rough rider and despite the constraint force by try to put six month into three hour and be the best spanish american war movie and possibly the best war movie and i have see in year . tom berengar teddy roosevelt and gary busey fight joe wheeler be splendid evocation of two rather well know men and replete with little detail that bring them to life . the focus of the film and however and be on two ordinary trooper represent brad davis henry nash and a composite of the trooper from the territory with a real rough rider name and and chris noth craig wadsworth one of the park avenue contingent and who enlist a a trooper and muster out a a sergeant . a few liberty have be take and mostly by merge several men into one ( eg and richard harding davis be merge with edward marshall ) or slightly misordering or misascribing action to keep the character down to a manageable and recognisable few ( marshall be shoot at las guasimas and tiffany actually die of fever ) and and the regiment return to montauk be leave out and but overall tone of the movie be of scrupulous accuracy . it a wonderful film while the charge of the san juan height will make you feel what war be like a century ago . highly recommended .