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1. • • The film, directed by Rupert Goold and starring James Franco as Longo and Jonah Hill as Finkel, is based on Finkel’s book, True Story: Memoir, Mea Culpa, recounting the case and his personal involvement with his impersonator.
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   • True Story is a 2015 American mystery thriller film that was directed by Rupert Goold in his directorial debut. It is based on a screenplay by Goold and David Kajganich. Based on the memoir of the same title by Michael Finkel, it stars Jonah Hill, James Franco and Felicity Jones, with Gretchen Mol, Betty Gilpin and John Sharian in supporting roles.

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   Who plays Jonah Hill in 'true story'?

   • But while Mr. Hill is a quick-witted actor, he is also an essentially reactive performer, a born sidekick who plays best with a complicated, charismatic foil, like Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” or Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” James Franco, slotted into that role here, doesn’t quite cut it. Jonah Hill and James Franco in "True Story."

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   Is Mea Culpa based on a true story?

   • The film, directed by Rupert Goold and starring James Franco as Longo and Jonah Hill as Finkel, is based on Finkel’s book, True Story: Memoir, Mea Culpa, recounting the case and his personal involvement with his impersonator.

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   Is 'the Times' based on a true story?

   • Despite the movie’s title, moreover, its portrayal of The Times, its editors and Mr. Finkel’s experiences at the paper — where he was a contributor under contract to the magazine, but not a staff reporter — are not quite real. Rather, in the way of Hollywood and, sometimes, of wayward journalists, they are composites.

   ‘True Story’ Is Based on the Conning of a Shamed Journalist - The New

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   Jun 17, 2020 · The film, directed by Rupert Goold and starring James Franco as Longo and Jonah Hill as Finkel, is based on Finkel’s book, True Story: Memoir, Mea Culpa, recounting the case and his...

4. www.imdb.com › title › tt2273657True Story (2015) - IMDb

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   Apr 17, 2015 · True Story: Directed by Rupert Goold. With Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia. When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel's identity - his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse.

   • 6.3/10 (73K)
   • Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama

   • Director: Rupert Goold
   • Release Date: 2015-04-17

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   True Story is a 2015 American mystery thriller film that was directed by Rupert Goold in his directorial debut. It is based on a screenplay by Goold and David Kajganich. Based on the memoir of the same title by Michael Finkel, it stars Jonah Hill, James Franco and Felicity Jones, with Gretchen Mol, Betty Gilpin and John Sharian in supporting roles.

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   Apr 16, 2015 · Murder mystery, journalism exposé, courtroom drama, metaphysical inquiry into the secret-sharer nature of certain American Bros, proof that James Franco and Jonah Hill can serious-act opposite one another—it seems to be going for any one of these at any given moment, and in the end winds up being not a whole lot more than ostentatiously ...

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   In the movie “True Story” — its tale is true, to a degree — Jonah Hill plays a disgraced reporter whose identity was stolen by a murderer.

8. www.nytimes.com › 2015/04/17 › moviesReview: ‘True Story’ Stars Jonah Hill and James Franco

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   Apr 16, 2015 · Like the book (which is subtitled “Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa”), the movie has a tendency to conflate shame and self-congratulations. Mr. Finkel’s admitted sins of arrogance and sloppiness ...

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   Apr 16, 2015 · The movie is an extension of what Finkel calls the bizarre relationship he's developed with Longo since he was told by a reporter for The Oregonian that Longo had impersonated Finkel while on the...