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Based on a true story, the script was written by Lynch’s frequent producer and editor Mary Sweeney, along with her childhood friend John Roach.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Jan. 2025
The true story even inspired a 2022 Netflix docuseries, Don’t Pick Up the Phone, which follows the investigation into a series of hoax calls that targeted fast food chains across the United States in the late ‘90s and early 2000s.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Jamie Foxx is Cameron Diaz's biggest cheerleader on her first film in a decade 'The Brutalist' fact check: Is Adrien Brody movie based on a true story?
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
This comedy/romance/drama follows the true story of Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts in an Oscar-winning performance), a struggling single mother who, despite knowing little about legalese, fronts a lawsuit that would become groundbreaking on the environmental front.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Jan. 2025
The true story even inspired a 2022 Netflix docuseries, Don’t Pick Up the Phone, which follows the investigation into a series of hoax calls that targeted fast food chains across the United States in the late ‘90s and early 2000s.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Jamie Foxx is Cameron Diaz's biggest cheerleader on her first film in a decade 'The Brutalist' fact check: Is Adrien Brody movie based on a true story?
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
This comedy/romance/drama follows the true story of Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts in an Oscar-winning performance), a struggling single mother who, despite knowing little about legalese, fronts a lawsuit that would become groundbreaking on the environmental front.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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“True story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20story. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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