Braveheart

Braveheart is a 1995 American epic historical fiction war film

Braveheart
directed and co-produced by Mel Gibson, who portrays William
Wallace, a late-13th-century Scottish warrior. The film depicts the life
of Wallace leading the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence
against King Edward I of England. The film also stars Sophie
Marceau, Patrick McGoohan and Catherine McCormack. The story is
inspired by Blind Harry's 15th century epic poem The Actes and
Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace
and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace.

Development on the film initially started at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

when producer Alan Ladd Jr. picked up the project from Wallace, but
when MGM was going through new management, Ladd left the
studio and took the project with him. Despite initially declining,
Gibson eventually decided to direct the film, as well as star as
Wallace. Braveheart was filmed in Scotland and Ireland from June to
October 1994 with a budget around $65–70 million.[4] The film,
which was produced by Gibson's Icon Productions and The Ladd
Company, was distributed by Paramount Pictures in North America
and by 20th Century Fox internationally.
North American theatrical release
poster
Released on May 24, 1995, Braveheart received generally positive
reviews from critics, who praised the performances, directing, Directed by Mel Gibson
production values, battle sequences, and musical score, but criticized Produced by Mel Gibson
its historical inaccuracies, especially regarding Wallace's title, love
interests, and attire.[5] The film grossed $75.6 million in the US and Alan Ladd Jr.
grossed $210.4 million worldwide. At the 68th Academy Awards, the Bruce Davey
film was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five: Best
Written by Randall
Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, and Best
Wallace
Sound Effects Editing. A spin-off sequel, Robert the Bruce, was
released in 2019, with Angus Macfadyen reprising his role. Based on The Wallace
by Blind Harry
Starring Mel Gibson
Contents Sophie
Marceau
Plot
Patrick
Cast
McGoohan
Production
Catherine
Soundtrack McCormack
Release and reception
Music by James Horner
Box office
Cinematography John Toll
Critical response
Effect on tourism Edited by Steven
Awards and honors Rosenblum
 Cultural effects Production Icon
Wallace Monument companies Productions

Historical inaccuracy The Ladd

Jus primae noctis Company
Occupation and independence Distributed by Paramount
Portrayal of William Wallace Pictures (North
Portrayal of Isabella of France America)
Portrayal of Robert the Bruce 20th Century
Portrayal of Longshanks and Prince Edward Fox
Wallace's military campaign (International)

Accusations of Anglophobia Release date May 18, 1995

(Seattle)
Home media
May 24, 1995
Sequel
(United States)
See also
Running time 178 minutes
References
Country United States[1]
External links
Language English
Budget $65–70
Plot million[2][3]
Box office $213.2
In 1280, King Edward "Longshanks" invades and conquers Scotland million[2]
following the death of Alexander III of Scotland, who left no heir to
the throne. Young William Wallace witnesses Longshanks' betrayal
and execution of several Scottish nobles, suffers the deaths of his father and brother fighting against the
English, and is taken abroad on a pilgrimage throughout Europe by his paternal uncle Argyle, who has
Wallace educated.

Years later, Longshanks grants his noblemen land and privileges in Scotland, including Prima Nocte.
Meanwhile, a grown Wallace returns to Scotland and falls in love with his childhood friend Murron
MacClannough, and the two marry in secret. Wallace rescues Murron from being raped by English soldiers,
but as Wallace fights off the soldiers Murron is captured and publicly executed. In retribution, Wallace leads
his clan to slaughter the English garrison in his hometown and sends the surviving garrison back to England
with a message of rebellion for Longshanks.

Longshanks orders his son Prince Edward to stop Wallace by any means necessary while he visits the French
King to secure England's alliance with France. Alongside his friend Hamish, Wallace rebels against the
English, and as his legend spreads, hundreds of Scots from the surrounding clans join him. Wallace leads his
army to victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge and then destroys the city of York, killing Longshanks' nephew
and sending his severed head to the king. Wallace seeks the assistance of Robert the Bruce, the son of
nobleman Robert the Elder, a contender for the Scottish crown. Robert is dominated by his leper father, who
wishes to secure the Scottish throne for his son by submitting to the English. Worried by the threat of the
rebellion, Longshanks sends his son's wife Isabella of France to try to negotiate with Wallace as a distraction
for the landing of another invasion force in Scotland.

