The film's depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge is often considered one of the best movie battles in cinema history.

The film's dystopian depiction of " genoism " has been cited by many bioethicists and laymen in support of their hesitancy about, or opposition to, liberal eugenics and the societal acceptance of the genetic-determinist ideology that may frame it.

Authorized biographer Jeremy Wilson noted that the film has " undoubtedly influenced the perceptions of some subsequent biographers " such as the depiction of the film's Ali as the real Sherif Ali, rather than a composite character, and also the highlighting of the Deraa incident.

Other general complaints included the film's lack of historical authenticity, the depiction of the antagonists, and some cases of poor acting.

The Navy initially objected to the film's depiction of a mentally unbalanced man as the captain of one of its ships and the word " mutiny " in the film's title.

In Indiana, a reviewer emphasized the film's spectacular effects and its depiction of Jesus :"' If Christ Should Visit Verdun ' would make a good subtitle for ' Civilization ,' for that is really its theme.

The film publication Cineaste published a review of The Italian in March 2009, focusing on the film's depiction of the Italian-American immmigrant experience as a Darwinian jungle rather than a promised land paved with gold :" Against Horatio Alger expectations, The Italian is a story of failure suffused with a soft-focused, dappled nostalgia for the old country ... ' From sunny Italy to the New York ghetto ,' read the taglines on Paramount's original one-sheet, contrasting scenes of ' carefree Beppo at home ' in the serene canals of Old Italy with the mean streets of New York where ' to live your baby must have Pasteurized milk.

The contrast between film's depiction of Martin " as a family man and hero who single-handedly defeats countless hostile Brits " and the real-life Marion was one of the " egregious oversights " that TIME magazine cited when listing " The Patriot " as number one of its " Top 10 historically misleading films " in 2011.

The film's depiction of Hindus caused controversy in India, and brought it to the attention of the country's censors, who placed a temporary ban on it.

* August 6-BBC withdraws a planned airing of The War Game on BBC1's Wednesday Play anthology series ; the network, officially, deems the film's depiction of a fictional nuclear attack on the United Kingdom and its aftermath as " too horrifying " to air on television, though it was widely believed that government pressure led to the banning.

Former middleweight World Champion Joey Giardello sued the film's producers for libel over the depiction of his fight with Carter as a " racist fix.

The film is known for its controversial, unabashed depiction of sexuality, which caused complications in the film's rating certificate in various countries.

Writing in the ' The Guardian ', however, Hilary defended the film's depiction of events and her sister's personality, arguing that it accurately portrayed her darker side, the " MS side "; and in The New Yorker she argued that detractors simply " want to look only at the pieces of Jackie's life they ready to accept ".

This depiction, along with a seemingly transgendered bartender ( who the crew deny on the DVD commentary as having any sort of gender confusion ) and Pinocchio's expansive nose in Shrek 2, raised the ire of some groups who objected to the film's sexual content, in what is billed as a children's film.

The film's depiction of indigenous tribes, death of animals on set, and the graphic violence ( notably the impalement scene ) brought on a great deal of controversy, legal investigations, boycotts and protests by concerned social groups, bans in many countries ( some of which are still in effect ), and heavy censorship in countries where it has not been banned.

Although the film's sexual content was permissible in the X category, the OFLC's classification guidelines unambiguously state " No depiction of violence, sexual violence, sexualised violence, or coercion is allowed in the category.

" Noé's depiction of gay criminal Le Tenia inexplicably raping female lead, Alex, remains the film's most controversial image.

It was strongly opposed by gay rights activists, who criticized the film's depiction of homosexual relationships and the portrayal of a bisexual woman as a murderous sociopath.

Much of the first hour of the film's running time is taken up with a highly technical depiction of Makoto building his homemade nuclear weapon, although key steps in the bomb-making process have apparently been omitted in the name of public safety.

The film's depiction of Morrison did not sit well with his close friends and family.

The film's controversy was derived from its graphic depiction of racism, extreme violence, rape, suicide, many fights and very strong language.

The striking similarities between Sedgwick and Susan's life story, especially when recounted by Sedgwick in the midst of drug-induced audio interviews, make the film's candid depiction of excess and celebrity especially haunting.

