I realize that this is a pretty esoteric film category but I have been wanting to watch a movie that is centered on the War of 1812 and I've been doing some research.


Apparently there is a film called "The Buccaneer" from 1958 starring Charlton Heston. Here is a video clip depicting the Battle of New Orleans and while it is wonderfully shot, I got a chuckle from the goof made with Charlton Heston who is portraying Andrew Jackson. Jackson looks the way he did when he was President, not when he was much younger during the War of 1812.

Back in 2012 I thought maybe there would be some good movies or documentaries made about the war on it's 200th anniversary but I don't recall there ever being any.

Movies definitely not since no studio would take the financial risk but I am surprised about no new documentaries. To be honest, the War of 1812 is largely a forgotten war and is only really remembered in Canada.

That's because , in the Canadian version we won My American cousins view the war of 1812 as a war between the US and Britain. Most Canadians view it as an invasion of Canada by the Americans ,in which the Canadians repelled the invaders. In the States , the battle of New Orleans seems to be most famous. If it wasn't for the Johnny Horton song of the 1960s ,most of of would have never heard of it. To us Queenston Heights is the most famous battle.

Well technically it was! Canada did not become a self-governing dominion until several decades after the war.

Agreed that it was "technically" a US / England war...........but to those living in the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada , many of whom had fled new United States to escape the revolution, it was an invasion.

The only involvement that Nfld (a colony at the time ) had was fighting off Yankee privateers, and in some isolated coves, making a bit of profit by selling them supplies

I was thinking Last of the Mohicans was set in the time, but it was the French and Indian War.

There was also "Taboo" starring Tom Hardy and Ooma Chapman that takes place during the War of 1812 in England but also in the US.



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Thanks for that info bones! I will definitely check out "Taboo".

Is it getting a 2nd season? It was interesting but I don't think we ever finished the first season for some reason.

I've heard rumor that it is, but I don't know.

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Archie,
We Invaded but when we got there it was much too cold, and we said the hell with this turned around went back to the USA.
Studies from that time found out that the yanks didn't pack enough Red Sox for the winter, but that's another story.

BTW: Do you 105 guys still have a squadron night? I miss those JG3 vs. 105 Battles.
Clipper-JG3/Blade

Couple of books,

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0...63-a9aa-8080bde6cdb6&pf_rd_i=1050462



https://www.amazon.ca/Flames-Across...-2&keywords=flames+across+the+border

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By a Canadian so might be biased.

I heard that this movie genre is dying.

KraziK...I have those books........ not biased at all

Blade: 105 stood down years ago...but I still keep in touch with some of the guys

Its been awhile but wasn't Master and Commander around then?

Not quite. M&C took place in 1805 so it was several years before the conflict in North America.

It has been confirmed by the BBC that season 2 is happening.

The title of the movie is sort of misleading. "Master and Commander" was the first book and sort of became the general name for the whole series So the movie had the title of "Master and Commander---Far side of the World". This latter book was like the 10th in the series and it did take place toward the end of the Napoleonic wars and the war of 1812--hence the villainous enemy frigate threatening English whalers was American and not French.

However, knowing that wouldn't go over to well with American audiences, Hollywood converted the plot to be set only in the earlier Napoleonic war period. Since the books are historical fiction anyway, nobody made a big deal of it. I've only read the first one and part of "Far side" book. . I found them difficult reads due to the constant extensive use (every other line basically) of historically authentic "age of sail" naval terms---I constantly got the Mizzen stay sail mixed up with the middle staysail or is that the mizzen topmast staysail--no wait, it's the mizzen topgallant staysail or is that a spanker. Maybe I just need to be spanked.

Cheers

P.S. It's still one of my favorite historically authentic movies of all time. It's a shame that modern audiences don't appreciate the work and attention to detail that went into the making of that movie---most today seem only to want to see super heroes and giant robot/creatures destroy cities fighting each other.