Line #10 Film/MagicBeyondWordsTheJKRowlingStory


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4	''Magic Beyond Words: The J. K. Rowling Story'' is a [[MadeForTVMovie Made For TV]] {{Biopic}} dedicated to, surprisingly enough, ''Literature/HarryPotter'' author Creator/JKRowling, played here by Creator/PoppyMontgomery of ''Series/WithoutATrace'' fame. It originally aired on the Lifetime Network on July 18, 2011.
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6	The film follows Rowling from her childhood in TheSeventies to the premiere of the [[Film/HarryPotter first movie]] in 2001. It sticks fairly close to the known facts about her life, though with some dramatic embellishments here and there.
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8	The movie received mixed reviews. See a trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRBnjgz1ygg here]]. Watch the whole movie [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_RxNtfNlg here]].
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10	!Examples:
11	* AdaptationDyeJob: This is probably the most notable factual error in the film. While Rowling is blonde today, she was a redhead during the time period much of the film takes place. Nevertheless, the film portrays her as blonde throughout. Whether the filmmakers didn't know better or thought she wouldn't be recognizable enough otherwise is unclear.
12	* CallForward: Okay, we get it. She's going to write ''Harry Potter''. One particularly unsubtle and rather nonsensical one comes from Rowling calling her boyfriend a "weasley guy," referencing the Weasley family in the ''Harry Potter'' series. However, the Weasleys are some of the most positive characters in the book, making it a strange insult.
13	* ContinuityCameo: Rowling's second husband, Dr. Neil Murray, appears briefly when she attends the premiere of the first film and is only identified as her fiancé. In RealLife, they wed later that year and have been married ever since.
14	%% * DomesticAbuse: And for the first time in Lifetime history, the protagonist has an appropriate reaction and the police are not [[PoliceAreUseless useless]].
15	* EurekaMoment: Many of these. The one which seems the most out there (Rowling instantly gets the entire idea for Harry Potter while on a stalled train) is the one which [[RealityIsUnrealistic really happened]].
16	* HowWeGotHere: The film is bookended by scenes of Rowling at the premiere of the first movie.
17	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Ah, the ''Phrase: The Person's Name Story'' title format Lifetime seems to love so much.
18	* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Lots of this ("Nobody makes any money writing children's books."), much of which actually happened.
19	%% * {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler: Rowling's first husband. Ugh.]]
20	%% * MsImagination: Rowling as a child. An accurate depiction, by all accounts.
21	%% * RagsToRiches
22	%% * SternTeacher: Mrs. Morgan and Mr. Nettleship, both of whom really existed and helped inspire Snape. In RealLife, John Nettleship found out that he was Snape when a reporter told him and, though initially horrified, he eventually embraced it. Incidentally, the real Nettleship taught chemistry, hence Snape teaching Potions, but the film portrays him teaching mathematics for some reason. %% None of this explains how either is "stern" %%
23	%% * SliceOfLife: The movie generally comes off as being in this genre on account of the fact that Rowling's pre-''Harry Potter'' life was (surprise, surprise) pretty ordinary and unexciting.
24	%% * WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
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