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Apr 24, 2015 · The movie is based on a book by Mike Finkel, a former writer for The New York Times Magazine, played by Jonah Hill. Despite its title, the film is not the “true story"; it is streamlined,...
Apr 17, 2015 · 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.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Rupert Goold
- 2015-04-17
- Who Is Christian Longo?
- Early Years
- Debts and Downfall
- Disappearance and Murders
- Trial and Sentence
- Book and Film Adaptations
Christian Longo was raised by strict Jehovah's Witness parents. Soon after he got married at age 19, Longo began experiencing financial problems that would plague him and his family for years. In December 2001, after Longo and his family had disappeared from their home in Ohio, the bodies of his wife and three children were discovered in Oregon. Lo...
Longo was born on January 23, 1974, in Michigan, and was raised by strict Jehovah's Witness parents. Longo was active in the church at a young age and trained in the door-to-door ministry for which Jehovah's Witness members are well known. Part of the same congregation, Longo and MaryJane Baker met in the church parking lot, and they were married w...
In a portentous moment a few years later, Longo became manager of a company that distributed The New York Times, and he would regularly read articles by Times feature writer Michael Finkel. Finkel would ultimately play a prominent, and bizarre, role in Longo’s story. Longo next launched a construction subcontracting business, but in a continuation ...
When authorities went to the Toledo warehouse looking for Longo, they found the premises abandoned. When MaryJane’s cell phone was cut off soon after, her sisters filed a missing persons report. Then, a month later, on December 19, 2001, the body of four-year-old Zachery Longo was discovered floating in a marina in Waldport, a coastal community sou...
Taken back to the U.S. in January 2002, Longo stood trial in March 2003, during which he claimed to have only killed Madison and MaryJane, pinning the murders of his other two children on MaryJane. During the trial and the period leading up to it, Longo was in touch with Finkel, whom Longo hoped would write about him and help in his exoneration. (B...
The book Finkel wrote, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa (2005), has since been turned into a 2015 movie starring James Franco as Longo and Jonah Hillas Michael Finkel and also featuring Felicity Jones. Finkel has continued to remain in contact with Longo on a monthly basis during the latter's incarceration. MaryJane's sister, Penny Dupuie, has...
When in Mexico, Longo used the name of Michael Finkel, the former New York Times reporter who later chronicled their experiences in his memoir True Story, which was adapted into a 2015 film of the same name starring James Franco as Longo and Jonah Hill as Finkel. Longo was incarcerated on death row at Oregon State Penitentiary.
Apr 17, 2015 · 'True Story': A 'creepy' tale of murderer Christian Longo. ( R ) ( Monitor Movie Guide ) 'True Story' stars Jonah Hill and James Franco are unshowy and effective. |. Courtesy of Fox...
Jan 26, 2015 · PARK CITY, Utah -- "True Story," the movie based on Michael Finkel's book about his relationship with convicted child killer Christian Longo, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Apr 17, 2015 · Drama. James Franco and Jonah Hill star in this taut thriller from writer-director Rupert Goold, based on Michael Finkel’s chilling, real-life story. After a disgraced New York Times journalist (Hill) learns that Christian Longo, a man accused of murdering his family, claims to be him, he is intrigued and begins meeting with Longo.
