Sentences with phrase «on a true story featured»

The film is based on a true story featured in the Wall Street Journal about a group of friends who have been playing a no - holds - barred version of the children's game Tag for the last 30 years.

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A similar case to EuropaCorp's «Kursk,» the true story of a Russian submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000 and killed everyone on board; though Putin had a significant role in the events, appears in the source material of Robert Moore's best - seller «A Time to Die,» and even featured in early versions of the screenplay, he's nowhere to be found in the finished film.

He has produced over 25 feature films He is presently working on producing a feature film based on the incredible true story of a Houston Boxer who took Iraq to the Olympics in 2004 entitled «They Call Me Termite:.

«Soul Surfer,» the feature film based on the true story of surfer Bethany Hamilton being attacked by a shark and her journey back to surfing, opened last weekend in the fourth spot on the box office charts - partly a testament to its appealing family - friendly message and a marketing campaign that heavily targeted religious groups.

Based on a true story first told in an ESPN magazine feature, Queen of Katwe tells the story of a Christian missionary (played by David Oyelowo), who teaches Uganda children living in slums to play chess.

The school was famous in 1995 when a movie called «Dangerous Minds» featuring actress Michelle Pfeiffer was based on a true story about Carlmont HS during a time when East Palo Alto was the murder capital city in the nation and there were 4 regions that segregated each students to attend (4) public high schools in the Sequoia District: Menlo - Atherton, Woodside, Sequoia and Carlmont.

New feature film exposes Nestlé's practices in Pakistan: The forthcoming film Tigers stars Indian actor Emraan Hashmi and is based on the true story of a Nestlé baby milk salesman in Pakistan who blew the whistle on Nestlé's unethical practices.

This 90 - minute feature film by Oscar - winning director, Danis Tanovic, tells the true story of a former Nestlé salesman who took on the company with the help of IBFAN when he realises that babies are dying as a result of his work pressuring doctors to promote formula.

The forthcoming feature film Tigers, dramatises the true story of a formula company representative, who blew the whistle on Nestlé's activities in Pakistan.

This 90 - minute feature film by Oscar - winning Director Danis Tanovic is based on the true story of a former Nestlé Medical Delegate in Pakistan who exposed company marketing practices with the help of IBFAN.

18:45 — 20:15 Movie: «Tigers», award - winning feature film by Danis Tanovic, dramatizing the true story of a formula company representative blowing the whistle on violations in Pakistan

The new feature film Tigers dramatises similar strategies in Pakistan, based on the true story of a Nestlé salesman who resigned and blew the whistle on the company after learning of babies dying from unsafe bottle feeding.

Camille Selleger of the Swiss group IBFAN - GIFA invited shareholders to watch the forthcoming feature film, Tigers, based on the true story of former Nestlé salesman in Pakistan, Syed Aamir Raza.

Random story, I found Harrison Barnes» girlfriend Bee on Instagram (only true Golden State Warriors fans know who that is lol) through Ayesha's page and she posted this mini haul featuring these leopard Chelsea boots from French Connection.

Alexander's true story was featured on RadioLIVE last week in an interview with Mark Sainsbury.

Hosted by John Newland, this cult series features mind - bending stories based on true events that defy scientific explanation.

«The Big Sick» Socially relevant fare that's based on a true story is often a winning combination for Sundance features.

Writer - director Ryan Coogler's debut feature Fruitvale Station was a low - budget drama based on the true story of the shooting of a young African - American man at a railway station in Oakland, California, on New Year's Day 2009.

Based on the true story of a boxer wrongly accused of murdering three people in 1966, the film featured stellar work by Washington as the wronged man, further demonstrating his remarkable capacity for telling a good story.

Having become a global sensation on the strength of a viral video that features her glumly strumming an acoustic guitar in Aladdin Sane makeup, Jerrica travels to Los Angeles with her backing band, which consists of her sister and her aunt's two foster daughters, and which, in true modern - day origin story fashion, isn't called The Holograms until the last minute of the movie.

«Patriots Day» is based on the true story but features a combination of real - life and fictional characters.

Like their previous film Lenny Cooke, sibling directors Benny and Joshua Safdie focus on a true story in Heaven Knows What, only this time they shoot it as a feature narrative instead of a documentary.

The Blu - ray and DVD both includes special features such as an extensive featurette on the eerie true story behind «The Possession,» along with separate audio commentaries with Bornedal and the film's writers.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

The show - stopping numbers are well - choreographed and feature catchy tunes (courtesy of La La Land's duo of Benj Pasek & Justin Paul) but the film's dramatic arc, despite purportedly being «based on a true story», is a string of clichés knitted together to tell an unremarkable story.