After meeting him in person, Isabella becomes enamored of Wallace. She warns him of the coming invasion,
and Wallace implores the Scottish nobility to take immediate action to counter the threat and take back their
country, asking Robert the Bruce to lead. Leading the English army himself, Longshanks confronts the Scots
at Falkirk. During the battle, Scottish noblemen Mornay and Lochlan, having been bribed by Longshanks, ride
away with the cavalry, resulting in the death of Hamish's father, Campbell. Wallace is further betrayed when
he discovers Robert the Bruce was fighting alongside Longshanks; after the battle, seeing the damage he
helped do to his countrymen, Robert reprimands his father and vows never to be on the wrong side again.

Wallace kills Lochlan and Mornay for their betrayal, and wages a guerrilla war against the English assisted by
Isabella, with whom he eventually has an affair. Robert sets up a meeting with Wallace in Edinburgh, but
Robert's father conspires with other nobles to capture and hand over Wallace to the English. Learning of his
treachery, Robert disowns and banishes his father. Isabella exacts revenge on the now terminally ill
Longshanks, who can no longer speak, by telling him that his bloodline will be destroyed upon his death as
she is pregnant with Wallace's child and will ensure Prince Edward spends as short a time as possible on the
throne before Wallace's child replaces him.

In London, Wallace is brought before an English magistrate, tried for high treason, and condemned to public
torture and beheading. Even whilst being hanged, drawn and quartered, Wallace refuses to submit to the king.
The watching crowd, deeply moved by the Scotsman's valor, begin crying for mercy on Wallace's behalf. The
magistrate offers him one final chance, asking him only to utter the word, "Mercy", and be granted a quick
death. Wallace instead shouts, "Freedom!", and his cry rings through the square, the dying Longshanks
hearing it. Before being decapitated, Wallace sees a vision of Murron in the crowd, smiling at him.

In 1314, Robert, now Scotland's king, leads a Scottish army before a ceremonial line of English troops on the
fields of Bannockburn, where he is to formally accept English rule. Instead, he invokes Wallace's memory,
imploring his men to fight with him as they did with Wallace. Hamish throws Wallace's sword point-down in
front of the English army, and he and the Scots chant Wallace's name as Robert leads them into battle against
the English, winning the Scots their freedom.

Cast
Mel Gibson as William Wallace
James Robinson as Young William Wallace
Sophie Marceau as Princess Isabella of France
Angus Macfadyen as Robert the Bruce
Patrick McGoohan as King Edward "Longshanks"
Catherine McCormack as Murron MacClannough
Mhairi Calvey as Young Murron
Brendan Gleeson as Hamish
Andrew Weir as Young Hamish
Peter Hanly as Prince Edward
James Cosmo as Campbell
David O'Hara as Stephen of Ireland
Ian Bannen as Bruce's father
Seán McGinley as MacClannough
Brian Cox as Argyle Wallace
Sean Lawlor as Malcolm Wallace
Sandy Nelson as John Wallace
Stephen Billington as Phillip
John Kavanagh as Craig
Alun Armstrong as Mornay
John Murtagh as Lochlan
Tommy Flanagan as Morrison
 Donal Gibson as Stewart
Jeanne Marine as Nicolette
Michael Byrne as Smythe
Malcolm Tierney as Magistrate
Bernard Horsfall as Balliol
Peter Mullan as Veteran
Gerard McSorley as Cheltham (inspired by Hugh de Cressingham)
Richard Leaf as Governor of York
Mark Lees as Old Crippled Scotsman
Tam White as MacGregor
Jimmy Chisholm as Faudron
David Gant as the Royal Magistrate

Production
Producer Alan Ladd Jr. initially had the project at MGM-Pathé Communications when he picked up the script
from Wallace.[6] When MGM was going through new management in 1993, Ladd left the studio and took
some of its top properties, including Braveheart.[7] Gibson came across the script and even though he liked it,
he initially passed on it. However, the thought of it kept coming back to him and he ultimately decided to take
on the project.[6] Gibson was initially interested in directing only and considered Brad Pitt in the role of
William Wallace, but Gibson reluctantly agreed to play Wallace as well.[3]

