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- But the film, which stars Hugh Jackman as Frank Tassone, the school district superintendent in Roslyn, New York, and Allison Janney as Pamela Gluckin, the assistant superintendent, is indeed based on real events leading up to Gluckin’s resignation in 2002 and Tassone’s arrest in 2004.
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Apr 24, 2020 · Hugh Jackman and the real Frank Tassone. Photo-Illustration: Vulture, HBO and Getty Images. HBO’s Bad Education tells the wild tale of former Roslyn schools superintendent Frank Tassone (Hugh...
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Apr 30, 2020 · Based on a mid-2000s scandal in Roslyn, a well-off suburb of New York City, the movie tells the story of Superintendent Frank Tassone (a brilliantly creepy Hugh Jackman), a superficially charming...
Apr 29, 2020 · Leisure. Arts & Culture. The Real Frank Tassone and the True Story Behind HBO's Bad Education. Everything you need to know about the real events behind the new Hugh Jackman movie, which...
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Apr 19, 2020 · No, the HBO movie is based on a New York Magazine article by Robert Kolker. While researching the Bad Education fact vs. fiction, we learned that the screenplay for the film was written by a former Roslyn student, Mike Makowsky, who was a pupil in the district at the time of the scandal.
Apr 25, 2020 · HBO's 'Bad Education' which stars Hugh Jackman as Frank Tassone was inspired by the biggest school embezzlement case in U.S history. Here's the true story, what really happened in Roslyn...
Apr 25, 2020 · Lia Beck. Last Updated April 25, 2020, 11:10 AM. Photo: Courtesy of HBO. If you can't get enough true crime, then HBO has a new movie for you. Premiering on April 25, Bad Education is the...
Apr 25, 2020 · Still, there are still quite a few truths to the whole “true story” part, which is the story of how a superintendent of a Long Island school district, Dr. Frank A. Tassone, was at the center of...
