The Cynical Historian

Walker (1987) | Based on a True Story (2018x10)

Air date: Mar 18, 2018

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: https://youtu.be/JN4onwAIB0E ------------------------------------------------------------ references: William Walker, _War in Nicaragua_ (New York: SH Goetzel & Co, 1860). https://archive.org/details/warinnicaragua00walk 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_(film)#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/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 w