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Nov 10, 2020 · Belón and Alvárez spent Christmas of 2004 in Thailand, staying at the Orchid Resort Hotel. As in the film, the family was at the hotel pool when the tsunami made landfall. Belón, who is a ...
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Sep 14, 2024 · Society of the Snow (2023) Netflix. J.A. Bayona ’s harrowing film — about the infamous 1972 plane crash that stranded a Uruguayan rugby team in the Andes mountains — is a chilling account of ...
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Apr 25, 2024 · Two Academy Award winners, John Ridley (screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave) and Regina King, unite for this film that brings Shirley Chisholm’s story to life. King plays Chisholm, a former schoolteacher and Brooklyn native who became the first Black congresswoman and, in 1972, became the first Black candidate to seek a major party’s nomination with her bold and trailblazing run for president .
Nov 12, 2020 · 2012's The Impossible, now on Netflix, is set in the aftermath of the deadly tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean in 2004. The movie is based on the true story of a Spanish family vacationing in Thailand when the tsunami struck, who miraculously reunited after being separated. This is where the family from The Impossible is now.
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2 days ago · A very similar story unfolded in real life on March 3, 2001, in Warsaw, when a group of criminals infiltrated the No. 6 Branch of Kredyt Bank at Żelazna Street. The real-life criminals—Krzysztof Matusik, Marek Rafalik, and Grzegorz Szeles—all worked in the field of security.
Apr 23, 2021 · This movie is a composition of real-life stories, but based primarily on Patricia Highsmith's 1952 novel The Price of Salt, which was itself inspired by her romantic liaisons. The Death of Stalin ...
Real Life Movies Gangsters, fighters, athletes, serial killers, celebrities and so much more–these films are the best of the based-on-a-true-story stories. Your Next Watch Explore more
