Talk:Rough Riders

You're quite correct that Roosevelt carried a Colt DA raised from the Maine, presented to him by his brother-in-law W.S. Cowles. My understanding is that Roosevelt did own a nickel plated Colt SAA with ivory grips embossed with the the large TR on them, so it's not completely out of whack to have him shown with it in Cuba; even though he didn't carry it there. But there are several historical inaccuracies in the film (and it's a great movie) such as showing William Tiffany being shot dead on Kettle Hill when in reality he died from Yellow Fever on Long Island after the regiment was moved out of Cuba, the fictional presence of German military advisors (there were none), the presence of Maxim machine guns on the San Juan Heights (the Spanish army had them but they were not deployed on the San Juan Heights). Also, while I enjoyed Gary Busey's portrayal of Joe Wheeler, he needed to get down to his "Buddy Holly" weight to accurately portray Wheeler, who was a slight physical figure, but a great cavalry leader. Also Frederick Funston was not in Cuba at this time and did not participate in the war there, he'd been in Cuba with the revolutionaries in 1896 but contracted malaria and his weight dropped to about 95 pounds, the Cubans granted leave and he returned to the U.S. Funston was commissioned as a colonel in the 20th Kansas Infantry, U.S. Army, a month after war was declared and landed in the Philippines and fought there during the "Insurrection". He was not in Cuba during the war. harleyguy

Screencaps coming

This movie is the next one on my list that I intend to do screencaps for. It does have some historical inaccuracies, but it's true to the spirit of the time in my opinion. Plus Milius uses historical accuracy for style. He's good at that. See The Wind and the Lion. Which I'm sure you have already. --Jcordell 23:29, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Screencaps HAve Arrived

Okay so this wasn't the very next page I screecapped, but I was close. Of course I have to now caption the photos and add more info, but at least I finally got the screencaps completed. Whew. --Jcordell 19:14, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

On the set pics

I have some great on the set pics of this mini-series shoot, but I can't find them! Yes, I'm already kicking myself. When I find them I'll post them. MoviePropMaster2008 04:07, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Those would be great. Looking forward to them. --Jcordell 22:17, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Fun Fact

I have been to the Menger Hotel bar, where President Roosevelt recruited many of the Rough Riders-S&Wshooter 01:05, 15 June 2010 (UTC)