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I'm taking out the bit under historical inaccuracies, saying that custer was mentally unstable. A claim as large as that about such an important figure in American lore certainly need to be backed up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.120.233.101 (talk) 18:19, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article unbalanced

This article's section on historical inaccuracies is disproportionately long; the mention of a good box office performance "despite" these inaccuracies does not belong in the lead or probably anywhere, as box office results are not particularly supposed to correlate to historical accuracy. The title of the article is not "Historical inaccuracies in They Died with their Boots On" and it should be adjusted to give appropriate weight to other topics.

--208.76.104.133 (talk) 06:59, 24 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. All movies are inaccurate to some extent, particularly 1930s westerns. The section is ridiculously overweighted and needs to be cut down dramatically.--Stetsonharry (talk) 22:04, 28 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I cannot help noticing that there are some inaccuracies regarding Custer's life as well. I think it is time for this article to be reviewed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.220.145.194 (talk) 12:52, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

At this point, no inaccuracies are listed, so now it's out of balance going the other way. Yet that's why I visited this article - I wanted to know what was real and what wasn't. Can't we add a section that hits the top three or five problems? Rklawton (talk) 17:33, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that almost everything in the film is inaccurate and fictionalized. Its correct on the major events, but everything else is wrong. He was from Michigan. He went to West Point and was at the bottom of his class. He fought in the civil war. He was wounnded and got married at home during the war. He went out west. He testified against figures in the Grant administration over corruption and died at Little Big Horn. The things I listed are the truth in the film. Everything else is mostly false. 184.20.115.141 (talk) 04:18, 9 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Iron Maiden song

Can someone write a paragraph about the Iron Maiden song "Die with your boots on"? The song is clearly about General Custer and possibly a direct reference to the film. 93.219.175.224 (talk) 09:12, 4 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Plot

I believe the last paragraph in the Plot section is more opinion then plot.

"Custer is portrayed as a fun-loving, dashing figure who chooses honor and glory over money and corruption. Though his "Last Stand" is probably treated as more significant and dramatic than it may have actually been, Custer follows through on his promise to teach his men "to endure and die with their boots on." In the movie's version of Custer's story, a few corrupt white politicians goad the western tribes into war, threatening the survival of all white settlers in the West. Custer and his men give their lives at Little Bighorn to delay the Indians and prevent this slaughter. A letter left behind by Custer absolves the Indians of all responsibility."

It is bordering more on commentary then simply stating the plot of the movie, especially the first two line. The Plot section should state the actually plot of the movie and not have someone's opinion inserted into it at the end. That is pretty sneaky. This last paragraph should either be removed or rewritten. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.85.242.18 (talk) 16:01, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Trivial content

In section 'Filming', we find "The film reunited Gone With The Wind cast members Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel". If there's no objection, I would delete that as too trivial and irrelevant to the subject. I shudder to think how much WP space could be swallowed by this type of extraneous factoid if allowable! Bjenks (talk) 10:19, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]