and died in 1878, making her 29 years old. The glare almost hides part of the 9, making it appear to be a small zero.

Correction: Clints character has cuts on both sides of his face sewn up by Morgan Freeman, but you only see him stitch up one.

Factual error: During the confrontation between Little Bill and English Bob outside the barber shop, all the Deputies cocked their guns - for emphasis. Then Mr. Beauchamp reaches into his bag to show that he only has books, the Deputies cock their guns again. With the rifles they have this would eject the shell that was in the barrel and cycle a new one. It doesn't.

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Trivia: The movie is supposedly set in early summer (July 4th and thereabout) yet autumn leaves, and at one time a morning snowfall, are seen throughout the film. The movie was actually filmed in southern Alberta during September and October.

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Question: Does anyone remember the initial theatrical release or perhaps a Director's Cut version of Unforgiven having Little Bill's (Gene Hackman) final word being "F**k?" It was Little Bill's last word when he realised William Munny was definitely going to kill him? That's the only memory I had of the movie. I just watched it last week and Little Bill didn't say it. Am I crazy for having that memory?

KEVIN GIOVANETTO

Answer: Not crazy, but maybe there's a bit of the Mandela Effect at play. There's no such line in any draft of the script, and it's not in any version of the film I've seen (including theatrical). In any case, Little Bill already knows that Munny is going to kill him, hence his line, "I'll see you in hell." If there was ever any doubt in his mind what was going to happen-as he lay there staring down the barrel of a shotgun, wielded by a man who'd just murdered a roomful of people-it's certainly gone by that point.

Will was pointing a Spencer at Bill, not a shotgun.

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