"Braveheart" opened in theaters 25 years ago, making Mel Gibson's Scottish hero William Wallace a global superstar. The star shares his memories.

An epic film, with an even grander origin story. In 1995, director Mel Gibson’s historical blockbuster Braveheart started its journey to becoming a modern film classic. With a box office take of ...

Braveheart, Mel Gibson’s 1995 film about William Wallace, is notoriously riddled with inaccuracies, from the imagined blue face paint donned by the Scottish warrior to the anachronistic tartan ...

The film reaches its climax with the deaths of William Wallace at the gallows and King Edward I on his deathbed. Though Wallace’s death is somewhat accurate, in reality Longshanks died some two ...

It’s been more than 25 years since Mel Gibson delivered his impassioned speech while depicting William Wallace in Braveheart, yet fans can still hear him shouting it now. The film went on to win ...

Most Americans know the story of Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace from Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning 1995 film “Braveheart.” Now, nearly 20 years later, Discovery Channel is dipping ...

The 1995 film Braveheart, starring Mel Gibson as the medieval Scottish knight Sir William Wallace, turns 25 this month. Archaeologists think they may have located the hidden fort he used during ...

A Victorian era depiction of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, which took place on September 11, 1297 Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Braveheart, Mel Gibson’s 1995 film about William Wallace ...