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WATCH: The British Take on Accuracy in Oscar-Nominated Films

Daniel Day-Lewis at the Montecito Award ceremony at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

In the run up to the Oscars, the three best picture nominees with stories based on real people or events — Lincoln, Argo and Zero Dark Thirty — have all had the veracity of their storytelling challenged.

James Bond And The Argonauts: The 2013 BAFTAs

Robert Wade, Sam Mendes, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson and Neal Purvis with the award for Outstanding British Film for 'Skyfall' in the press room at the 2013 British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Opera House, Bow Street, London. URN:15760004 (Press Association via AP Images)

I’m pretty sure if a well-known British actor had tried his hand at directing, delivered a well-liked and unthodox thriller, starring himself, then taken it to an awards ceremony in America and walked off with two of the largest ...