‘Braveheart’ opens at Seattle International Film Festival 20 years ago today (May 18 1995)


Video: 'Braveheart' trailer

(Thursday, May 18, 1995)Braveheart, an epic historical medieval war drama film about William Wallace, who rallies the Scottish against the English monarch and Edward I after he suffers a personal tragedy by English soldiers, opened today at the Seattle International Film Festival.

Directed by Mel Gibson, the film starred Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan and Catherine McCormack.