This coming Monday evening, July 31 at 6:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society begins a series of movie screenings, “Hollywood Does History… Poorly.” This series will “look at films that play fast and loose with history, often to absurd effect.” First in the series is Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989), starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, […]
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Brooklyn Historical Society Shows How Hollywood Gets History Wrong, For Free!
By Claude Scales on July 27, 2017 10:36 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, History, movies
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