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->'''Creator/MichaelFassbender''': Thomas Rongen was a Dutch football player himself, and then he ended up going to the States and coaching there. The Thomas that we bring to the screen...\\
'''Creator/TaikaWaititi''': ...is different.\\
'''Michael Fassbender''': Is different, for sure.\\
'''Taika Waititi''': We had our way with a lot of the real life characters, just to be clear. There's [[Film/NextGoalWins a documentary]]. Why would I make the exact same thing?
-->--Discussing ''Film/NextGoalWins2023'' on ''The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show''
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->It looks like the casting people just waltzed into an Applebee’s and [[WTHCastingAgency randomly picked people]] to play the parts as fast as they could so they could get on with their 3 martini lunch. ''“You’re white. You can play Billy!”'' I look more like Jane Mancini than the actress playing Jane Mancini does. But you know, I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s a Lifetime movie. I want [[NoBudget community theater wigs]], acting that makes Creator/MeganFox look like Creator/TildaSwinton and actors who look absolutely nothing like the person they’re playing. I want that shit to be a wreck from top to bottom. And judging by that picture, it looks like the ''Melrose Place'' movie is well on its way.

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->It looks like the casting people just waltzed into an Applebee’s and [[WTHCastingAgency [[QuestionableCasting randomly picked people]] to play the parts as fast as they could so they could get on with their 3 martini lunch. ''“You’re white. You can play Billy!”'' I look more like Jane Mancini than the actress playing Jane Mancini does. But you know, I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s a Lifetime movie. I want [[NoBudget community theater wigs]], acting that makes Creator/MeganFox look like Creator/TildaSwinton and actors who look absolutely nothing like the person they’re playing. I want that shit to be a wreck from top to bottom. And judging by that picture, it looks like the ''Melrose Place'' movie is well on its way.
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->'''Micht''': Heh. Once upon a time, I took care of this little runt. You could say that since then the two of us've been stuck like glue.\\
'''Toval''': Yeah, yeah. You took care of me. That's sure one way to put it. Especially if you ignore the fact that you USED me and turned my life into a freakin' bestseller!\\
'''Sara''': Oooh, I read that one, actually! Your youth must have been quite the roller coaster, but at least it made for some good reading! By the way, who was that sister in it? She was really larger than life.\\
'''Toval''': Tch... Half the book was stuff this old geezer exaggerated or made up!\\
'''Micht''': Okay, sure, I might've bent the truth a liiittle bit in the part where I died.
-->-- ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel''
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->"Creator/SarahJessicaParker smokes all the time, and ''I'' would never would smoke. And she didn't contact me--she's playing my life, and she didn't bother to do any research...'I just got done telling everyone how I'm playing the worst actress in the history of film!' That wasn't nice. She didn't know me."

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->"Creator/SarahJessicaParker smokes all the time, and ''I'' would never would smoke. And she didn't contact me--she's playing my life, and she didn't bother to do any research...'I just got done telling everyone how I'm playing the worst actress in the history of film!' That wasn't nice. She didn't know me."
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-->--James McBride, Introduction page to ''Literature/TheGoodLordBird''

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-->--James McBride, [=McBride=], Introduction page to ''Literature/TheGoodLordBird''
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-->--James McBride, ''Literature/TheGoodLordBird''

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-->--James McBride, Introduction page to ''Literature/TheGoodLordBird''
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-->--''Literature/TheGoodLordBird''

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-->--James McBride, ''Literature/TheGoodLordBird''
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->All of this is true. Most of it happened.
-->--''Literature/TheGoodLordBird''
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->'''Mike:''' ''Red Tails'' tells the story of Native-American fighter pilots in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and has been praised by critics for its [[CriticalResearchFailure historical accuracy]], [[TheGenericGuy memorable characters]], and [[{{Narm}} moving realism]]. So far, ''Red Tails'' [[BoxOfficeBomb has smashed box office records]], even sailing past James Cameron's ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', and [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible is generally loved]] by moviegoers and film critics alike. How's that for an intro?\\

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->'''Mike:''' ''Red Tails'' tells the story of Native-American fighter pilots in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and has been praised by critics for its [[CriticalResearchFailure historical accuracy]], accuracy, [[TheGenericGuy memorable characters]], and [[{{Narm}} moving realism]]. So far, ''Red Tails'' [[BoxOfficeBomb has smashed box office records]], even sailing past James Cameron's ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', and [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible is generally loved]] loved by moviegoers and film critics alike. How's that for an intro?\\