Gibson and his production company, Icon Productions, had difficulty

raising enough money for the film. Warner Bros. was willing to fund
the project on the condition that Gibson sign for another Lethal
Weapon sequel, which he refused. Gibson eventually gained enough
financing for the film, with Paramount Pictures financing a third of the
budget in exchange for North American distribution rights to the film,
and 20th Century Fox putting up two thirds of the budget in exchange
for international distribution rights.[8][3]
Gibson (right) on set with 20th
Principal photography on the film began on June 6, 1994.[4] While
Century Fox executive Scott Neeson
the crew spent three weeks shooting on location in Scotland, the
major battle scenes were shot in Ireland using members of the Irish
Army Reserve as extras. To lower costs, Gibson had the same extras,
up to 1,600 in some scenes, portray both armies. The reservists had been given permission to grow beards and
swapped their military uniforms for medieval garb.[9] Principal photography ended on October 28, 1994.[4]
The film was shot in the anamorphic format with Panavision C- and E-Series lenses.[10]

Gibson had to tone down the film's battle scenes to avoid an NC-17 rating from the MPAA; the final version
was rated R for "brutal medieval warfare".[11] Gibson and editor Steven Rosenblum initially had a film at 195
minutes, but Sheryl Lansing, who was the head of Paramount at the time, requested Gibson and Rosenblum to
cut the film down to 177 minutes.[12] According to Gibson in a 2016 interview with Collider, there is a four-
hour version of the film and would be interested in reassembling it if both Paramount and Fox are
interested.[13]

Soundtrack
The score was composed and conducted by James Horner and performed by the London Symphony
Orchestra. It is Horner's second of three collaborations with Mel Gibson as director. The score has gone on to
be one of the most commercially successful soundtracks of all time. It received considerable acclaim from film
critics and audiences and was nominated for a number of awards, including the Academy Award, Saturn
Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award.

Release and reception

Braveheart premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 18, 1995, and received its wide release
in U.S. cinemas six days later.[14][15]

Box office

On its opening weekend, Braveheart grossed $9,938,276 in the United States and $75.6 million in its box
office run in the U.S. and Canada.[2] Worldwide, the film grossed $210,409,945 and was the thirteenth-
highest-grossing film of 1995.[2]

Critical response

Braveheart earned positive reviews; critics praised Gibson's direction and performance as Wallace, the
performances of its cast, and its screenplay, production values, Horner's score, and the battle sequences. The
depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge was listed by CNN as one of the best battles in cinema history.[16]
However, it was also criticized for its depiction of history. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating
of 78%, with an average score of 7.29/10, based on 82 reviews. The site's consensus states "Distractingly
violent and historically dodgy, Mel Gibson's Braveheart justifies its epic length by delivering enough
sweeping action, drama, and romance to match its ambition."[17] On Metacritic the film has a score of 68 out
of 100 based on 20 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18] Audiences surveyed by
CinemaScore gave the film a grade A- on scale of A to F.[19]

Caryn James of The New York Times praised the film, calling it "one of the most spectacular entertainments in
years." Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 stars out of four, calling it "An action epic with the spirit of the
Hollywood swordplay classics and the grungy ferocity of The Road Warrior."[20] In a positive review, Gene
Siskel wrote that "in addition to staging battle scenes well, Gibson also manages to recreate the filth and mood
of 700 years ago."[21] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone felt that "though the film dawdles a bit with the
shimmery, dappled love stuff involving Wallace with a Scottish peasant and a French princess, the action will
pin you to your seat."[22]

Not all reviews were positive, Richard Schickel of TIME magazine argued that "everybody knows that a non-
blubbering clause is standard in all movie stars' contracts. Too bad there isn't one banning self-indulgence
when they direct."[23] Peter Stack of San Francisco Chronicle felt "at times the film seems an obsessive ode to
Mel Gibson machismo."[24] In a 2005 poll by British film magazine Empire, Braveheart was No. 1 on their
list of "The Top 10 Worst Pictures to Win Best Picture Oscar".[25] Empire readers had previously voted
Braveheart the best film of 1995.[26]

Effect on tourism

The European premiere was on September 3, 1995, in Stirling.[27]

