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Category Archives: “Based on a True Story”

The film is “based” on a true story. How closely is extremely debatable.

May 22nd, 2012: Z (1969)

Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged assassination, assassination attempt, Best Actor (Cannes), Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Picture Nominee, car accident, car attack, coma, conspiracy, Costa-Gravas, coup, doctor, France, Greece, hospital, informer, Irene Pappas, it's not over, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, journalist, Jury Prize (Cannes), Palme D'Or Nominee, paramilitary group, political group, politician, reluctant witness, surgery, Yves Montand

May 11th, 2012: The Leopard (1963)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged "Cast of Thousands", Alain Delon, aristocracy, ball, Burt Lancaster, class issues, Claudia Cardinale, decline, France, Garibaldi, Italy, Luchino Visconti, noble, revolution, revolutionaries, Sicily, Terrence Hill, Titanus

May 8th, 2012: The Big Red One (1980)

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1 Comment Posted in War Movies, Period Film, Adaptation, "Based on a True Story", Movie of the Day, Campaign History Tagged World War Two, children of famous people, Nazis, Lee Marvin, concentration camp, Lorimar Films, Sicily, Mark Hamill, Samuel Fuller, hard ass seargant, U.S. Army, Palm D'Or Nomination, Gene Corman, Israel, Normandy, Robert Carradine, Perry Lang, North Africa, Vichy, Czechoslovakia, D-Day, The Big Red One, amphibious landing

April 26th, 2012: Titus (1999)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Play, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Political Thriller, Revenge, Tragedy Tagged Alan Cumming, Angus Macfadyen, Anthony Hopkins, Best Costume Design Nominee, Britain, cannibalism, Colm Feore, double cross, Goths, Harry Lennix, insanity, Italy, Jessica Lange, Julie Taymor, Queen, rape, Rome, William Shakespeare

April 15th, 2012: Titanic (1997)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Disaster, Drama, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Tragedy Tagged Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Gloria Stuart, James Cameron, James Horner, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Leonardo DiCaprio

April 13th, 2012: M (1931)

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5 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Cops, Crime, Drama, German Expressionism, Movie of the Day, Serial Killer, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, child killer, Fritz Lang, Germany, Peter Lorre, police procedural, serial killer, trial

April 12th, 2012: The General (1926)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Black and White, Chase, Comedy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Silent, Slapstick, War Movies Tagged behind enemy lines, Buster Keaton, Civil War, train, train attack, train station, train wreck, triple threat, United Artists

April 11th, 2012: The Elephant Man (1980)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged Anne Bancroft, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Britain, Brooksfilm, David Lynch, Dexter Fletcher, doctor, freaks, freakshow, Freddie Francis, Freddie Jones, John Gielgud, John Hurt, Kenny Baker, London, Mel Brooks, nthony Hopkins, Paramount Pictures, sideshow, Wendy Hiller

March 24th, 2012: The Great Escape (1963)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Drama, Epic, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, P.O.W., Period Film, Prison, The Original, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Best Film Editing Nominee, blind, Charles Bronson, claustrophobia, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, Elmer Bernstein, James Coburn, James Garner, John Sturges, motorcycle, Nazis, Nigel Stock, pilots, prison, prison break, Richard Attenborough, solitary, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, tunnel, World War Two

March 8th, 2012: The Honeymoon Killers

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Black and White, Con, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller, True Crime Tagged child death, con artist, controlling mother, cult, Doris Roberts, double cross, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Leonard Kastle, low-budget, mother, mother-daugther relationship, New York City, nurse, pregnancy, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco

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