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16 Things 'True' Story Movies Got Wrong

We all know that Hollywood likes to take certain licenses when they're telling the story of people who actually existed. But, in the course of trying to make already dramatic stories even more so, filmmakers make changes or omissions so glaring, that we question whether or not they actually studied the source material at all.

We're talking about things like ...

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IN THE IMITATION GAME, COMMANDER ALASTAIR DENNISTON IS PORTRAYED AS A TERRIBLE PERSON LOOKING TO SABOTAGE ALAN TURING'S CODE-BREAKING CAREER AT EVERY

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16 Things 'True' Story Movies Got Wrong

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The real Captain Phillips is no hero like he was hailed in the movie. Phillips ignored multiple warnings from Maritime authorities, and his crew's req

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CRACKED.CON In Dallas Buyers Club, Ron Woodroof occasionally flirts with his pretty doctor Eve Saks (Jennifer Garner) Actually, Eve Saks never existed

PATITON In the 1970 film starring George. C. Scott, General Patton delivers an impressive-yet profanity free speech boasting about how the Allies are

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In Michael Bay's Pain & Gain the main characters are portrayed as goofy tough guys who decide to kidnap a dirtbag criminal in order to steal his money

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O TEXACO arbon con GOODVEAA CHAMPION Imes AELE James Hunt and Niki Lauda appear as bitter rivals in the movie, Rush. In reality, the two were actually

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CRACKEDCO William Ford, the lave-owner in 12 Years a Slave is portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch as a pompous hypocrite and a weak man. But in the ac

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Max Baer is shown as a murderous psychopath, who has killed multiple boxers in Cinderella Man. In fact, the real-life Max Baer did actually kill a box

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CRACKED COM In The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg only created Facebook because he wanted to attract women after a breakup. In reality, Mark Zuckerbe

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IN KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, THE PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM, HERACLIUS IS DEPICTED AS A COWARDLY, SELF-ABSORBED ASSHOLE. IN REAL LIFE, HE AND BALIAN ONCE OFFERED

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Steve Wozniak has stated that he doesn't talk in the accusing, aggressive way that is depicted in the 2015 film Steve Jobs CRAGKED

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In 2013's biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side, Jimi Hendrix is portrayed as a violent man and is even shown beating up his girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, wh

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CRACKED CON Lawrence of Arabia portrays General Edmund Allenby as a bastard who thinks he is superior to Lawrence and is cold-hearted towards the Arab

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CRACKED.COM In The King's Speech Winston Churchill appears to be on George VI's side. Actually he was a supporter of Nazi-sympathizer King Edward VI

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In the movie American Sniper(2012) about Iraq War veteran Chris Kyle, he was portrayed as being haunted by having the highest kill-count of any sniper

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