From 'Titanic' to 'American Sniper': The Biggest Lies in Films Based on Facts (2023)

2009 seems very old. Back then, Hollywood studios could make movies like thisblind spotA true story about the righteous courage of a wealthy white family who dares to adopt a troubled black teenager. And it caused quite a stir at the time. The blind side got back over 10 times their money. Won an Oscar for Sandra Bullock. People love this movie.

However, you're unlikely to find another film that has aged this well. Watching The Flawless not only feels like you've accidentally walked into a video installation at the National Museum of the White Savior, but now it turns out that most of it could have been made by cobblers.

Former NFL star Michael Oher paints a picture of his youth in The Vulnerability.report this weekA Tennessee court has legally severed his relationship with his adoptive family. He claims that Leigh Anne Tuohy and Sean Tuohy (played by Bullock and Tim McGraw in the film) prevented him from making money on "weaknesses" while they were making millions. He also claimed that the Toohey family never officially adopted him as they claimed.

This isn't just a mess for real people The theme of vulnerability is also a mess for the movie itself. If Oher's request succeeds, it will be much more difficult for anyone to comfortably complete The Weakness.

But then again, maybe it isn't. Although The Blind Spot is considered historically documented, it is not the only film that has been debunked. Many movies are wrong and many of them are still very popular. Here are some notable examples.

U-571

U-571, a World War II film that's supposed to be the kind of movie dads fall asleep to on Sunday afternoons, is about a group of American U-boats that board a Nazi submarine and the Enigma-teasing machine. A story that changed the course of world history. . After its release, however, it was criticized by historians, who pointed out that a full year before U-571 was withdrawn, a British team had captured an Enigma machine from a German U-boat. In fact, 13 of the 15 Enigma machines and code books recorded during the war were captured by the British. The film caused such an uproar that Tony Blair publicly admitted it was an "insult" to the British military, and Bill Clinton had to write to a British politician to remind him it was all fiction.

Captain Phillips

Paul Greengrass's 2013 TV series was reportedly about the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, in which Somali pirates took control of an American cargo ship. In the film, businessman Richard Phillips saves the world with his quick wit and iron will. This may be because the film is based on Phillips' memoir, A Captain's Duty. Then again, the rest of the Alabama crew doesn't necessarily think so. year 2013,one is listed, and claimed that Phillips received and then ignored seven emails informing him of the pirates' presence and that he had no intention of engaging with them when they boarded the ship. After the hijacking, some crew members sued Maersk for $50 million, claiming they were knowingly sent into pirate-infested waters. Maersk then settled out of court.

The King's Speech

One of the biggest mistakes in The King's Speech is the chronological order. The film is about King George VI, who is plagued by a speech impediment that he must overcome in order to openly declare war on Germany. In the film, inspired by the king's total freedom from stuttering, the British stand by and watch the overthrow of the terrified Hitler. This is partly true - King George VI. he took speech therapy classes to get rid of his stutter — but that actually happened a full decade before the war.

brave Heart

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And of course Braveheart. Braveheart is a film that makes U-571 look like the truth and takes a surprisingly restrained approach to the story of William Wallace. It shows how he grew up in poverty (he actually belonged to the nobility at the time). He reveals that he left Isabella pregnant in France (he never met Isabella, she was a child when the film was made). She wears a skirt (Hundreds of years before the skirt was invented). It depicts the Battle of Stirling Bridge (which took place on a bridge and not in the middle of nowhere as depicted in the film). What's good for Scotland though is that they commissioned a statue of William Wallace and made it look exactly like Mel Gibson in the movie.

Titanic

Obviously that's the general ideaTitanicIt's historically accurate - there was a ship and it sank - but that didn't stop James Cameron getting into trouble elsewhere. After all, those who died in this disaster had relatives, friends and acquaintances who would not approve of their loved ones being misrepresented about money. This happened to co-pilot William Murdoch. In the film, Murdoch is a corrupt officer who panics near a lifeboat, shoots a passenger in the chest, and then promptly kills himself. While some survivors claim they saw an officer kill himself during the sinking, others claim Murdoch was swept overboard. After the film's release, Murdoch's family objected to their relative's portrayal in the film, saying it would tarnish his reputation as a hero who repeatedly launched lifeboats and threw sunbeds into the sea for people to catch. To that end, the Fox vice-chairman traveled to Murdoch's hometown to apologize and donated £5,000 to a local school.

Patch Adams

Meanwhile, the real Patch Adams himself denies being portrayed in the 1998 film that bears his name. Adams' list of complaints was long and not particularly specific, but clear enough that he could have told Roger Ebert, "I hated this movie." Adams said it was an oversimplified description of him, leading to a very interesting account with a diminished character, neglecting his medical work and activism. The film also uses the real-life murder of Adams' best friend as a backdrop and gives him a lover. In the illustration, Adams now carries a business card with 50 book titles. "If someone comes up to me and asks for my autograph, I give them a lecture about pop culture and how it makes fun of our people. Consequences." Its funny.

Amadeus

Milosh Forman's films are always presented as "fantasies" rather than a strict historical retelling, which is also a good thing because almost nothing actually happens. In the film, Mozart finds himself in a bitter rivalry with Antonio Salieri, who orchestrates his death. However, the film is based on Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri and Not a Fact. Salieri is portrayed as faithful and celibate in the movies, but because of his eight children and the lovers he had, he wasn't particularly good at it in real life. The film also mentions that The Marriage of Figaro was a flop when it was released, but this was not the case.

American sniper

So was the Clint Eastwood moviewas heavily criticized for its inaccuracy. In the opening scene, Bradley Cooper's Chris Kyle shoots a kid, but never does. His nemesis in the film is an Iraqi sniper named Mustafa, but the two rarely (if ever) meet. Then again, Kyle himself might not be the most reliable narrator either. He made many unsubstantiated claims in his memoirs and in publicity for his book and film. He once claimed to have killed 30 armed looters after Hurricane Katrina while sitting on the roof of the New Orleans Superdome. He also said he killed two car thieves in 2009, but there was no evidence. He also lied about the number of medals he earned during his service and said he punched Jesse Ventura for smearing the Iraq war. Ventura sued him on this last matter, but no verdict was issued as a result of Kyle's murder. Finally, it's worth pointing out that Kyle's children are real people and not the plastic dolls the movie suggests.