Talk:Black '47 (film)
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Add Black 47 to 2018 in Film Wikipedia Article edit
I would be grateful if someone can add Black 47 to the 2018 in Film Wikipedia article. I had made a semi edit request on the talk page but there has been no response to it. You can find the request and the details here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.0.113.197 (talk) 15:51, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
Article neutrality edit
I would consider it irregular for a film which the article must factually acknowledge as having received “generally favorable reviews” to then list an equal number of negative reviews as positive ones. I am, however, unsure as to how to remedy this. - 09:20, 6 December 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 51.37.92.64 (talk)
Historical Inaccuracies edit
Added in the follow section on Historical Inaccuracies:
While Black 47 is a fictional film set during factual historical events, there are some historical inaccuracies purported in the film. These include:
- Feeney returns to Ireland in 1847 after deserting his regiment in Calcutta. However, the Connaught Rangers were stationed in the British West Indies in 1847, where they remained until 1850, when they were moved to Nova Scotia.[1][2] They were deployed to India in 1857 and were combatants in the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857.[2]
- Hannah and Feeney could not have met in Afghanistan during the First Afghan-Anglo War (1839-1842) as the Connaught Rangers did not partake in this war [3][4] and were stationed in the Crown Colony of Malta (1840-1847) during this period.[1][2]
- The motives behind Hannah murdering a captive Young Irelander during interrogation is questionable considering the violence from the Young Ireland rebellion did not take place until a year later in 1848 as opposed to what is suggested in the film.[3]
- In a scene involving Hannah and Pope, they are seen travelling on a train to Galway, however, the first train to Galway was not put into service until 1851 when Midland Great Western Railway completed the Dublin to Galway line and subsequently built the first Galway railway station.[5][1] The track was a single line as opposed to the double track filmed in Black 47.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Black 47 Goofs. IMDb. Retrieved 25 January 2021
- ^ a b c 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) 1793-1881 Locations. (9 May 2006). Land Forces of Britain, the Empire, and Commonwealth. Retrieved 25 January 2021
- ^ a b Mark-FitzGerald, Emily. (2018). Black ’47. History Ireland Vol. 26(3). Retrieved 25 January 2021
- ^ Downham, John. (2018). The Regiments in Afghanistan 1839-42, 1878-80, and 1919. Lancashire Infantry Museum. Retrieved 25 January 2021
- ^ Lee, Helen. (2020). The Little Book of Galway. The History Press. ISBN 9780750989503 Retrieved 25 January 2021