Post by K-r-i-z-a on Jan 26, 2021 7:20:05 GMT
A-Z Movies Based on Real Life Events - Briefly state event
01. ALIVE - A plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team with friends and family, crashes in the Andes Mountains.
02. Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Mutiny of the Russian navy
03. Catch Me If You Can - the story of Frank Abagnale, jr. , a young fraudster
04. Dillinger (1945) - story of John Dillinger, bank robber and gangster.
05. Exodus (1960) – The founding of the modern State of Israel.
06. Frost/Nixon - based on David Frost's televised interviews with Richard Nixon
07. Gorillas in the Mist - the story of primatoligist and conservationist Dian Fossey
08. Hell to Eternity (1960) – Experiences of Marine hero Pfc. Guy Gabaldon,an Hispanic boy raised by a Japanese American foster family, and his heroic actions during the WW2 Battle of Saipan
09. Inherit the Wind - Loosely based on "the Monkey Trial"
10. Judas and the Black Messiah - The story of Fred Hampton,
of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal
11. Killing Fields, The - based on journalist Sydney Schanberg's coverage of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
12. Lust for Life (1956) – biog about Vincent van Gogh
01. ALIVE - A plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team with friends and family, crashes in the Andes Mountains.
02. Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Mutiny of the Russian navy
03. Catch Me If You Can - the story of Frank Abagnale, jr. , a young fraudster
04. Dillinger (1945) - story of John Dillinger, bank robber and gangster.
05. Exodus (1960) – The founding of the modern State of Israel.
06. Frost/Nixon - based on David Frost's televised interviews with Richard Nixon
07. Gorillas in the Mist - the story of primatoligist and conservationist Dian Fossey
08. Hell to Eternity (1960) – Experiences of Marine hero Pfc. Guy Gabaldon,an Hispanic boy raised by a Japanese American foster family, and his heroic actions during the WW2 Battle of Saipan
09. Inherit the Wind - Loosely based on "the Monkey Trial"
10. Judas and the Black Messiah - The story of Fred Hampton,
of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal
11. Killing Fields, The - based on journalist Sydney Schanberg's coverage of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
12. Lust for Life (1956) – biog about Vincent van Gogh
13. MLK (2008) - based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk