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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
Even though there’s novels, TV shows, other movies and even toys to use as inspiration for their films, Hollywood writers still love to adapt real stories. Sometimes the result is a painful mangling of the facts (A Beautiful Mind, anyone?), but often the real story is as captivating as any a writer could have come up with. We’ve compiled 15 films, some based on true stories and some that are too good to be true. Can you tell the truth from fiction?
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Cool! 87% - I’ll take that. There were a few that I remembered in book form from my days as a bookseller (i.e., fiction vs. nonfiction), so that helped a lot.
posted by Roger on 2-19-2008 at 12:06 pm
Wow! 93% - I’m so proud!
posted by CB on 2-19-2008 at 12:16 pm
80% yo
posted by TMo on 2-19-2008 at 12:24 pm
14 out of 15. Whoo hoo!
posted by JaneM on 2-19-2008 at 12:27 pm
87 percent! Missed Double Indemnity altogether and went against my gut on Mystic River (doh! I should know better!)
posted by Kristen on 2-19-2008 at 12:56 pm
I know my movies…and this quiz proves it!
posted by beth on 2-19-2008 at 1:27 pm