7 Movies based on True Stories that are complete.....

[HOZ]

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Here is a sample.
The Pursuit of Happyness

The Hollywood Version:
Chris Gardner is a hard-working man with a pain-in-the-ass wife and an adorable little son boasting one of the greatest afros we've ever seen on a child. All Gardner wants to do is make enough of a living to provide for his son.
Through what we assume is black magic, he solves a Rubik's Cube in record time, wowing an employee at Dean Witter and he apparently passes the only test needed to qualify a man to become a stock broker. He toils for months, sleeping in subways and churches with his son at his side, but in the end it all pays off when he claims the one and only opening at Dean Witter, crying tears of joy and getting jiggy wit it in the streets of San Francisco.
In reality ...
Gardner did get a chance to show his stuff in the Dean Witter training program (though we're sad to report his acceptance had nothing to do with solving a colorful puzzle game). But, as the more honest book version points out, he apparently wasn't quite the father the film made him out to be.
First, he was so focused on getting a job and earning his first million that, well, he actually didn't even know where the hell his son was for the first four months of the program.




The rest here

[flip]

Fargo says that it is real but in fact the Cohen brothers completely made it up.

[FanIn80]

http://www.cracked.com/article_15229...rs-can-do.html

[NuclearFart]

Funny how James Frey gets completely crucified for his book embelishments, whilst these movies get made without much controversy.

[Resolute 14]

The movies are exactly what is advertised. They are based on a true story. That is not a synonym for being faithful to the original story.

[Pagal4321]

People wouldn't want to see true stories that were EXACT replica's of reality. Just not entertaining.

[Mickey76]

Bringing down the House (which the movie 21 was based on) was largely fiction according to the Boston Globe.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Pagal4321

People wouldn't want to see true stories that were EXACT replica's of reality. Just not entertaining.

Band of Brothers would like to disagree

[Pagal4321]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

Band of Brothers would like to disagree

And while Band of Brothers is based on true events and has characters based on actual members of E Company.

Please read the long list of inaccuracies.....making it the same as the seven movies stated above.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_brothers

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Pagal4321

And while Band of Brothers is based on true events and has characters based on actual members of E Company.

Please read the long list of inaccuracies.....making it the same as the seven movies stated above.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_brothers

Every move based on a true story will have inaccuracies and parts that are changed for the movie. The inaccuracies in Band of Brothers are not as fundamentaly story changing as the 7 movies listed on cracked.com.

[Pagal4321]

Oh I get that....now I'm just grasping at straws, but the bottom line is no movie/mini series or anything would be nearly as entertaining if it was 100% accurate with history.

Band of Brothers succeeded in that light because of a great team that put it together.

[Mickey76]

Feel a little bit foolish. Didn't see the link in original post (which mentions 21)

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Pagal4321

Oh I get that....now I'm just grasping at straws, but the bottom line is no movie/mini series or anything would be nearly as entertaining if it was 100% accurate with history.

Band of Brothers succeeded in that light because of a great team that put it together.

I doubt anything that is based upon real life events could even get 100% accuracy anyway. Either they have to make it more entertaining, or appealing, or it just isn't possible to get all the facts straight and theories have to be created to fill in the blanks.

Pursuit of Happyness certainly wouldn't have been as appealing for people to see had they known that he was a drug user/seller and a deadbeat dad. They probably wouldn't have had Will Smith agree to play the role either.

[You Need a Thneed]

The Perfect Storm.

They have no idea what the true story actually is, plus the movie is terrible to boot.

[pepper24]

Originally Posted by flip

Fargo says that it is real but in fact the Cohen brothers completely made it up.

Love that movie.

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Pagal4321

And while Band of Brothers is based on true events and has characters based on actual members of E Company.

Please read the long list of inaccuracies.....making it the same as the seven movies stated above.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_brothers

all those inaccuracies are minor, and a lot are the result of controversy around the actual events. no matter how hard filmmakers try, they'll never get 100% accuracy on true live events. but BoB is as close as i've ever seen anyone get

[Frank the Tank]

Am I the only one who can say he honestly doesn't care anymore? Hollywood could say something like "Loosely based on events that may or may not have happened at any point in time or perhaps a parallel universe" and I honestly would not give a crap as long as it was a good movie and not some remake passed off as "original"?

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by flip

Fargo says that it is real but in fact the Cohen brothers completely made it up.

made up or real....that movie is f'n brilliant....one of the best movies made in the last 20 years.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

Am I the only one who can say he honestly doesn't care anymore? Hollywood could say something like "Loosely based on events that may or may not have happened at any point in time or perhaps a parallel universe" and I honestly would not give a crap as long as it was a good movie and not some remake passed off as "original"?

1000% agree.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by fotze

Shocker, I don't think a movie exists that you didn't like.

I have no idea what you're talking about.