Walker (1987) | Based on a True Story

Walker is perhaps the most inaccurate movie I’ve ever reviewed. Yet, I absolutely love it for that. Some of this review will ruin the surprise of it, so let me just say: it is the best inaccurate movie I know. I’ll get into why later, and put up a spoiler warning there. It has a disctly current leaning, but is also meant to lampoon the person it is based on. See my rediculous cover of the Walker theme song here:    • cover of walker   ------------------------------------------------------------ references: William Walker, War in Nicaragua (New York: SH Goetzel & Co, 1860). https://archive.org/details/warinnica... Joseph Stout Jr, Schemers & Dreamers: Filibustering in Mexico (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 2002). https://amzn.to/2u71Dls Alan Axelrod, America’s Wars (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002), 336-38, 361-63, 366-68, 494-95, 496-99. https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa Richard Slotkin, _The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, _ (New York: Atheneum Books, 1985), 242-278. https://amzn.to/2N2H2FR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_... ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Support the channel through Patreon:   / cynicalhistorian   or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalh... LET'S CONNECT:   / cynicalcypher88     / cynical_history   ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Walker is a 1987 American-Spanish historical revisionist film directed by Alex Cox and starring Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, and Marlee Matlin. The film is based on the life story of William Walker, the American filibuster who invaded and made himself president of Nicaragua. It was written by Rudy Wurlitzer and scored by Joe Strummer, who has a small role as a member of Walker's army. The film is intentionally full of anachronisms such as helicopters, Zippo lighters, automatic rifles, and cars. It was filmed in Nicaragua during the Contra War. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #Filibuster #WilliamWalker #Walker #Review #BasedOnATrueStory #USNicaraguaRelations