James Brothers wrote:

"Unfortunately Hollywood has a tendency to rewrite history. Some like
Brave Heart, while making historians and Scots cringe, probably don't
really have any lasting effect on the general public. Movies purporting
to accurately depict more recent events, or written specifically as
propaganda are not so innocuous."

Strangely, the Scots erected a statue of Mel Gibson as Braveheart!!  That
has already convinced a lot of tourists that the movie was (gasp!)
historically accurate!  I've even met a couple of  men at Highalnd festivals
with the surname of  Wallace who claim to be direct descendants of
Braveheart.  Yeah, they wish!

Pam Asbury-Smith
SRI, Tucson