Indeed, the movie makes no claims to be a documentary, but is rather a historical film.
Depardieu has worked in Russia before, appearing in a historical film on czarist Russia and in ad campaigns.
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On 27 October 1980, the General Conference adopted the "Recommendation for the safeguarding and preservation of moving images", the first international instrument to declare the cultural and historical importance of film and television recordings, and calling for decisive steps to ensure their preservation.
The Historical Association told the BBC the reference to King John was not in its lesson plan but in an article it had published, in which the point was to show pupils that film depictions of historical figures "may not be a true representation of the past".
The Palace said the film contained "major historical untruths and a series of purely fictional scenes".
In other words, it's what you would expect from a Hollywood feature film based on a historical event.
In August 2015, the Tin Homecoming Open Air Cinema will take the film back to its historical setting, with an outdoor viewing at the Botallack cliffs.
The movie is a horror film masquerading as a historical pageant.
This is always a problem for film makers who tackle historical themes, especially recent ones about which viewers can be expected to know a thing or two.
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In between, there is barely a pause for thought, and the film works hard as a historical solvent rinsing away the traditional enmities between the white man and the Native Americans, and conjoining the good, the bad, and the ugly into a battle with their common foe.
The new Ang Lee film is not about the great historical happening of forty years ago but about Elliot Teichberg (Demetri Martin), whose parents run a Borscht Belt motel.
Cindy Lee Garcia, who had a small role in the film, told Gawker.com that she and others were given a script for a film and that it would be a historical drama set in the Middle East.
For example, Bombay veteran Shekhar Kapoor directed the British historical drama Elizabeth, which was nominated for a best film Oscar last year.
Until now, contemporary Chinese film making has been identified in the West with historical peasant dramas of great visual beauty which allude only allegorically to modern-day politics or society.
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As a light-hearted comedy, it contrasts with the historical epics and action flicks that make up most of China's domestic film releases, says Liv Yi, an analyst at Beijing-based entertainment industry consultancy Entgroup.
If we look at the nominees for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing, the films actually best poised to win according to historical indicators are Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, and Life of Pi.
Film distributors said there are also subtle differences in storytelling, especially with historical and cultural touchstones that differ among audiences.
Their film "The King's Speech, " the fascinating personal and historical story of George VI's work with a therapist to overcome a stutter, was rated R because of one scene involving use of the f-word.
Historical epics were still favoured by the Academy, Mel Gibson's Braveheart won best film and best director in 1996.
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