The Story of the Man Behind Movie Classics "Braveheart", "We Were Soldiers", "Secretariat", and Others — Screenwriter/Director Randall Wallace

Our American Stories

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Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 737 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Braveheart continues to capture the hearts of moviegoers around the world. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won five. Writer/director Randall Wallace (Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, The Man in the Iron Mask, Heaven Is for Real, Pearl Harbor, and more) shares the story of his journey that began in rural Tennessee—and led him to become one of the bravest men in Hollywood.

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0:00.0	In 2020, a group of young woman found themselves in an AI-fueled nightmare.
0:05.8	Someone was posting photos.
0:08.1	It was just me naked.
0:09.5	Well, not me, but me with someone else's body part.
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0:40.2	Roger Caron was 16 when first convicted.
0:42.8	Has spent 24 of those years in jail.
0:45.4	But when Roger Caron picked up a pen in paper, he went from an ex-con to a literary darling.
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1:09.4	No, no, no, no, no, no.
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1:18.6	My!
1:23.2	You're feeling this, too.
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1:31.4	I'm ready to fight.
1:32.8	Oh, this is fighting words.
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