In 1996, the year after the film was released, the annual three-day
"Braveheart Conference" at Stirling Castle attracted fans of
Braveheart, increasing the conference's attendance to 167,000 from
66,000 in the previous year.[28] In the following year, research on
visitors to the Stirling area indicated that 55% of the visitors had seen
Braveheart. Of visitors from outside Scotland, 15% of those who saw
Braveheart said it influenced their decision to visit the country. Of all
visitors who saw Braveheart, 39% said the film influenced in part
their decision to visit Stirling, and 19% said the film was one of the
main reasons for their visit.[29] In the same year, a tourism report said
that the "Braveheart effect" earned Scotland £7 million to £15 million
in tourist revenue, and the report led to various national organizations
encouraging international film productions to take place in
Scotland.[30]

The film generated huge interest in Scotland and in Scottish history,

not only around the world, but also in Scotland itself. At a Braveheart
Convention in 1997, held in Stirling the day after the Scottish Mel Gibson (shown here in 1990),
Devolution vote and attended by 200 delegates from around the won the Academy Award for Best
world, Braveheart author Randall Wallace, Seoras Wallace of the Director for his work on Braveheart.
Wallace Clan, Scottish historian David Ross and Bláithín FitzGerald
from Ireland gave lectures on various aspects of the film. Several of
the actors also attended including James Robinson (Young William), Andrew Weir (Young Hamish), Julie
Austin (the young bride) and Mhairi Calvey (Young Murron).

Awards and honors

Braveheart was nominated for many awards during the 1995 Oscar season, though it was not viewed by many
as a major contender such as Apollo 13, Il Postino: The Postman, Leaving Las Vegas, Sense and Sensibility,
and The Usual Suspects. It wasn't until after the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director at the
53rd Golden Globe Awards that it was viewed as a serious Oscar contender. When the nominations were
announced for the 68th Academy Awards, Braveheart received ten Academy Award nominations, and a
month later, won five including Best Picture, Best Director for Gibson, Best Cinematography, Best Sound
Effects Editing, and Best Makeup.[31] Braveheart became the ninth film to win Best Picture with no acting
nominations and is one of only three films to win Best Picture without being nominated for the Screen Actors
Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the other being The Shape of Water
in 2017 and followed by Green Book the following year.[32][33][34] The film also won the Writer's Guild of
America Award for Best Original Screenplay.[35] In 2010, the Independent Film & Television Alliance
selected the film as one of the 30 Most Significant Independent Films of the last 30 years[36]
 Year Ceremony Category Recipients Result
Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr. and
Best Picture Won
Bruce Davey
Best Director Mel Gibson Won
Best Screenplay Written Directly
Randall Wallace Nominated
for the Screen
Best Cinematography John Toll Won

68th Academy Best Costume Design Charles Knode Nominated

Awards Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna
Best Sound Nominated
Behlmer and Brian Simmons
Best Sound Effects Editing Lon Bender and Per Hallberg Won
Best Film Editing Steven Rosenblum Nominated
Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison and
Best Makeup Won
Lois Burwell
Best Original Dramatic Score James Horner Nominated
Best Motion Picture – Drama Braveheart Nominated

53rd Golden Globe Best Director Mel Gibson Won

1995
Awards Best Original Score James Horner Nominated
Best Screenplay Randall Wallace Nominated
Best Direction Mel Gibson Nominated
Best Film Music James Horner Nominated
Best Production Design Thomas E. Sanders Nominated
49th British Best Cinematography John Toll Won
Academy Film
Awards Best Costume Design Charles Knode Won
Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison,
Best Makeup Nominated
and Lois Burwell
Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna
Best Sound Won
Behlmer, and Brian Simmons
Best Movie Braveheart Nominated

1996 MTV Movie Best Male Performance Nominated

Mel Gibson
Awards Most Desirable Male Nominated
Best Action Sequence Battle of Stirling Nominated
48th Writers Guild of Writers Guild of America Award
1995 Randall Wallace
America Awards for Best Original Screenplay

American Film Institute lists

AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies – Nominated[37]

AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills – No. 91
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains:

William Wallace – Nominated Hero[38]

AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movie Quotes:
 "They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" – Nominated[39]
AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores – Nominated[40]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – No. 62
AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – Nominated[41]
AFI's 10 Top 10 – Nominated Epic Film[42]

Cultural effects

Lin Anderson, author of Braveheart: From Hollywood To Holyrood, credits the film with playing a significant
role in affecting the Scottish political landscape in the mid-to-late 1990s.[43]

