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The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

Rated: 0 | 223 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: Once he starts working for the Enron Corporation, young trader Brian Cruver (Christian Kane) is quickly caught up in the company's obsession with greed and partying. When Enron suddenly files for bankruptcy, Cruver is swept up in the disastrous collapse. Brian Dennehy and Shannon Elizabeth also star in this drama based on real-life events and on the book Anatomy of Greed by former Enron employee Brian Cruver.
URL: The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron

Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth

Rated: 0 | 220 Views Released Year: 2000

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: Filmed on location in Italy, this biographical drama profiles contemporary saint Padre Pio, an Italian monk famous for the stigmata that afflicted him for much of his adult life and for being able to "read the souls" of penitents. Michele Placido stars as the San Giovanni Rotondo friar who tended to the souls of the masses for more than 50 years. Legendary composer Ennio Morricone provides the score.
URL: Padre Pio: Between Heaven and Earth

My Name Is Bill W.

Rated: 0 | 135 Views Released Year: 1989

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: Based on the inspiring true story of the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, this moving drama stars James Woods in an Emmy-winning performance as Bill Wilson, a successful stockbroker who loses everything in the 1929 stock market crash. After succumbing to depression and drink, he eventually sobers up with the help of fellow recovering alcoholic Dr. Bob (James Garner). With newfound hope for the future, the two create the now-famous support group.
URL: My Name Is Bill W.

I Accuse

Rated: 0 | 138 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: The citizens of a small Saskatchewan town are up in arms when an unwed mother (Estella Warren) accuses Dr. Darian (John Hannah) of drugging and raping her. The doctor's diabolical plan to outsmart the police -- to elaborate would ruin the mystery -- is based on the 1992 case of Dr. John Schneeberger. In an interview, director John Ketcham said of his film, "If this movie wasn't based on a true story, no one would believe this actually happened."
URL: I Accuse

I Tried

Rated: 0 | 159 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: The tale of how Cleveland rappers Bone Thugs N' Harmony wrangled an audience with hip-hop impresario Eazy-E is the stuff of legend. This film explores how things might have turned out if they hadn't made that fateful meeting. The Bone Thugs N' Harmony guys themselves -- Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone -- star in this gritty fantasy set in 1999 Los Angeles and directed by Rich Newey.
URL: I Tried

I Married Wyatt Earp

Rated: 0 | 220 Views Released Year: 1983

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: Marie Osmond stars as Josephine Marcus, the second wife of famed lawman Wyatt Earp (Bruce Boxleitner), in this made-for-television drama based on Marcus's memoirs. After growing up in San Francisco, Marcus packed a bag -- along with her dreams to become a successful opera singer -- and traveled east toward uncharted territory. Upon arriving in Tombstone, Ariz., she meets the man who would become the love of her life.
URL: I Married Wyatt Earp

I'm Not There

Rated: 0 | 189 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages in the musician's life. Chronicling Dylan's rise from unknown folksinger to international icon, the film reveals how he reinvented himself many times. Todd Haynes directs this stylized portrait, the first biography approved by the singer-songwriter. Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere and Cate Blanchett (in an Oscar-nominated role) star.
URL: I'm Not There

Shadowlands

Rated: 0 | 186 Views Released Year: 1985

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: This winner of two British Academy Awards is based on the life of renowned Oxford scholar C.S. Lewis (Joss Ackland), author of the classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Vivacious American poet and recent divorcee Joy Gresham (Claire Bloom) travels to England to seek out Lewis, with whom she's had years of correspondence. The two become an unlikely pair, despite their culture clash, but the most difficult obstacle is yet to come.
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I Will Fight No More Forever

Rated: 0 | 113 Views Released Year: 1975

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: Chief Joseph (Ned Romero) takes a stand against the U.S. government in this drama about the famous Nez Perce leader. Tensions mount when Gen. Howard (James Whitmore) orders the Indian chief to relocate his people to inadequate reservation lands and the defiant leader makes a dangerous attempt to lead his tribe to Canada. Sam Elliott and John Kauffman also star in this made-for-television drama, which first aired in 1975 as a Xerox Special.
URL: I Will Fight No More Forever

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Rated: 0 | 154 Views Released Year: 1932

Genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
About: Paul Muni stars in director Mervyn LeRoy's gritty prison exposé based on Robert E. Burns's memoirs. Returning war veteran James Allen (Muni) descends into darkness when his architectural aspirations dissolve and he finds himself serving 10 years on bogus armed-robbery charges. Unable to suffer the dehumanization of a chain gang, Allen slips off his shackles and escapes … only to have a scheming woman and the corrupt penal system betray him again.
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