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-->-- '''Nick Flynn''', ''Being Flynn''

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-->-- '''Nick Flynn''', ''Being Flynn''
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* Creator/AlanMoore's 2015 ''ComicBook/{{Providence}}'' is intended to be this for Creator/HPLovecraft. It explores his life, his artistic influences, regional background and sociopolitical makeup in detail across 7 issues. Lovecraft himself finally appears on-screen in Issue 8.

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* Creator/AlanMoore's 2015 ''ComicBook/{{Providence}}'' is intended to be this for Creator/HPLovecraft. It explores his life, his artistic influences, regional background and sociopolitical makeup in detail across 7 issues. Lovecraft himself finally appears on-screen on-panel in Issue 8.
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* ''Film/{{Prefontaine}}'' tells the story of runner Steve Prefontaine from the point of view of coach Bill Dellinger.
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* ''Film/ThatNightInVarennes'' isn't strictly a biopic, and in fact takes place over only about 48 hours. But in other respects this trope is played straight. The flight of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette from revolutionary Paris, and their capture in the town of Varennes, is told not from the perspective of the king and queen, but from that of a different coach of (mostly) uninvolved people who happen to be traveling behind the royal party on the same road.
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* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' portrays story of King Leonidas of Sparta as told through the eyes of Dilios, the one survivor of the army that fought at Thermopylae.

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* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' portrays story of King Leonidas of Sparta as told through the eyes (or eye) of Dilios, the one survivor of the army that fought at Thermopylae.
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* ''Film/DarkestHour2017'' looks at Churchill's pivotal months of leadership primarily through the eyes of his young personal secretary.
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In many cases, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the subject of a biopic might not be alive or is in some other way unable to participate in a movie based on his/her life.]] Using the perpsective of a friend or family member associated with the subject allows a filmmaker to gain details of someone's life without having to ask them directly and to show how their actions impact the lives of others. Besides, [[Series/{{House}} when you want to learn the truth about someone, that someone is usually the last person you should ask.]]

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In many cases, [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the subject of a biopic might not be alive or is in some other way unable to participate in a movie based on his/her life.]] Using the perpsective perspective of a friend or family member associated with the subject allows a filmmaker to gain details of someone's life without having to ask them directly and to show how their actions impact the lives of others. Besides, [[Series/{{House}} when you want to learn the truth about someone, that someone is usually the last person you should ask.]]
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* ''Jesus!'' by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (best known for his work as character designer of the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'') follows the life and times of Jesus Christ from the perspective of the various disciples as well as members of the Roman occupational government and others with a particular focus on the geopolitics of Judea and the Roman Empire.

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* Danny [=DeVito's=] ''Hoffa'' tells the story of the controversial Teamsters Union leader (played by Creator/JackNicholson) from the perspective and memories of a [[CompositeCharacter fictional]] friend of his named Robert "Bobby" Ciaro, played by [=DeVito=] himself.

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* Danny [=DeVito's=] ''Hoffa'' Creator/DannyDeVito's ''Film/{{Hoffa}}'' tells the story of the controversial Teamsters Union leader (played by Creator/JackNicholson) from the perspective and memories of a [[CompositeCharacter fictional]] friend of his named Robert "Bobby" Ciaro, played by [=DeVito=] himself.
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* ''Film/{{Shirley}}'' is a biopic of Creator/ShirleyJackson -- told from the perspective of a newlywed woman who comes to stay with Shirley and her husband Stanley while her husband is working with Stanley at the college.

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* ''Film/{{Shirley}}'' is a biopic of Creator/ShirleyJackson -- told from the perspective of a newlywed woman who comes to stay with Shirley and her husband Stanley for a year while her husband is working with Stanley at the college.
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* ''Film/{{Shirley}}'' is a biopic of Creator/ShirleyJackson -- told from the perspective of a newlywed woman who comes to stay with Shirley and her husband Stanley while her husband is working with Stanley at the college.
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* ''Film/JudasAndTheBlackMessiah'' tells the story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton through the eyes of the FBI informant who played a key role in setting up his assassination.

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