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Addition: Notorious - Based on the Life &
Death of Christopher Wallace
MOVIE:
"Notorious", The Film vs.
The History
The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) is considered to be one of the most influential rappers of all-time.
His lyrics reflected on his struggle as a street hustler, his success as an artist, and his ever-present fear of
dying. Separate the facts from the fiction as we compare the 2009 biopic film Notorious with the real story of
the life and death of rapper Biggie Smalls. See side-by-side photos, watch videos, and get to know the real Notorious B.I.G.
Find out:
· Did Biggie really sell crack to a pregnant woman?
MOVIE:
"American Gangster", The Film vs.
The History
In the early 1970s, Gangster Frank Lucas was the most successful businessman in Harlem. He was not a stockbroker or a real estate tycoon. Although, he was a master at making profitable deals, and he owned properties around the U.S. and in Puerto Rico.
Frank amassed his fortune by offering the purest heroin on the streets of Harlem. He removed the middlemen, and he built an empire that was nourished by the veins of lifeless addicts.
Here, we investigate the true story behind the movie American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
Find out:
· Did the fur coat really give Frank away?
· Did Frank have a daughter not shown in the movie?
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Feedback: What was the first true-story film created?
Posted
by high_king_q on 12-10-2007 10:45 PM
What was the first true-story film produced and when was it?
I am writing a research paper on true-story movies and I can't find this information anywhere.
Thanks in advance.
I've been searching desperately for the true story that inspired the movie "A Promise to Carolyn"(starring Delta Burke). I tried to search by using the character's names. This attempt was unsuccessful. I'm waiting to hear from the producer, and from the screenwriter.
This movie was about a sadistic stepmother who abused her husband's children to the point of death. She killed the baby girl, Carolyn. She killed this two-year old by lifting her up by her thighs above her head, slamming her to the floor, causing her to slide across the floor and hitting her head on the base of a wooden rocking chair. This occurred in 1955, but the stepmother went to trial in 1990, where she was convicted according to the laws of 1955 thereby receiving a suspended sentence. At that time, child abuse was not even a term. The term Battered Child Syndrome came into existence in the late 50's, as more pathologist recognized skeletal fractures present at the time of death in toddlers and slightly older children. Carolyn's body was exhumed, and by the grace of God, the nurse who attended with the physician on the night of Carolyn's emergency room visit, was still living though very old. On Carolyn's hospital record, there was a statement scribbled in the margin that said "This baby was beaten badly." The handwriting was different than that of the doctor's. It is assumed that it was the attending nurse.
Feedback: Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Posted
by Joker6067 on 04-16-2007 03:10 PM
[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117450/[/url]
This movie never went to theatres. It was an HBO movie but it is a great movie none the less.
Don Cheadle stars as Earl Manigault, a street basketball legend in New york that flushed his life away because of drugs...