He began acting and composing for film with Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ), which he starred in and composed the score for ; the song " Forbidden Colours " which he composed for it became a worldwide hit and he won a BAFTA Award for the film's score.

Doug Scott and Ellen Anthony, who played the younger Dahlberg children, were found in Lawrence ( Anthony was the daughter of the film's Kansas casting director Jack Wright ).

Many complaints about the film's accuracy, however, centre on the characterisation of Lawrence himself.

Lawrence's sexual orientation remains a controversial topic amongst historians ; though Bolt's primary source was ostensibly Seven Pillars, the film's portrayal seems informed by Richard Aldington's then-recent Biographical Inquiry ( 1955 ), which posited among other things that Lawrence was homosexual.

( In fairness to Lean and his writers, the Deraa connection was made by several Lawrence biographers, including Edward Robinson ( Lawrence the Rebel ) and Anthony Nutting ( The Man and the Motive ) before the film's release.

Contemporary biographer Basil Liddell Hart publicly criticized the film, engaging screenwriter Robert Bolt in a lengthy correspondence over the film's portrayal of Lawrence.

A particularly telling fact of the film's inaccuracies is the reaction of those who knew Lawrence and the other characters.

Take an ounce of narcissism, a pound of exhibitionism, a pint of sadism, a gallon of blood-lust and a sprinkle of other aberrations and stir well .” Lowell Thomas was also critical of the portrayal of Lawrence and most of the film's characters, believing that the train attack scenes were the only reasonably accurate aspect of the film.

" Stephen E. Tabachnick goes further than Korda, arguing that the film's portrayal of Lawrence is " appropriate and true to the text of Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back ( also known as The Empire Strikes Back ) is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, with George Lucas writing the film's story and serving as executive producer.

* Lawrence of Arabia ( with Michael Wilson ) ( 1962 )-despite disputes between Wilson and Bolt over who contributed what to the script, Bolt provided most of the film's dialogue and the interpretation of the characters while Wilson provided the story and outline.

Because the film's actors received no mention, Griffith had to make discreet enquiries to learn she was Florence Lawrence and to arrange a meeting.

This character was modeled on Goldsmith as stated by the film's director Oliver Stone in the DVD special feature documentary and the director's commentary as Sir Lawrence Wildman is introduced.

The film's playwrights, Anthony Lawrence and Allan Weiss, were nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical.

On the film's Japanese actors, she writes that " the two main Japanese characters who have brought him to this understanding are Sergeant Hara ( Takeshi ), a brutal figure who taunts Lawrence while also admiring him, and Captain Yonoi ( Ryuichi Sakamoto ), the handsome young camp commander, who has a fierce belief in the samurai code.

The film's origins date back to 1992, when Pitt, who was not yet well-known, got a script from producer Lawrence Gordon ; three years later, Pitt suggested Ford as Tom O ' Meara, which at that time was more of a character role.

He based the film's cinematography, use of desert landscapes, and filming of battle scenes on David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia, also using many of the same sets, including the " Aqaba " set which had been constructed for Lean's film, here serving as the setting for the final, three-way battle between the Berbers, the Europeans and their Moroccan allies, and the Americans.

The film's format is a story being told by an elderly inmate ( Babatundé ) about two of his friends ( Murphy and Lawrence ), who are both wrongly convicted of murder and given a life sentence in prison.

During production, Hudlin said that whenever David Alan Grier and Martin Lawrence worked, the film's crew usually worked a little slower because wherever they were, there would be so much comedy being generated and they were so funny that everyone wanted to hang out near where they were throughout the day.

In the Charlotte Observer, Lawrence Toppman praised the acting work, but had questions about plot holes and how some of the film's premises would be accepted by Christian viewers.

In a September 2007 interview, screenwriter Lawrence Wright attributed the film's disaster at the box office to Muslim and Arab protests at theaters playing the film, but also claimied that it was the most rented movie in America after the September 11 attacks.

The film's song title was written by Lawrence Edward Watkin, Paul J. Smith and Hazel " Gil " George.