Based on two true stories, this modest indie with major ambitions is directed by veteran cinematographer Steven Bernstein, making a solid feature debut.

Based on a true story, this gripping film features solid acting and a strong visual sensibility.

There are two decent Amityville Horror movies: the 1979 original starring Margot Kidder and James Brolin, released when some still believed the book it was based on was a true story; and 2016's The Conjuring 2, which features a big scene in the infamous eye - window house, and is technically not part of the 18 - film...

Picnic at Hanging Rock, Weir's third full - length feature, is every bit as mysterious and daring as it was forty years ago: its central enigma (not based on a true story, despite rumours) remains unsolved (and unspoilered here).

The Dark Horse Details: 2014, Broad Green Pictures Rated: R, language, drug use The lowdown: This New Zealand feature, based on a true story, follows Genesis «Gen» Potini (Cliff Curtis), a man who has spent years moving in and out of mental institutions.

She's expected to provide the «slop,» women's dialogue for the feature about British civilians rescuing soldiers in Dunkirk, a story based on «a hundred true stories.»

Focus Features» Victoria & Abdul, also from the Toronto fest, stars Dame Judi Dench as Queen Victoria and is based on the true - life story of the monarch's unlikely friendship with an Indian attendant.

Directed by Garth Davis (TV's Top of the Lake, in his feature film debut), Lion tells the true story of a five - year - old Indian boy who gets on the wrong train and is taken thousands miles away from home.

The Order: 1886 is indeed a PS4's First True Exclusive Killer App, it delivers on almost all fronts and features an amazing story and many memorable shoot outs.

Based on a true story, this feature keeps viewers enthralled even though many of them will know how it all turns out.

Based on the true story of the Alvarez - Belon family — who were separated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami while vacationing in Thailand, only to overcome incredible odds and be miraculously reunited — the aptly titled «The Impossible» is a stunning second feature by Juan Antonio Bayona that blends physical filmmaking with raw emotion.

Other titles in this section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE, about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate first feature about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical.

Based on a true story and featuring some pretty decent performances, The Good Lie (3 *, 12A, 110 mins) is the kind of film that should have moved me to tears but didn't.

This is a true story — or as true as a feature film about anyone's life can be — and it's one that's worth telling, with an angle on World War II that movies don't offer very often.

If The Iron Lady and My Week with Marilyn featured real life icons in based - on true stories, The Artist (released 30th December) features two fictitious icons from what almost pertains to a fantasy world.

Scorsese was anxious to show his chops on a real Hollywood feature and does so admirably (if impersonally) with rough - and - ready style on a mix of true story and exploitation drama.

As with most biographies and true stories put on celluloid, only so much can be folded into a feature - length film.

Though most behind - the - scenes features showcase the production process once filming is underway, The Player gives us a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of the behind - the - scenes process, where the only dreams that come true are for the people up top — the people who feel that anyone can make a story that will entertain millions, while the lowly creators that nurtured the initial ideas are seen as little more then expendable goods hardly worth receiving input from once the studio handlers squeeze their foots in the door, symbolically getting away with murder — the figurative death of the writer in the Hollywood production process.

BH Tilt has just unveiled a brand new trailer for Birth of the Dragon, a fictional feature based on the true story of the legendary Bruce Lee.

Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22 - year - old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air.

Based loosely on a true story that was prominently featured in the PBS series «Frontline», Dwayne Johnson (Fast Five, Get Smart) stars as John Matthews, a construction business - owning father who desperately is trying to save his 18 - year - old son, Jason (Gavron, Breaking and Entering), from going to prison for a huge chunk of his life due to the rigidity of the Federal mandatory sentence drug charges in place.

This movie is based on a true story, but features a mix of historical and fictional characters (research indicates there was no woman on the initial 1935 team).

The film tells an inspiring and spirited true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the Supreme Court and overturn a century of gender discrimination.The feature will premiere in 2018 in line with Justice Ginsburg's 25th anniversary on the Supreme Court.

But this «based on a true story» feature, like their Allen Ginsberg bio-drama «Howl,» is neither satisfying as drama nor irrefutable as history, thanks to the melodramatic Andy Belin («Trust») script.

Extras: The bonus features, for a film based on a true story and a high - profile period in history, are somewhat disappointing.