There’s been a handful of movies based around the mountain men,, we are all quite familiar with the Robert Redford “ Jerimiah Johnson “ film,,, which is pretty much the Disney version,,,
What movie would you like to see made, about a particular mountain man,, that would be 100 percent historical accurate .
I personally would like to see one about Jedediah smith…

The Revenant, but mostly been ridiculed here.

For me it would 100% be about the life of Joe Meek. I love that guy's sense of humor.

Jedediah Smith would have a lot of drama. Most of his men died in Indian massacres. Eventually Smith himself was killed by the Commanches leading a trading expedition to Santa Fe.

He was indeed,,, but jed sure did a lot too,,, he took alot of risks as a young man that even grown men shirked away from.

My initial thought was a film about Manual Lisa would be interesting starting in St Louis then following Lewis and Clarks foot steps to present day Montana .

Jim Bridger is an other interesting fella .

Hugh Glasses true story. Starting with him being shanghaied onto a pirate ship

John Coulter would make an excellent subject for a new movie. He was the original mountain man that ended up screwed by the Fed’s in the end, out of his money earned on the Lewis and Clarke vacation. Most trappers can probably relate.

Jim Bridger

yep, me too on the revenant.

There were quite a few old trappers that never got famous. Some stayed in the west and lived till they were old. I imagine any of them could be the basis for a hit movie without embellishment. Most of them illiterate and their stories gone with the ashes of the campfires they were told around.

Kinda off but I'd like to see the Terry C Johnstons series made into something good. Matter of fact any of his series' would be good, I think.
How the West was Won and Centennial characters were pretty alright too I thought.

This is a list of explorers, trappers, guides, and other frontiersmen known as "Mountain Men". Mountain men are most associated with trapping for beaver from 1807 to the 1840s in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Most moved on to other endeavors, but a few of them followed or adopted the mountain man life style into the 20th century.

