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Line 126: − # The shooting occurs at a Post Office precinct. The sheriff closes the polls early, an armed GI election judge objects, and a deputy calmly shoots the GI in the right flank. The deputies then remove two ballot boxes from that precinct.+ − # The chief veteran challenger is running for mayor, not sheriff.+ − # The first shot at the jail rings out when a deputy leans out of a window and harangues the besiegers. One besieger breaks discipline and fires a shot without orders.+ − # The veterans manage to get close enough to leave a demolition charge with wires and a detonator.+ +
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= Film adaptation =
= Film adaptation =
In 1992, the Hallmark Hall of Fame released ''An American Story'', a fictionalized account of the Battle of Athens.<ref name=Hallmark>''An American Story.'' Directed by John Gray. With Brad Johnson, Kathleen Quinlan, Tom Sizemore, et al. Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, 1992. <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103673/></ref> This project changes most of the names of the characters. It also changes key details of the election and the battle that followed:
In 1992, the Hallmark Hall of Fame released ''An American Story'', a fictionalized account of the Battle of Athens.<ref name=Hallmark>''An American Story.'' Directed by John Gray. With Brad Johnson, Kathleen Quinlan, Tom Sizemore, et al. Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, 1992. <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103673/></ref> This project changes most of the names of the characters. It also changes key details of the election and the battle that followed:
# The shooting occurs at a Post Office precinct. The sheriff closes the polls early, an armed GI election judge objects, and a deputy calmly shoots the GI in the right flank. The deputies then remove two ballot boxes from that precinct.
# The chief veteran challenger is running for mayor, not sheriff.
# The first shot at the jail rings out when a deputy leans out of a window and harangues the besiegers. One besieger breaks discipline and fires a shot without orders.
# The veterans manage to get close enough to leave a demolition charge with wires and a detonator.
None of these things occurred as the movie depicts, of course. Nor does the movie depict any of the violent acts on the part of deputies. Perhaps the producers told this tame version of events to avoid lawsuits by any surviving members of the Cantrell, Mansfield, or Woods families.
None of these things occurred as the movie depicts, of course. Nor does the movie depict any of the violent acts on the part of deputies. Perhaps the producers told this tame version of events to avoid lawsuits by any surviving members of the Cantrell, Mansfield, or Woods families.