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-->-- ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''

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-->-- Opening title to ''Film/AmericanHustle''

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-->-- An in-universe variant in ''Film/{{Logan}}''

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-->-- An -->--An in-universe variant in ''Film/{{Logan}}''



-->-- ''Film/ManOnTheMoon''

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-->--''Film/ManOnTheMoon''



-->-- '''Tracy''', ''Series/ThirtyRock''

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-->-- '''Tracy''', -->--'''Tracy''', ''Series/ThirtyRock''



-->-- '''Creator/JonStewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShow''

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-->-- '''Creator/JonStewart''', -->--'''Creator/JonStewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShow''



-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert'''

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-->-- '''Television''', ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''

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-->-- '''Television''', -->--'''Television''', ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''



-->-- '''Adam Brown''', ''Website/{{Cracked}}''

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-->-- '''Adam -->--'''Adam Brown''', ''Website/{{Cracked}}''



-->-- ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers: [[Film/ThreeHundred 300]]''

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-->-- ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers: -->--''WebVideo/HonestTrailers: [[Film/ThreeHundred 300]]''



-->-- ''Honest Trailers: [[{{Film/Titanic1997}} Titanic]]''

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-->-- ''Honest -->--''Honest Trailers: [[{{Film/Titanic1997}} Titanic]]''



-->-- '''Dominic Noble''', WebVideo/LostInAdaptation

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-->-- '''Dominic -->--'''Dominic Noble''', WebVideo/LostInAdaptation



-->-- '''Creator/LeonardNimoy''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]"

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-->-- '''Creator/LeonardNimoy''', -->--'''Creator/LeonardNimoy''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files]]"



-->-- '''Creator/NoelCoward''' [[note]]Or maybe Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw[[/note]]

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-->-- '''Creator/NoelCoward''' -->--'''Creator/NoelCoward''' [[note]]Or maybe Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw[[/note]]



-->-- '''Maria von Trapp''', about ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''

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-->-- '''Benjamin "Gryphon" Hutchins''', Creator/EyrieProductionsUnlimited Forums

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->When you use the language of "fact checking" to talk about a film, I think you're sort of fundamentally misunderstanding how art works. You don't fact check Monet's ''Water Lilies''. That's not what water lilies look like, that's what the sensation of experiencing water lilies feels like. That's the goal of the piece ... A lot of historical films sometimes feel like people reading a Wikipedia page to you onscreen, like just reciting 'and then he did that, and then he did that, and then he did this other thing' -- it's like a 'Greatest Hits' compilation. We wanted the movie to be emotional and passionate. Our goal was to give you 'What does Alan Turing feel like?' 'What does his story feel like?'
-->--Screenwriter '''Graham Moore''' [[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/imitation-game-fact-checking_n_6436712 defending]] the historical inaccuracies in ''Film/TheImitationGame''

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->''Film/{{Newsies}}'', we are informed as the movie opens, is based on actual events. I do not doubt this. I am sure that shortly before the turn of the century, newsboys organized a strike against the greedy Joseph Pulitzer, and were cheered on by [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold a dance-hall madam with a heart of gold]]. Nor do I doubt that the lads, some of them boys of nine or ten, [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster hung out in saloons and bought rounds of beer while making their plan]], or that the proprietor of [[DastardlyWhiplash an evil city orphanage]] made himself rich by collecting fees from the city. I don't even doubt that the newsboys printed their own strike paper on an old flat-bed press down in [[SwissCheeseSecurity the basement of Pulitzer's building]]. Of course I believe. [[YesVirginia Yes, Virginia.]]

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->''Film/{{Newsies}}'', we are informed as the movie opens, is based on actual events. I do not doubt this. I am sure that shortly before the turn of the century, newsboys organized a strike against the greedy Joseph Pulitzer, and were cheered on by [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold a dance-hall madam with a heart of gold]]. Nor do I doubt that the lads, some of them boys of nine or ten, [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster hung out in saloons and bought rounds of beer while making their plan]], or that the proprietor of [[DastardlyWhiplash an evil city orphanage]] made himself rich by collecting fees from the city. I don't even doubt that the newsboys printed their own strike paper on an old flat-bed press down in [[SwissCheeseSecurity the basement of Pulitzer's building]]. Of course I believe. [[YesVirginia Yes, Virginia.]]
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->'''Andy Kaufman:''' (''as Foreign Man''): Hallo. I am Andy. And I would like to tank you for coming to my movie. I wish it was better, you know, but it is so stupid. It's terrible. I do not even like it. All of the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes. So, I decided to cut out all of the baloney. Now the movie is much shorter. In fact, this is the end of the movie. Tank you veddy much. (''pause'') I am not fooling. (''longer pause'') Goodbye. Go. (''[[CreditsGag Starts playing a phonograph as credits appear]]'')

