True Story is a movie directed by Rupert Goold in 2015 and based on the book of the same name by Michael Finkel, first published in 2005. The movie features James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia, Ethan Suplee, Conor Kikot, and others.
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Storyline
In 2001, Christian Longo, an Oregon man whose wife and three children have been discovered murdered, is arrested by police in Mexico, where he had been identifying himself as a reporter for the New York Times named Michael Finkel. He is confronted by his editors about a story he has written which featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine.
Movie vs Book
Year
2015
Minutes
99
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Year
2005
Pages
352
Book Rate
7.74
S: Goodreads
Book
True Story
Original title: True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa
Author: Michael Finkel
Country: USA
First published in: 2005
Length: 352 pages
Genre: Biography
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“Great books don't make great movies. There's too much information in there.”
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