I've never read anything like it," Gibson said of the film's script, which he later added was penned by himself alongside his brother and Randall Wallace (Braveheart) over a seven-year period.

Regardless of how accurate Braveheart was as history ... From a vantage point 71 years on, the decision to give the Best Picture Oscar to Cecil B DeMille’s circus epic in 1952 is truly baffling.

Both Braveheart and Pocahontas featured in the UK's Top 10 highest grossing movies of the year. From Braveheart’s William Wallace to Wallace & Gromit; 1995 ended with the third instalment of ...