true-life
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It tells the true-life tale of the University of Washington rowing team who in 1936 reached the Olympics in Berlin.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024
“The incredible thing about working with a great ensemble on a true-life story is these guys would come to set knowing more about their characters than I did,” Nolan says.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024
We could, in fact, see the largest total number of Oscar nods ever this season for actors playing queer folks — some true-life, some fictional — besting the record set in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023
The film’s story is loosely based on the true-life reunion of Song, her American husband and her Korean school pal, which took place when the director was 29.
From New York Times • May 31, 2023
It was here on the Well that Barlow posted his true-life tale of computer-crime encounter with the FBI.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
