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Fargo.

I know the "True" disclaimer for the TV show is bullshit, but wasn't the movie actually based on real life events?

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Catch Me if You Can
Goodfellas
My Blue Heaven (little is it known, that this is the sequel to Goodfellas. Google it. :smokin)
Casino
Stand and Deliver
The Ghost and the Darkness
Private Parts
Saving Private Ryan
Angela's Ashes
Behind Enemy Lines
Bully
21
Ed Wood
Cool Runnings
A League of Their Own
Lean on Me
La Bamba
Full Metal Jacket


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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:

Saving Private Ryan? Behind Enemy Lines? Which of those characters were actual people?
Ghost and the Darkness seems much more fictionalized that I had in mind.


Good call on Casino and League of Their Own.


Since My Blue Heaven was released first, wouldn't Goodfellas be the prequel?

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Catch Me if You Can
Goodfellas
My Blue Heaven (little is it known, that this is the sequel to Goodfellas. Google it. :smokin)
Casino
Stand and Deliver
The Ghost and the Darkness
Private Parts
Saving Private Ryan
Angela's Ashes
Behind Enemy Lines
Bully
21
Ed Wood
Cool Runnings
A League of Their Own
Lean on Me
La Bamba
Full Metal Jacket


Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Originally posted by Moose:
Saving Private Ryan- Fritz Niland
Behind Enemy Lines- Scott O’Grady

Both heavily fictionalized.

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One I didn’t see listed is Gettysburg.
But I’m a little biased since I got to see it with a bunch of reenactors at a special screening.
That was a fun night.

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One I didn’t see listed is Gettysburg.
But I’m a little biased since I got to see it with a bunch of reenactors at a special screening.
That was a fun night.

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Do you know if Band of Brothers was from actual events, or just general war anecdotes?

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I think Rob Roy is a superior film to Braveheart, and I love Braveheart.

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If not for bafflack, Argo could be on my list.

But Munich should not have slipped my mind this long.

Next month is Chappaquiddick, but other than Kate Mara I'm not sure the cast can raise it above the despicable event.

I don't recall if The Help was actual or not.

Hidden Figures was quite good, but the only decent authority figure was the fictional character.


They weren't at this level for me, but did nobody like Free State of Jones, or 12 Years A Slave? Rob Roy? Alexander? Gallipoli? Papillon or The Great Escape?

Although the story is certainly hard to verify, Troy seemed to be faithful to the tales handed down from the ancients, and the dig site of that incarnation of the City seems to confirm portions of the tale.
Similarly King Arthur seemed to me the most faithful version to history (King Otha), so far. As more about him is unearthed, better versions might be forthcoming.

The Indianapolis is hard to watch.

Although not very accurate, U-571 was apparently loosely based upon Operation Primrose, HMS Bulldog taking U-110. Some of the inaccuracies may have been due to the sensitive Secrets, and lack of full declassification by the time the film was made.

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Huh....

Henry Hill. Hank Hill?

Was King of the Hill the sequel to My Blue Heaven?

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Hard pass on that one. I don't know why anybody would want to watch a movie like that, let alone why anybody would create it in the first place.

Then again, I've never seen a Saw movie, and have zero interest in anything resembling them. It's bad enough that fake movies about human torture are so popular. People are sick.

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The creative team for TGND had spent 9 years trying to get it made, with many false starts. The author of the book just passed in Jan 2018. An American Crime was released a few months apart in 2007, based upon the court transcripts of the same events.
Since Saw (2004) and Hostel (2005) had shown the draw for Fake torture-porn, filming a non-fake story likely seemed a reasonable idea.

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The creative team for TGND had spent 9 years trying to get it made, with many false starts. The author of the book just passed in Jan 2018. An American Crime was released a few months apart in 2007, based upon the court transcripts of the same events.
Since Saw (2004) and Hostel (2005) had shown the draw for Fake torture-porn, filming a non-fake story likely seemed a reasonable idea.

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The "creative team", huh? I think that's a bit generous.


I find myself grateful that I live in a country that allows movies like this to be made and shown to the public, but at the same time very disappointed that enough people go to see them that they keep being made.

I can only imagine what watching movies like this do to a person that is hopped up on a prescribed dose of whatever poison their drug dealers in white labcoats addled their brains with.

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Have you ever read the book Lord of The Flies?

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Suspect Zero. Although the exact events of the story are not likely based upon actual events, the whole basis and practice of the portrayed procedure are based on actual practices, which most viewers are likely to not believe. The Bonus Material on the DVD includes the excellent Demonstration for the Director, staged for him to better understand how to film the process.

Patch Adams.
Awakenings.
The Rookie, Dennis Quaid.
The Rookie, Nathan Fillion. His love interest is reportedly Melissa O'Neil, another Canadian. His Sergeant is apparently played by Richard T Jones (Terminator: TSCC) and I itch to hear those 2 sharing stories about Summer.

Hacksaw Ridge.
Walking Tall, Joe Don Baker
Brubaker. The first role I recall Morgan Freeman in.
Belle. This the the best role I've seen Gu Gu in so far, with Cloverfield not out yet.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Suspect Zero. Although the exact events of the story are not likely based upon actual events, the whole basis and practice of the portrayed procedure are based on actual practices, which most viewers are likely to not believe. The Bonus Material on the DVD includes the excellent Demonstration for the Director, staged for him to better understand how to film the process.

Patch Adams.
Awakenings.
The Rookie, Dennis Quaid.
The Rookie, Nathan Fillion. His love interest is reportedly Melissa O'Neil, another Canadian. His Sergeant is apparently played by Richard T Jones (Terminator: TSCC) and I itch to hear those 2 sharing stories about Summer.

Hacksaw Ridge.
Walking Tall, Joe Don Baker
Brubaker. The first role I recall Morgan Freeman in.
Belle. This the the best role I've seen Gu Gu in so far, with Cloverfield not out yet.

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"Walking Tall" with Joe Don Baker was a good film. I didn't think much of the one with the Rock in it.

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