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Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, The 250 is a fortnightly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.

This week, a special crossover episode with When Irish Eyes Are Watching, an Irish film podcast wherein Alex, Clíona and Séan take at a look at films connected to the Emerald Isle.

Together, they are covering Mel Gibson’s Braveheart.

A pseudo-historical epic, Braveheart follows William Wallace as he prepares to lead Scotland to its independence from the British crown.

At time of recording, it was ranked the 75th best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Show Notes:

• Recorded 17th June 2017.
• A special podcast episode recorded with Alex, Clíona and Séan. They were very gracious hosts.
• Listen to When Irish Eyes are Watching on their homepage.
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• Braveheart at The Internet Movie Database.
• The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
• Nathan Rabin at The Dissolve finally watches Braveheart, March 2015.
• People Magazine on Matthew Broderick’s car accident in Northern Ireland, August 1987.
• The American Humane Society discuss the conditions in which the animals in Braveheart were employed, January 1995.
• Aaron Hatch at The Artifice on the phenomenon of “women in refrigerators”, October 2015.
• Alex von Tunzelmann at The Guardian on the historical accuracy (or lack thereof) in Braveheart, July 2008.
• David Mikkelson at Snopes.com on the veracity of droit de seigneur (“prima noctis”), June 2005.
• Kyra Cornelius Kramer on the historical Princess Isabella and her relationship with Edward II, January 2015.
• George Rush and Joanna Molloy at New York Daily News on the GLAAD protests of Braveheart, May 1995.
• The Economist on the realities of medieval warfare, December 2010.
• The Hollywood Reporter on that time Mel Gibson threw an ashtray through a wall while negotiating to make Braveheart, April 2017.
• Kevin Fallon at The Atlantic on Braveheart as one of the lowest-grossing Best Picture winners, adjusted for inflation, January 2011.
• Mel Gibson talks to The Atlantic about toning down the violence in Braveheart, September 2011.
• Elisabeth Dickson at Death and Taxes on Mel Gibson’s continuity popularity, July 2010.
• Ben Child at The Guardian on how 75% of American audiences have no issue with Mel Gibson’s behaviour, August 2010.
• Daniel Vahab on Mel Gibson and Anti-Semitism in Hollywood, May 2016.
• Trailer for Daddy’s Home 2, starring Mel Gibson, June 2017.
• Matt Zoller Seitz at Salon on the controversy over Mel Gibson’s cameo in (and firing from) The Hangover 2, October 2010.
• Randall Wallace talks to NPR about the “Braveheart” generation and Scottish independence, September 2014.
• Christopher Hooton at The Independent on the surge in sales of Braveheart in the lead-up to the Scottish independence referendum, September 2014.
• Michelle Hennessy at The Journal on Mel Gibson’s opinion of the “smartass” Irish reservists working on Braveheart, September 2014.
• Michelle Hennessy at The Journal talks with Irish reservists about what it was like to work on Braveheart, August 2014.
• Steven McKenzie at BBC.com on the clashes between Braveheart and Rob Roy over Scottish filming locations, May 2013.
• Mark Morris at The Guardian on Mel Gibson’s anglophobia, July 2000.
• Alex Santoso at Neatorama on the strange, sad story of the Wallace monument, July 2006.
• The Ardrossan Herald offers a coda to the strange, sad story of the Wallace monument, April 2016.
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