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History vs. Hollywood

Overview

History vs. Hollywood is a television show on the History Channel in the United States. On the show, experts are interviewed on the historical accuracy of a film that is based on a historical event. For example the movie The Last Samurai was featured in one episode in which military historian Geoffrey Wawro, professor of history at the University of North Texas, and director of the university's Barsanti center for military-history, compared the movie with the actual events. On the show the expert guests discuss the factual accuracy of the film as well as the everyday objects that a person of the particular time period would have seen. In some episodes an expert or the host will go on a journey to the actual historical sites depicted in the film, or interview someone who witnessed the event firsthand. In each of the more than dozen episodes both expert guests and filmmakers will discuss the historical accuracy of the film dramatized. The series was first released in 1999, and had been produced on a semi-regular basis continuing through at least 2005. The program was conceived and created by producer Steven Jack who also directed a majority of the episodes. Although the hour long programs were made for television most episodes were shot on 35mm film which heightened its authentic looking recreations and aided in earning critical praise for its efforts to both entertain and educate.
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Cast

Burt Reynolds profile
Burt Reynolds

Narrator

Total episodes: 1

Kyung Moon Hwang profile
Kyung Moon Hwang

Self - Professor of Korean History, USC

Total episodes: 1

Richard D. Zanuck profile
Richard D. Zanuck

Self (as Richard Zanuck)

Total episodes: 1

Robert Altman profile
Robert Altman

Self

Total episodes: 1

Kim Atwood profile
Kim Atwood

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Elliott Gould profile
Elliott Gould

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Donald Sutherland profile
Donald Sutherland

Self

Total episodes: 1

Tom Skerritt profile
Tom Skerritt

Self

Total episodes: 1

Otto Apel profile
Otto Apel

Self - Surgeon, 8076 MASH

Total episodes: 1

Harry S. Truman profile
Harry S. Truman

Self - President of the United States (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Eugene Hesse profile
Eugene Hesse

Self - Surgical Technician, 8055 MASH

Total episodes: 1

Mary Quinn profile
Mary Quinn

Self - Nurse, 8055 MASH

Total episodes: 1

Burt Reynolds profile
Burt Reynolds

Narrator

Total episodes: 1

Kyung Moon Hwang profile
Kyung Moon Hwang

Self - Professor of Korean History, USC

Total episodes: 1

Richard D. Zanuck profile
Richard D. Zanuck

Self (as Richard Zanuck)

Total episodes: 1

Robert Altman profile
Robert Altman

Self

Total episodes: 1

Kim Atwood profile
Kim Atwood

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Elliott Gould profile
Elliott Gould

Self (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Donald Sutherland profile
Donald Sutherland

Self

Total episodes: 1

Tom Skerritt profile
Tom Skerritt

Self

Total episodes: 1

Otto Apel profile
Otto Apel

Self - Surgeon, 8076 MASH

Total episodes: 1

Harry S. Truman profile
Harry S. Truman

Self - President of the United States (archive footage)

Total episodes: 1

Eugene Hesse profile
Eugene Hesse

Self - Surgical Technician, 8055 MASH

Total episodes: 1

Mary Quinn profile
Mary Quinn

Self - Nurse, 8055 MASH

Total episodes: 1

Extra

Release Date

January 22, 2001

Last air Date

August 7, 2001

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Networks

History logo

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seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1

Aired on: 2001 | 5 Episodes

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