10 Movies Ruined By Glaring Factual Inaccuracies
10. Django Unchained: Sunglasses Didn't Arrive In The US Until 1929
Jamie Foxx's titular hero looks all kinds of cool in his shades throughout Django Unchained, particularly during the memorable final scene when he lights up a cigarette after destroying the Candyland Plantation.
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As much as it pains to shatter this illusion, Django's fashion choices would have been impossible in the US circa 1858, the year the film is set, since sunglasses weren't available in that part of the world until many decades later.
America's first set of shades was sold from a Woolworth on the Atlantic City boardwalk by Sam Foster in 1929.
Quentin Tarantino may have a reputation as a perfectionist, but this is one historical fact that passed him by. Or maybe he just ignored it since Django looks so fetching in those dark glasses.
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