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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 name by Michael Finkel, it stars Jonah Hill, James Franco and Felicity Jones, with Gretchen Mol, Betty Gilpin and John Sharian in supporting roles.
- Who Is Christian Longo?
- The Case
- Who Is Michael Finkel?
Longo was born on Jan. 23, 1974 and met his future wife, MaryJane Baker, when he was only 17. They married in 1993 and had three children: Zachery, Sadie, and Madison. According to Crime Library, long before he was accused of murder, he had committed a series of crimesranging from stealing from employers to forging checks from customers at his busi...
Before the bodies were discovered, a motel that the Longos stayed at found MaryJane's ID, family photos, and both babies' and women's clothes in their dumpster on Dec. 18, 2001. When confronted, Longo told co-workers that his wife had been having an affair and she went to Michigan with their kids. That same day, a car Longo rented illegally was fou...
Finkel was a freelance writer for the New York Times Magazine until he was fired for allegedly making up a character in a story about child slavery in Africa. According to the Times, "the title character of his November 18 story, 'Is Youssouf Malé a Slave?' was actually a composite of several young men," which led to him being discredited. After he...
Carnival Row is an American fantasy television series created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, based on Beacham's unproduced film spec script, A Killing on Carnival Row. [1] [3] The series stars Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant, David Gyasi, Andrew Gower, Karla Crome, Arty Froushan, Indira Varma, and Jared ...
Apr 16, 2015 · Late in "True Story," the new movie based on writer Michael Finkel's memoir about his encounters with family murderer Christian Longo, Longo's sister-in-law turns on Finkel when he...
Apr 18, 2015 · The film is based on Finkel’s own book True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa. In the film, we meet Finkel (Jonah Hill) in Africa as he’s working on a story about the modern slave trade for The...
Apr 17, 2013 · 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.
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.
