The Cynical Historian

Monuments Men | Based on a True Story (2015x30)

Air date: Oct 31, 2015

The movie monuments men is surprisingly bad in terms of historical accuracy. It's kind of sad, because it was a fun movie, but the revelation is disturbing. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: related 1: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI related 2: https://youtu.be/vxgXERmYlz8 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/monuments-men.php http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/02/10/the_monuments_men_true_story_fact_checking_the_george_clooney_matt_damon.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monuments_Men#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: The Monuments Men is a 2014 American-German[4][5] war film directed by George Clooney, and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. It is loosely based on the non-fiction book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter. The film follows an Allied group from the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program that is given the task of finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before Nazis destroy or steal them, during World War II.[6][7] The Monuments Men was co-produced by Columbia Pictures (in association with 20th Century Fox) and Babelsberg Studio, and released on February 7, 2014.[8] It received mixed critical reviews and grossed $155 million worldwide against a $70 million budget. ----------------------------------------------------