Sentences with phrase «draws on actual events»

(Mark Boal's well - researched screenplay draws on actual events.)

Not exact matches

FIFA have immortalised the actual events of the draw in a short piece on their website, though the unnamed author quickly runs up against the fact that in an age before celebrity — before rehearsal draws and dancing interludes — the sight of a man taking small things out of a larger thing tends toward the dry side of prosaic.

Though films «based on true events» are often painfully formulaic — and so too sports pics, which seldom do justice to the drama of actual on - field events — thanks to the unlikely acting tandem of Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, the formula drawn upon by Bennett Miller's Moneyball is a winning one.

Drawing inspiration from an actual event in which the U.S. military dumped formaldehyde into the Han River from their Seoul located base in 2000, Bong gave the monster movie a face lift by keeping the focus on a dysfunctional family rather than the military.

You also draw an oddly named Movement card (oddly named because it has little to do with actual movement) that lists special events, such as monsters getting an attack boost, and tells you what new enemies to place on the board.