Factual error: In the third chapter of the movie, as the Union soldiers run into the Crater, they are flying the fifty-star American flag which is not the correct flag for the time period. The flag, if it is counting all states, even Confederate states at that time, should have 35 stars. A star for West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia during the American Civil War, was added to the flag in 1863.
Cold Mountain (2003)
Plot summary
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins
Jude Law and Nicole Kidman play two people living in Cold Mountain who fall in love. Just as they declare their love, the Civil War breaks out and Inman has to go and fight. Eventually he deserts and returns to Ada, a long journey on which he meets a whole variety of people, and gets almost killed numerous times. Meanwhile, Ada has nearly starved to death, but is saved when Ruby (Renee Zellweger) turns up to help her run the farm. Ada and Ruby also have to fight against the Home Guard, bullies who stayed behind from the war that hunt deserters like Inman.
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More mistakes in Cold Mountain
Ada: I brought you this book... and this photo. I'm not smiling in it. I don't know how to do that... hold a smile.
Trivia: Natalie Portman, who plays Sara, originally auditioned for the part of Ada.
Question: What does Ada say to her daughter at the table at the end of the film?
Answer: I don't know the exact words, but she says something like, "No one told you to eat yet, Miss Inman." This was probably just to let the audience know for sure that she was Inman's daughter from their one night together.
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Answer: I hear "Grace Inman, nobody said you could eat."