“True Story” movies that weren’t true – It’s no secret that Hollywood often takes liberties when it comes to “true stories.” In order to make their fact-based source material seem more interesting to a movie-going audience, filmmakers tend to embellish certain details or omit others, bringing into question just how “true” the story actually is.
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For that matter, how objective is any “true story” when it’s told through the subjective lens of a filmmaker? To take that line of thought one step further, can anything be said to be truly true, in the purest form? What is reality, man? Aren’t we all just living our lives through our own solipsistic points of view? How do I know that other people are real? Maybe it’s all just a product of my imagination. Whoa.
That’s enough philosophizing for now. Here’s the list of 10 true story movies that weren’t true at all. Some of them are mostly factual and merely neglect to mention a few important details, while others are riddled with errors. And some of the films on this list claim to be based on true stories when in fact they are works of fiction.
(WARNING: THIS LIST CONTAINS SPOILERS!)
10. The Revenant
The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in what many project will be his first Oscar-winning role, is based on Michael Punke’s novel “The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge”, which is itself based on the true story of famous American frontiersman Hugh Glass. As Aaron Gell noted in an article for Maxim, the ending of the film differs greatly from what happened in real life. (SPOILER ALERT): In the film, Hugh Glass has a bloody fight with his enemy, John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy), ultimately leading to Fitzgerald’s death. In real life, however, Glass was unable to exact his revenge on Fitzgerald. As Gell points out, Fitzgerald enlisted in the army, and he and Glass would never meet again. Regardless of whether or not it sticks to its factual source, The Revenant is still one of the best films of the year.
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