Connections:
1. The scene where they are stuck in a car waiting for gas was showing the effects of the 1979 oil crisis caused by the Iranian Revolution
2. The Tehran hostage crisis news report is shown on the TV in Herb’s kitchen
3. The footage of the Soviets that they play on the tv during the film is real footage of the 1980 Soviet team
4. The guy that they casted to play Buzz Schneider was Buzz Schneider’s son…

Connections to history:
1. Louisiana doesn’t allow people to take the bar exam without going to law school which is why it was important that Frank had a fake diploma
2. The French prison that Frank was held in was representative of the true conditions of French prisons as in the past they have had many issues and violations with overcrowding and health violations
3. When Frank gets stewardesses at a college it is very different than how they actually…

Connections to history:
1. Mike is found at the Hoovervilles in the film which showed the makeshift villages people used to make with scraps when they couldn’t afford a home
2. By wearing the Star of David on his shorts in real life, Baer helped redefine how Jewish people were often portrayed in media at the time due to the economic and political struggles
3. Braddock would line up every day to try to get a job which is how…

Connections to history:
1. this film shows McCarthyism which was the campaign by McCarthy where many were accused of treason and being communists or communist sympathizers
2. Annie Lee Moss was a communications clerk in the US Army Signal Corps accused of being a communist in real life and when she was not found guilty she was rehired to a job in the government and it damaged McCarthy’s reputation further
3. All of McCarthy’s speeches were the real speeches from…