Wallace Monument

In 1997, a 12-foot (3.7 m), 13-tonne (13-long-ton; 14-short-ton)

sandstone statue depicting Mel Gibson as William Wallace in
Braveheart was placed in the car park of the Wallace Monument near
Stirling, Scotland. The statue, which was the work of Tom Church, a
monumental mason from Brechin,[44] included the word 'Braveheart'
on Wallace's shield. The installation became the cause of much
controversy; one local resident stated that it was wrong to "desecrate
the main memorial to Wallace with a lump of crap".[45] In 1998,
someone wielding a hammer vandalized the statue's face. After repairs
were made, the statue was encased in a cage every night to prevent
further vandalism. This only incited more calls for the statue to be
removed, as it then appeared that the Gibson/Wallace figure was
imprisoned. The statue was described as "among the most loathed
pieces of public art in Scotland".[46] In 2008, the statue was returned
to its sculptor to make room for a new visitor centre being built at the
foot of the Wallace Monument.[47] Tom Church's statue

Historical inaccuracy
Randall Wallace, who wrote the screenplay, has acknowledged Blind Harry's 15th-century epic poem The
Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie as a major inspiration for the film.[48] In defending
his script, Randall Wallace has said, "Is Blind Harry true? I don't know. I know that it spoke to my heart and
that's what matters to me, that it spoke to my heart."[48] Blind Harry's poem is not regarded as historically
accurate, and although some incidents in the film that are not historically accurate are taken from Blind Harry
(e.g. the hanging of Scottish nobles at the start),[49] there are large parts that are based neither on history nor
Blind Harry (e.g. Wallace's affair with Princess Isabella).[5]

Elizabeth Ewan describes Braveheart as a film that "almost totally sacrifices historical accuracy for epic
adventure".[50] The "brave heart" refers in Scottish history to that of Robert the Bruce, and an attribution by
William Edmondstoune Aytoun, in his poem Heart of Bruce, to Sir James the Good Douglas: "Pass thee first,
thou dauntless heart, As thou wert wont of yore!", prior to Douglas' demise at the Battle of Teba in
Andalusia.[51] It has been described as one of the most historically inaccurate modern films.[5]
Sharon Krossa noted that the film contains numerous historical inaccuracies, beginning with the wearing of
belted plaid by Wallace and his men. In that period "no Scots [...] wore belted plaids (let alone kilts of any
kind)." Moreover, when Highlanders finally did begin wearing the belted plaid, it was not "in the rather bizarre
style depicted in the film". She compares the inaccuracy to "a film about Colonial America showing the
colonial men wearing 20th century business suits, but with the jackets worn back-to-front instead of the right
way around."[52] In a previous essay about the film, she wrote, "The events aren't accurate, the dates aren't
accurate, the characters aren't accurate, the names aren't accurate, the clothes aren't accurate—in short, just
about nothing is accurate."[53] The belted plaid (feileadh mór léine) was not introduced until the 16th
century.[54] Peter Traquair has referred to Wallace's "farcical representation as a wild and hairy highlander
painted with woad (1,000 years too late) running amok in a tartan kilt (500 years too early)."[55] Wallace was a
lowlander, so the mountains and glens of his home as depicted in the film are also inaccurate.

Irish historian Seán Duffy remarked "the battle of Stirling Bridge could have done with a bridge."[56]

In 2009, the film was second on a list of "most historically inaccurate movies" in The Times.[5] In the
humorous non-fictional historiography An Utterly Impartial History of Britain (2007), author John O'Farrell
claims that Braveheart could not have been more historically inaccurate, even if a Plasticine dog had been
inserted in the film and the title changed to "William Wallace and Gromit".[57]

In the DVD audio commentary of Braveheart, Mel Gibson acknowledges many of the historical inaccuracies
but defends his choices as director, noting that the way events were portrayed in the film was much more
"cinematically compelling" than the historical fact or conventional mythos.[5]

Jus primae noctis

Edward Longshanks, King of England, is shown invoking Jus primae noctis, allowing the lord of a medieval
estate to take the virginity of his serfs' maiden daughters on their wedding nights. Critical medieval scholarship
regards this supposed right as a myth: "the simple reason why we are dealing with a myth here rests in the
surprising fact that practically all writers who make any such claims have never been able or willing to cite any
trustworthy source, if they have any."[58][59]

