24 Based On True Story Movies Which Lie

Hollywood loves to spin a good yarn and tell us it's real.
24 Based On True Story Movies Which Lie

It's interesting whenever you watch a biopic or a movie about a historical event. They can be engaging and inspiring, knowing that real human beings persevered through difficult circumstances, even becoming heroes. These can be great stories, stories that grant people belief in the human spirit. However, Hollywood doesn't like to let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Whenever you see the phrase “based on the true story,” the key word is “based.” Hollywood does a lot to cover up certain details about people or events in biopics so the audience can root for someone without needing to feel conflicted about the people or the issues at hand. There are moments when the hero of the movie wasn't so much of a hero in their real life. Or that the villain(s) of the movie may not have been as bad as you were lead to believe.

Cracked readers got together to share about some “based on true events” stories that are anything but true:

THE REAL COLONEL SUPERVISING BUILDING OF THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWA ENCOURAGED HIS MEN TO SABOTAGE THE BRIDGE. The film centers around British comman
My Left Foot is the story of Christy Brown, a man with cerebral palsy who became a successful artist and writer. The film ended with him and his nurse
How Stella Got Her Groove Back is the true story of a 40-year-old woman who hooks up with a 20-year-old Jamaican man and finds love. The real life end
Claus von Stauffenberg, played by Tom Cruise in the movie Valkyrie, was actually more of a badass in real life. He lost an eye, a hand, and two additi
THE JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM, MADE FAMOUS IN COol RUNNINGS, WAS RECRUITED FROM THE ARMY, NOT RAGTAG FAILED SPRINTERS. George Fitch, who resented John Can
The mixed-race rugby team in Invictus that defied racism and became world champions was surprisingly racist. The actual South African team had serious
THE REAL ZORRO WAS BEHEADED. Joaquin Murrieta was a Mexican-bor California resident who suffered terrible persecution by White men, and formed of band
Titanic officer CRACKEDE William Murdoch, portrayed in the 1997 movie as a sleazy opportunist who took a bribe, shot two people, and then shot himself
50% of the birds in the documentary Winged Creative Migration were trained Getty birds, raised by the Photo: filmmakers and taught to fly in formation
The tragic personal life of the title character in The Butler; a movie based on actual White House butler EugeneAllen, never happened. The rape of his
College students at a Swedish university tried to replicate the results of eating high-calorie fast food documented in Supersie Me Filmmaker Morgan Sp
from the The exciting escape of Music, Sound Nazis in The over hiking with the family into happened. the mountains never Switzerland, The Von Trapp fa
At the conclusion of Koy the Jamke Foxx biopic about Ray Charles, the title character overcomes his heroin addiction and returns to his wife Della. Sa
24 Based On True Story Movies Which Lie
MONEYBALL Is THE STORY OF BILLY BEANE, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE OAKLAND A's WHO TURNED THE TEAM AROUND IN 2002 USING HIs OWN BRAND OF STATISTICAL AN
The real firm behind the movie Erin Brockovich raked off millions of dollars from the settlement earmarked for cancer patients, and made the townspeop
24 Based On True Story Movies Which Lie
Robin Williams' breakout role in Good Morning Vietnam was based more on Williams himself, than Adrian Cronauer. The comedy riffs, the anti-war stance,
24 Based On True Story Movies Which Lie
The climax of the movie rost-Nixon takes place when Richard Nixon drunk-dials David Frost and opens up to him. Frost is able to figure out how to get
The dramatic airport finale in ARGO never happened. The ticket debacle? Nope. The te confrontation with airport security? Nope. The armed men chasing
CRACKED AL PACINO Nearly got the DOGDAY man the film in was based on killled. In the movie, Pacino played a bank robber who failed to warn his partner
William Wallace, also known as Braveheart, wasn't the scrappy commoner he uas made out to be. He as actually a keight from a hoble family. His Father
A The movie 21 is about the MIT blackjack team. The character played by Jim Sturgess, a white guy, is based on Jeff Ma, who is Asian. Creative The sid
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