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->'''Andy Kaufman:''' ->'''Creator/AndyKaufman:''' (''as Foreign Man''): Hallo. I am Andy. And I would like to tank you for coming to my movie. I wish it was better, you know, but it is so stupid. It's terrible. I do not even like it. All of the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes. So, I decided to cut out all of the baloney. Now the movie is much shorter. In fact, this is the end of the movie. Tank you veddy much. (''pause'') I am not fooling. (''longer pause'') Goodbye. Go. (''[[CreditsGag Starts playing a phonograph as credits appear]]'')



-->-- '''Jon Stewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShow''

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-->-- '''Jon Stewart''', '''Creator/JonStewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShow''



->The best thing about the biopic is that Hollywood is free to embellish the back story as much as they would like. How do you know Ray Charles didn't really walk on the moon? Were you there? No, so shut up and watch the movie.

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->The best thing about the biopic is that Hollywood is free to embellish the back story as much as they would like. How do you know Ray Charles Music/RayCharles didn't really walk on the moon? Were you there? No, so shut up and watch the movie.



->'''Mike:''' ''Red Tails'' tells the story of Native-American fighter pilots in World War I, and has been praised by critics for its [[CriticalResearchFailure historical accuracy]], [[TheGenericGuy memorable characters]], and [[{{Narm}} moving realism]]. So far, ''Red Tails'' [[BoxOfficeBomb has smashed box office records]], even sailing past James Cameron's ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', and [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible is generally loved]] by moviegoers and film critics alike. How's that for an intro?\\

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->'''Mike:''' ''Red Tails'' tells the story of Native-American fighter pilots in World War I, UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, and has been praised by critics for its [[CriticalResearchFailure historical accuracy]], [[TheGenericGuy memorable characters]], and [[{{Narm}} moving realism]]. So far, ''Red Tails'' [[BoxOfficeBomb has smashed box office records]], even sailing past James Cameron's ''{{Film/Avatar}}'', and [[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible is generally loved]] by moviegoers and film critics alike. How's that for an intro?\\



->So yes, [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers The Three Musketeers,]] originally serialized in French papers in 1844, is a mostly fictional story based on a semi-fictional story based on some potentially true but probably exaggerated stories about a real life person.

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->So yes, [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers The Three Musketeers,]] Literature/TheThreeMusketeers, originally serialized in French papers in 1844, is a mostly fictional story based on a semi-fictional story based on some potentially true but probably exaggerated stories about a real life person.



-->-- '''Creator/LeonardNimoy''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The Springfield Files"

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-->-- '''Creator/LeonardNimoy''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E10TheSpringfieldFiles The Springfield Files"
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->Creator/SarahJessicaParker smokes all the time, and ''I'' would never would smoke. And she didn't contact me--she's playing my life, and she didn't bother to do any research...'I just got done telling everyone how I'm playing the worst actress in the history of film!' [[NiceCharacterMeanActor That wasn't nice]]. She didn't know me.

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->Creator/SarahJessicaParker ->"Creator/SarahJessicaParker smokes all the time, and ''I'' would never would smoke. And she didn't contact me--she's playing my life, and she didn't bother to do any research...'I just got done telling everyone how I'm playing the worst actress in the history of film!' [[NiceCharacterMeanActor That wasn't nice]].nice. She didn't know me."



->I like when they say a movie is inspired by a true story. That's kind of silly. 'Hey, Mitch, did you hear that story about that lady who drove her car into the lake with her kids and they all drowned?' 'Yeah, I did, and you know what -- that inspires me to write a movie about a gorilla!'

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->I ->"I like when they say a movie is inspired by a true story. That's kind of silly. 'Hey, Mitch, did you hear that story about that lady who drove her car into the lake with her kids and they all drowned?' 'Yeah, I did, and you know what -- that inspires me to write a movie about a gorilla!'gorilla!'"



