Continuity mistake: James punches Ennis, who falls from his horse nearby. James then dismounts but has to walk some distance to reach and confront Ennis again.
1883 (2021)
1 continuity mistake in The Fangs of Freedom
Starring: Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill
Character mistake: Captain is warning German travelers about poison oak and ivy, but holding up the leaf of an oak tree.
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Answer: Tim McGraw (the actor of James) put it best. McGraw has explained that James has PTSD from serving in the war. It doesn't help that, per McGraw, James was forced to serve and did not actually want to participate in it. This would make the war not only a shameful memory for him, but a painful one at that. Especially during a time when therapy was not a thing and people, particularly the male head of the households, were taught to hold feelings like that back. In his suffering brain, he thought it was best to try to put that memory aside rather than openly talk about it.