List
Name DOB–DOD Years Active Native Country Comments
Albert, John 1806–1899 1834–1847 United States
Ashley, William Henry 1778–1838 1822–1828 United States
Baker, Jim 1818–1898 1839–1873 United States
Barclay, Alex 1810–1855 1838–1855 Barclay was a British-born frontiersman of the American West. After working in St. Louis as a bookkeeper and clerk, he worked at Bent's Old Fort. He then ventured westward where he was a trapper, hunter, and trader.[1]
Beckwourth, Jim 1798–1866 1824–1866 United States
Bent, Charles 1799–1847 1828–1846 United States
Bent, William 1809–1869 1826–1869 United States
Biggs,Thomas 1812–1855 1835–1855 United States
Beaver, Black 1806–1880 United States
Bridger, Jim 1804–1881 1822–1868 United States [2]
Bissonet dit Bijou, Joseph 1778–1836 1812–1836 France [3]
Bissonette, Joseph 1818–1894
Bonneville, Benjamin 1796–1878 1832–1835 France Washington Irving wrote about him, making him famous in his lifetime. The Bonneville Salt Flats are named after him.
Brown, John 1817–1889 1841–1849 United States Fur trapper, trader, rancher, and merchant in and around Pueblo, Colorado.
Brown, Kootenay 1839–1916 1862–1910 Ireland
Richard Campbell 1824– United States Led first trapper party (from Taos) to sell beaver pelts in California, 1827[4]
Campbell, Robert 1804–1879 1825–1835 Ireland
Carson, Kit 1809–1868 1825–1868 United States Carson became a frontier legend in his own lifetime through news articles and dime novels.
Charbonneau, Jean 1805–1866 1829–1866 United States
Clyman, James 1792–1880 1823–1848 United States
Coulter, John 1774–1813 1803–1810 United States During the winter of 1807–1808, he explored the area that is now Yellowstone and the Tetons. He is widely considered to be the first mountain man.[5]
Craig, Bill 1807–1869 United States
Culbertson, Alexander 1809–1879 1829–1858, 1868–1878
Drips, Andrew 1789–1860
Drouillard, George 1774–1810 1804–1810 United States
Ebbert, George 1810–1890 1823–1836 United States
Estes, Joel 1806–1875 1833–1875 United States Founder of Estes Park Colorado, a frontiersman, hunter, fur trader, explorer, gold prospector, and mountain man.
[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Ferris, Warren 1810–1873 United States
Finlay, Jocko 1768–1828 1806–1828 Canada
Fallon, LeGros d. 1848 1826–1848 United States Real name: William O. Fallon
Fitzpatrick, Thomas "Broken Hand" 1799–1854 Ireland
Fraeb, Henry d. 1841 1829–1841
Fontenelle, Lucien 1800–1840 1819–1840
Garcia, Andrew 1853–1943 United States
Glass, Hugh 1780–1833 1800–1833
Godin, Antoine 1805–1836 1817–1836 Canada
Goodyear, Miles 1817–1849 1836–1847 United States
Graham, Isaac 1800–1863 1830–1840 United States
Greenwood, Caleb 1763–1850 1810–1834 United States
Hamilton, Bill 1822–1908
Harris, Moses 1800–1849 United States He is also known as Black Harris, and to a lesser extent Black Squire and Major Harris.
Helm, Boone 1828–1864 1850–1864 United States
Henry, Andrew 1775–1832 1809–1824 United States
Jackson, David 1788–1837 1822–1832 United States
Janis, Antoine 1822–1890 1836–1858
Kinman, Seth 1815–1888 1849–1864 United States
Kirker, James 1793–1852 1822–1849 Ireland
Leonard, Zenas 1809–1857 1831–1857 United States
Leroux, Antoine 1803–1861 1822–1861 United States
Johnson, Liver-Eating 1824–1900 United States Real name: John Jeremiah Garrison Johnston
Lilly, Bill 1856–1936 United States
Lisa, Manuel 1772–1820 1789–1820
Lupton, Lancaster 1807–1885 1835–1844 United States
Medina, Mariano 1812–1878 United States Born in Taos, New Mexico, Medina settled in the Big Thompson Valley in 1858, establishing Fort Namaqua and the Namaqua settlement, now within Loveland, Colorado. He operated a trading post, stage station, and toll bridge.[2]
Meek, Joe 1810–1875 1828–1850 United States
Meek, Stephen 1805–1889 1827–1889 United States
Moore, Bear 1850–1924 Real name: James Moore United States [17]
Newell, Doc 1807–1869 1829–1869
Nidever, George 1802–1883 1830–1853 United States
Ogden, Pete 1794–1854 1809–1847 Canada
Osborne Russell 1814- 1884 1834-1843 United States Osborne Russell Russell, Osborne (1921). Journal of a Trapper: Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains (1834-1843). Boise, Idaho: Symes-York Company. p. 31.
Pattie, James Ohio 1804–1851? 1824–1830 United States
Perkins, “Moccasin Bill” 1825–1904 1860–1904 United States William Henry Perkins (Not to be confused with Buffalo Bill. Not to be confused with Moccasin Bill, Cunning Serpent of Ojibwah")
Provost, Etienne 1785–1850 1822–1830 Canada [18]
Rose, Edward 1780–1833 1807–1833 United States
Russell, Osborne 1814–1892 1834–1845 United States [19]
Paxton, George 1821–1848 United Kingdom
Purcell, James fl. 1802–? United States [20]
Sage, Rufus 1817–1893 1841–1844 United States
Smith, Jedediah 1799–1831 1822–1831 United States
Smith, John Simpson 1810–1871 1830–1871 United States Uncle John, Blackfoot Smith
Smith, Pegleg 1801–1866 United States
Straw, Nat 1857–1941 [21]
Stump, Bear Killer, Daddy, Doc., Father 1777–1860 1820–1860 State of Deseret Traded with Chief Wanship, Washakie mentioned on page 121-122 in Osbourne Russell's Journal, wintered on Antelope Island, raised Peaches, Summer ranged, trapped South Cache Valley, Helped LDS Pioneers, Murderer Mystery.
Stevens, Montague 1859–1953 United Kingdom [17]
St. Vrain, Ceran 1802–1870 United States
Sublette, Milton 1801–1837 1823–1835 United States
Sublette, Bill 1799–1845 1823–1832 United States
Tevanitagon, Pierre ?–1828 1822–1828 Canada An Iroquois from Quebec
Tobin, Tom 1823–1904 1837–1878 United States
Trask, Elbridge 1815–1863 1835–1852 United States
Turner, John 1807 1847 United States Turner survived three Native American massacres, one in 1827 on the Colorado River with the Jedediah Smith expedition, one in 1828 with Smith on the Umpquah River, and one in 1835 on the Rogue River. He later used his survival skills to lead the second round of the Donner Party rescue effort.
Vasquez, Lou 1798–1868 1723–1858 [2]
Walker, Joe 1798–1876 1832–1863 United States
Weaver, Pauline 1797–1867 1830–1867 United States His given name Powell was changed to the more-familiar to Spanish speakers Paulino, which in turn was changed to Pauline by English speakers
Weber, John 1779–1859 1822–1840 Germany
Wetzel, Lewis 1752–1808 1786–1791 United States
Williams, Old Bill 1787–1849 1812–1849 United States
Wooten, Dick 1816–1893 United States
Wyeth, Nathaniel 1802–1856 1832–1837 United States
Yount, Harry 1839–1924 1866–1924 United States

History books are likely about as accurate as modern day mainstream media news outlets,,,,,

Jim Bridger and Osborne Russell stories would be good, but I think Kit Carson the best subject because it would span more than just the RMFT era and show the transition into the westward migration.

Some indians have a whole different view of kit carson

Jackie Malone

I've been reading a lot more about John "Blackfoot" Smith. A man truly between two worlds.

Most folks would claim it was fiction.

… yeah and most would probably quit watching when they got to the part where he was a stunt double in brokeback mountain

Any historically accurate mountain man story would be interesting to me.

What I would love to see is an accurate high budget movie of the Core of Discovery, Lewis &Clark story.