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  1. www.abc.net.au › news › 2023/02/25Cocaine Bear is based on true events. Here's the real story ...

    Feb 24, 2023 · But you might be surprised to learn that Cocaine Bear is actually based on true events. Here's what you need to know about the real story that inspired the Hollywood flick.

    • Jessica Riga

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  3. www.usatoday.com › story › entertainment'Cocaine Bear' movie fact check: What's true and what's fiction?

    Feb 22, 2023 · Is 'Cocaine Bear' based on a true story? In 1985, ex-narcotics officer Andrew Thornton (played in the movie by Matthew Rhys) brought more than 800 pounds of cocaine from Colombia into the USA...

  4. www.nytimes.com › cocaine-bear-true-storyThe Real Story of ‘Cocaine Bear’ - The New York Times

    Dec 1, 2022 · The bloody spree that follows the bear’s cocaine binge, as depicted in the trailer, is fictional, but the story about a high bear is very real. Its lore is likely to grow with the movie,...

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cocaine_Bear_(bear)Cocaine Bear (bear) - Wikipedia

    Cocaine Bear, also known as Pablo Eskobear (sometimes spelled Escobear) [2] [3] or Cokey the Bear, [4] was a 175-pound (79-kilogram) female American black bear that fatally overdosed on cocaine in 1985. The cocaine had been dropped by a group of drug smugglers in the wilderness in Tennessee, United States.

  6. www.cnn.com › 2022/12/03 › moviesYes, the viral ‘Cocaine Bear’ movie is based on a true story ...

    Dec 3, 2022 · But the story is indeed based on the true story of a bear who overdosed on cocaine in the 1980s. The film, which will be released in February 2023, was directed and coproduced by...

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  8. apnews.com › article › cocaine-bear-movie-elizabethYes, ‘Cocaine Bear’ is a real movie. It’s also a true story

    Feb 24, 2023 · Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie. And after it opens in theaters Friday, it might even be a hit. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks’ very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story R-rated comedy has stoked a rabid zeitgeist.

  9. variety.com › cocaine-bear-true-story-1235533218The True Story Behind 'Cocaine Bear' and Pablo Eskobear - Variety

    Feb 24, 2023 · But that’s not exactly how one would describe the real story of the Cocaine Bear, also known as Pablo Eskobear. Banks’ film, scripted by Jimmy Warden, is inspired by the 1985 discovery of a...