->"It's like someone wrote a biography of Creator/MichaelJordan in which all the stats and scores are correct, but you come away with the impression that Michael Jordan wasn't very good at playing basketball."

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->"It's like someone wrote a biography of Creator/MichaelJordan UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan in which all the stats and scores are correct, but you come away with the impression that Michael Jordan wasn't very good at playing basketball."
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->''It's like someone wrote a biography of Creator/Michael Jordan in which all the stats and scores are correct, but you come away with the impression that Michael Jordan wasn't very good at playing basketball.''
-->--'''Tanner Colby''' on Bob Woodward's "biography" of Creator/JonBelushi

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->''It's ->"It's like someone wrote a biography of Creator/Michael Jordan Creator/MichaelJordan in which all the stats and scores are correct, but you come away with the impression that Michael Jordan wasn't very good at playing basketball.''
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-->--'''Tanner Colby''' on Bob Woodward's "biography" of Creator/JonBelushi
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->''It's like someone wrote a biography of Creator/Michael Jordan in which all the stats and scores are correct, but you come away with the impression that Michael Jordan wasn't very good at playing basketball.''
-->--'''Tanner Colby''' on Bob Woodward's "biography" of Creator/JonBelushi
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->So yes, [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers The Three Musketeers,]] originally serialized in French papers in 1844, is a mostly fictional story based on a semi-fictional story based on some potentially true but probably exaggerated stories about a real life person.
-->-- '''Dominic Noble''', WebVideo/LostInAdaptation
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->'''[[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]]:''' ''(to [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura]])'' [[ComicBooksAreReal Looks like we got ourselves an X-Men fan.]] You know it's all bullshit, right? Maybe a quarter of it actually happened, and not l like this.

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->'''[[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]]:''' ''(to [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura]])'' [[ComicBooksAreReal Looks like we got ourselves an X-Men fan.]] You know it's all bullshit, right? Maybe a quarter of it actually happened, and not l like this.
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->'''[[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]]:''' ''(to [[ComicBook/X23 Laura]])'' [[ComicBooksAreReal Looks like we got ourselves an X-Men fan.]] You know it's all bullshit, right? Maybe a quarter of it actually happened, and not l like this.

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->'''[[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]]:''' ''(to [[ComicBook/X23 [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura]])'' [[ComicBooksAreReal Looks like we got ourselves an X-Men fan.]] You know it's all bullshit, right? Maybe a quarter of it actually happened, and not l like this.
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->'''[[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]]:''' ''(to [[ComicBook/X23 Laura]])'' [[ComicBooksAreReal Looks like we got ourselves an X-Men fan.]] You know it's all bullshit, right? Maybe a quarter of it actually happened, and not l like this.
-->-- An in-universe variant in ''Film/{{Logan}}''
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->'''Andy Kaufman:''' (''as Foreign Man''): Hallo. I am Andy. And I would like to tank you for coming to my movie. I wish it was better, you know but it is so stupid. It's terrible. I do not even like it. All of the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes. So, I decided to cut out all of the baloney. Now the movie is much shorter. In fact, this is the end of the movie. Thank you very much. (''pause'') I am not fooling. (''longer pause'') Goodbye. Go. (''[[CreditsGag Starts playing a phonograph as credits appear]]'')

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->'''Andy Kaufman:''' (''as Foreign Man''): Hallo. I am Andy. And I would like to tank you for coming to my movie. I wish it was better, you know know, but it is so stupid. It's terrible. I do not even like it. All of the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes. So, I decided to cut out all of the baloney. Now the movie is much shorter. In fact, this is the end of the movie. Thank Tank you very veddy much. (''pause'') I am not fooling. (''longer pause'') Goodbye. Go. (''[[CreditsGag Starts playing a phonograph as credits appear]]'')
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->'''Andy Kaufman:''' (''as Foreign Man''): Hallo. I am Andy. And I would like to tank you for coming to my movie. I wish it was better, you know but it is so stupid. It's terrible. I do not even like it. All of the most important things in my life are changed around and mixed up for dramatic purposes. So, I decided to cut out all of the baloney. Now the movie is much shorter. In fact, this is the end of the movie. Thank you very much. (''pause'') I am not fooling. (''longer pause'') Goodbye. Go. (''[[CreditsGag Starts playing a phonograph as credits appear]]'')
-->-- ''Film/ManOnTheMoon''

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