Occupation and independence

The film suggests Scotland had been under English occupation for some time, at least during Wallace's
childhood, and in the run-up to the Battle of Falkirk Wallace says to the younger Bruce, "[W]e'll have what
none of us have ever had before, a country of our own." In fact, Scotland had been invaded by England only
the year before Wallace's rebellion; prior to the death of King Alexander III it had been a fully separate
kingdom.[60]

At one point, Wallace's uncle refers to a piper as "playing outlawed tunes on outlawed pipes." Not only were
bagpipes not outlawed at the time, they likely had not yet been introduced to Scotland. Further, the widely-
held belief that bagpipes were banned by the Act of Proscription 1746 (400 years later) is erroneous. Bagpipes
were never specifically outlawed in Scotland.

Portrayal of William Wallace

As John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett writes, "Because [William] Wallace is one of Scotland's most
important national heroes and because he lived in the very distant past, much that is believed about him is
probably the stuff of legend. But there is a factual strand that historians agree to", summarized from Scots
scholar Matt Ewart:
 Wallace was born into the gentry of Scotland; his father lived until he was 18, his mother until his
24th year; he killed the sheriff of Lanark when he was 27, apparently after the murder of his wife;
he led a group of commoners against the English in a very successful battle at Stirling in 1297,
temporarily receiving appointment as guardian; Wallace's reputation as a military leader was
ruined in the same year of 1297, leading to his resignation as guardian; he spent several years of
exile in France before being captured by the English at Glasgow, this resulting in his trial for
treason and his cruel execution.[61]

A. E. Christa Canitz writes about the historical William Wallace further: "[He] was a younger son of the
Scottish gentry, usually accompanied by his own chaplain, well-educated, and eventually, having been
appointed Guardian of the Kingdom of Scotland, engaged in diplomatic correspondence with the Hanseatic
cities of Lübeck and Hamburg". She finds that in Braveheart, "any hint of his descent from the lowland gentry
(i.e., the lesser nobility) is erased, and he is presented as an economically and politically marginalized
Highlander and 'a farmer'—as one with the common peasant, and with a strong spiritual connection to the land
which he is destined to liberate."[62]

Colin McArthur writes that Braveheart "constructs Wallace as a kind of modern, nationalist guerrilla leader in
a period half a millennium before the appearance of nationalism on the historical stage as a concept under
which disparate classes and interests might be mobilised within a nation state." Writing about Braveheart's
"omissions of verified historical facts", McArthur notes that Wallace made "overtures to Edward I seeking less
severe treatment after his defeat at Falkirk", as well as "the well-documented fact of Wallace's having resorted
to conscription and his willingness to hang those who refused to serve."[63] Canitz posits that depicting "such
lack of class solidarity" as the conscriptions and related hangings "would contaminate the movie's image of
Wallace as the morally irreproachable primus inter pares among his peasant fighters."[62]

Portrayal of Isabella of France

Isabella of France is shown having an affair with Wallace after the Battle of Falkirk. She later tells Edward I
she is pregnant, implying that her son, Edward III, was a product of the affair. In reality, Isabella was around
three years old and living in France at the time of the Battle of Falkirk, was not married to Edward II until he
was already king, and Edward III was born seven years after Wallace died.[64][5] Her menacing suggestion, to
a dying Longshanks, that she would overthrow and destroy Edward II is based in fact; however, it was only in
1326, over 20 years after Wallace's death, that Isabella, her son, and her lover Roger Mortimer would invade
England to depose - and later murder - Edward II.

Portrayal of Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce did change sides between the Scots loyalists and the English more than once in the earlier
stages of the Wars of Scottish Independence, but he probably did not fight on the English side at the Battle of
Falkirk (although this claim does appear in a few medieval sources).[65] Later, the Battle of Bannockburn was
not a spontaneous battle; he had already been fighting a guerrilla campaign against the English for eight
years.[66] His title before becoming king was Earl of Carrick, not Earl of Bruce.[67][68] While the film's name
refers to William Wallace, the nickname "Braveheart" refers to Bruce.[69] Bruce's father is portrayed as an
infirm leper, although it was Bruce himself who allegedly suffered from leprosy in later life. [70][71] In the film,
Bruce's father betrays Wallace to his son's disgust, acknowledging it as the price of his crown, although in real
life Wallace was betrayed by the nobleman John de Menteith and delivered to the English. [72]

