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The National Gallery painting 'Thursday's Charge'

posted 12 years ago by mousalope
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From the IMDB trivia:

"Thursday's Charge, the painting referenced at the end which falsely depicts Lt. Col. Owen Thursday's last stand as him greatly outnumbered and fighting off the Indians to the best of his abilities, was actually one of the illustrations used to advertise for the film in it's initial release."

Just thought to look if I could find that image. Here it is.

http://www.davekehr.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/fort-apache-pressbo ok-cropped.jpg

[–] rnmackenzie 12 years ago

Thanks for the link! Fascinating image--and it shows how much they wanted the audience to make a Thursday-Custer connection.

[–] rayincumbria 10 years ago

Thank you.. I was wondering if such a picture existed, and if so, what it looked like.

few visible scars

[–] liscarkat (16434) 5 years ago

"which falsely depicts Lt. Col. Owen Thursday's last stand as him greatly outnumbered and fighting off the Indians to the best of his abilities"

He and his men were greatly outnumbered. He and they did fight to the best of their abilities.