Directed by: Stephen Herek
Starring: Keanu Reeves, George Carlin, Alex Winter
Trivia: The shots of the French army are from the 1956 film War and Peace.
Trivia: Jane Wiedlin, who plays the role of Joan of Arc, was the guitar player of the rock band The Go-Go's.
Trivia: Eddie Van Halen, Ringo Starr, Sean Connery and Charlie Sheen were considered for the role of Rufus.
Trivia: Pauly Shore, River Phoenix and Sean Penn auditioned for the main roles.
Other mistake: Beethoven didn't seem fussed nor resentful of Napoleon being part of the group. Historically he temporarily admired him and wrote the Third Symphony inspired by Napoleon's ideals of Europe's new hope of enlightenment but later despised him after he crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804 and furiously scribbled out his name off the title page of his Third Symphony and named it Eroica which he originally titled it as "Bonaparte Symphony" due to his former admiration of Napoleon.
Question: Is the portrayal of the historical figures and their respective surroundings accurate in any way?
Answer: Not entirely, especially Beethoven. He was supposed to be in the early stages of his deafness, and he showed no signs of resentment towards Napoleon, whom he once admired, until he crowned himself Emperor of France. This caused Beethoven to despise him and rename his Third Symphony to Eroica, which was originally titled "Bonaparte Symphony" when he admired Napoleon.
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Answer: Yes and no. The basic premises are all right; the years are accurate, and maybe the costumes. Napoleon was at war in 1805, and Joan of Arc was undoubtedly in church at some time during 1429, etc. But everything with the mysterious King Henry and his two teenage daughters in the middle ages is completely fabricated. Although there were four King Henrys during that century, none of them fit the age or family situation seen in the film.
Krista