Directed by Edward Zwick, starring Aidan Quinn, Brad Pitt, Christina Pickles, Gordon Tootoosis, Henry Thomas, Julia Ormond, Karina Lombard (add more)
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Near the end of the movie when they come for Tristan he says take me to the woods. Col. Ludlow comes out and Tristan walks over to him. When Col. Ludlow raises his shotgun there is a long bead of sweat running down the right side of his face, the scene cuts away and when it cuts back as he shoots the shotgun the sweat is gone. [You mean to tell us that the bead of sweat could not have fallen from the actor's face while the scene was being shot?]
At Samuel's funeral (actually his heart's) Alfred, who had his right leg injured in the war, is standing with a crutch under his left arm. [The crutch is under his left arm on most occasions (on arrival, at the funeral, strolling with Susannah, at the grave). It is a matter of taste whether or not to have the crutch on the same side as the weak leg. It is recommendable, for balance, to have the crutch under the right arm if the right leg is injured. Yet some people find it easier to have the crutch in the arm on the opposite side because it mimics normal walking (your left arm swings paralell with your right leg and vice versa.) Moreover, it is not uncommon to alternate between both ways because using a crutch can be quite tiring for the arm.]
When Tristan receives a letter from Alfred in which he tells that Susannah is dead, it is obvious that the sheet of paper in Tristan's hands is not a letter. When he opens it, it looks like an add or even a time table or so, and when he reads it, you can see through it - it says something like "Western Union" in the headline with large and bold fonts. It is very unlikely that Alfred, a respected, wealthy congressman, would have written a death message on randomly chosen paper. [At the time the film was set Western Union was a telegraph company. He is reading a telegram.]
In the scene when Tristan's wife Isabel is being killed, Tristan screams out his pain and then you see his teeth-filling. I don't think that there were any teeth-fillings at that time. [The use of silver teeth fillings was standardized in the 1890's. No problem here.]
When Brad Pitt is in the army tent in France grieving over his brother's death, it is night. In the film, we see the Native American in Montana is simultaneously having a spiritual moment in his teepee and it is night there as well. The time difference between Montana and France is 10 hours; it cannot be night in both places simultaneously. [It is possible depending on the time of year]. Plus, the time difference between Montana and France is only eight hours.]
Corrected by Nancy<>Felix
In the scene where Isabelle is killed, Tristan attacks the policeman, when they tackle him to the ground he is hit with that little billy club, but if you notice you can see the club bending before and after it hits Tristan. [It's a rubber truncheon]
Corrected by Nancy<>Felix
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