Braveheart (1995) on Netflix
R19952h 58mBiographyDramaHistory
Edward Longshanks, king of England, takes Scotland. William Wallace returns home, secretly marries Murron MacClannough, and when English soldiers seize her, he raises his village against them.
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After Scotland's king dies without an heir, Edward I of England, known as Longshanks, seizes the country and gives his noblemen lands and privileges there, including the right of a lord to take a bride on her wedding night. William Wallace lost his father and brother to the English as a boy and was raised by his uncle Argyle away from home. As a man he comes home and weds Murron MacClannough, his childhood friend, in secret. When English soldiers seize her and she is killed, Wallace and the people of his village overwhelm the local garrison, and the revolt spreads through Scotland. Longshanks, campaigning in France, orders his son to put it down.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Braveheart (1995)
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- Most of Braveheart was moved from the United Kingdom to Ireland at short notice after the Irish government lobbied for the production and offered 1,600 members of the Irish Army Reserve as extras.
- To keep costs down, Mel Gibson had the same extras play both the Scottish and English armies in Braveheart's battle scenes.
- Mel Gibson said that while filming a battle scene a horse nearly killed him, and his stunt double saved him as the horse fell.
- Mel Gibson toned down the battle scenes in Braveheart so the MPAA would not give the film an NC-17 rating. The final version got an R rating for "brutal medieval warfare".
- Gibson and editor Steven Rosenblum first cut Braveheart to 195 minutes, but Paramount head Sherry Lansing asked them to cut it to 177 minutes.
- Mel Gibson said in a 2016 interview that a four-hour version of Braveheart exists, and he was interested in reassembling it if Paramount and Fox were interested.
- Terry Gilliam was offered the chance to direct Braveheart but declined, and Mel Gibson first considered Brad Pitt for William Wallace before reluctantly agreeing to play the role himself.
- Sean Connery was approached to play King Edward in Braveheart but declined due to other commitments, and Gibson said Connery's pronunciation of "Goulash" helped him with his Scottish accent.
