History and Pop Culture Extra Credit
(10 points)

Please answer the following questions in about a paragraph each:

• What do viewers learn about the historical period from this movie? Is any of it correct?
• What kind of research, if any, do you think the writers, producers, directors, cast, etc. put into their work?
• Is there anything blatantly incongruous with the setting?  Might someone unfamiliar with the period mistake it for being correct to the setting?
• What effect has this movie has on the popular view of the period?
• Other thoughts you have on these movies as an example of the intersection between History and Popular Culture. (optional)