Sorry if this has been posted before (It's about a year old...), but I just found it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5263164.stm
Thought it was a classy move on his part. Would have been classy-
er if he had not done it in the first place.

And, while he ackknowledges the change from British to American, he mentions nothing of the other historical and technical inaccuracies of the film.
I have to admit it was one of my favorite films when I was younger -- before I discovered SH2 and 3 and Subsim where I learned the REAL history. The film was quite entertaining.