Portrayal of Longshanks and Prince Edward

The actual Edward I was ruthless and temperamental, but the film exaggerates his negative aspects for effect.
Edward enjoyed poetry and harp music, was a devoted and loving husband to his wife Eleanor of Castile, and
as a religious man, he gave generously to charity. The film's scene where he scoffs cynically at Isabella for
distributing gold to the poor after Wallace refuses it as a bribe would have been unlikely especially since
Isabella was only a child at the time. Furthermore, Edward died on campaign two years after Wallace's
execution, not in bed at his home.[73]

The depiction of the future Edward II as an effeminate homosexual drew accusations of homophobia against
Gibson.

We cut a scene out, unfortunately ... where you really got to know that character [Edward II] and
to understand his plight and his pain ... But it just stopped the film in the first act so much that you
thought, 'When's this story going to start?'[74]

Gibson defended his depiction of Prince Edward as weak and ineffectual, saying:

I'm just trying to respond to history. You can cite other examples—Alexander the Great, for
example, who conquered the entire world, was also a homosexual. But this story isn't about
Alexander the Great. It's about Edward II.[75]

In response to Longshanks' murder of the Prince's male lover Phillip, Gibson replied: "The fact that King
Edward throws this character out a window has nothing to do with him being gay ... He's terrible to his son, to
everybody."[76] Gibson asserted that the reason Longshanks kills his son's lover is because the king is a
"psychopath".[77] Gibson expressed bewilderment that some filmgoers laughed at this murder.[78]

Wallace's military campaign

"MacGregors from the next glen" joining Wallace shortly after the action at Lanark is dubious, since it is
questionable whether Clan Gregor existed at that stage, and when they did emerge their traditional home was
Glen Orchy, some distance from Lanark.[79]

Wallace did win an important victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, but the version in Braveheart is highly
inaccurate, as it was filmed without a bridge (and without Andrew Moray, joint commander of the Scots army,
who was fatally injured in the battle). Later, Wallace did carry out a large-scale raid into the north of England,
but he did not get as far south as York, nor did he kill Longshanks' nephew[80]

The "Irish conscripts" at the Battle of Falkirk are also unhistorical; there were no Irish troops at Falkirk
(although many of the English army were actually Welsh)[81] and it is anachronistic to refer to conscripts in the
Middle Ages (although there were feudal levies).

The two-handed long swords used by Gibson in the film were not in wide use in the period. A one-handed
sword and shield would have been more accurate.[82]

Accusations of Anglophobia
Sections of the English media accused the film of harboring Anglophobia. The Economist called it
"xenophobic",[83] and John Sutherland writing in The Guardian stated that: "Braveheart gave full rein to a
toxic Anglophobia".[84][85][86]
In The Times, Colin McArthur said "the political effects are truly pernicious. It's a xenophobic film."[85] Ian
Burrell of The Independent has noted, "The Braveheart phenomenon, a Hollywood-inspired rise in Scottish
nationalism, has been linked to a rise in anti-English prejudice".[87]

Home media
Braveheart was released on DVD on August 29, 2000.[88] It was released on Blu-ray as part of the
Paramount Sapphire Series on September 1, 2009.[89] It was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray as part of the 4K
upgrade of the Paramount Sapphire Series on May 15, 2018.[89]

Sequel
On February 9, 2018, a sequel titled Robert the Bruce was announced. The film will lead directly on from
Braveheart and follow the widow Moira, portrayed by Anna Hutchison, and her family (portrayed by Gabriel
Bateman and Talitha Bateman), who save Robert the Bruce, with Angus Macfadyen reprising his role from
Braveheart. The cast will also include Jared Harris, Patrick Fugit, Zach McGowan, Emma Kenney, Diarmaid
Murtagh, Seoras Wallace, Shane Coffey, Kevin McNally, and Melora Walters. Richard Gray will direct the
film, with Macfadyen and Eric Belgau writing the script. Helmer Gray, Macfadyen, Hutchison, Kim Barnard,
Nick Farnell, Cameron Nuggent, and Andrew Curry will produce the film.[90] Filming took place in 2019 and
was completed the same year. Intended for full release in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the film to
only have a limited release.

See also
Outlaw King; although not a sequel, it depicts events that occurred immediately after the events
in Braveheart

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