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Fargo is based on a true story: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_56de2c53e4b0ffe6f8ea78c4 http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_56de2c53e4b0ffe6f8ea78c4

ryanwaggoner 10y ago
Uh, no, it's not. Did you read the link you posted? Two minor details from two separate cases were (allegedly) kind of related. Everything else was made up.
- saycheese 10y ago
  "Based on a true story" is not the same thing as a documentary; it's assumed that aparts of the story are not real; how much is made up is up to the writer, not the reader.
  - exodust 10y ago
    Not sure what you point is. Fargo says "This is a true story". It adds that apart from the name changes "the rest has been told exactly as it occurred." A blatant lie, not at all in the manner of "based on a true story".
    - saycheese 10y ago
      Fargo's credits state: "The persons and events portrayed in this production are fictitious."
      - jbuzbee 10y ago
        Every single modern movie has that lawyer-require statement just in case they get sued.
        dragonwriter 10y ago
        No, real (by intent and marketing, not necessarily truthfulness) documentaries (which are modern movies) do not. Movies that are actually intended as works of fiction (even if inspired by real events, and even if—well, given the purpose, especially if—including some characters retaining the names of those in the real events doing some of the things they actually did) have it.
      - exodust 10y ago
        Still not sure what your point is. You seem stuck. Nobody reads the tiny print in end credits. Viewers were told in opening credits that every detail except the names was true. Someone went looking for the buried money and got themselves killed as a direct result of the statement in the opening credits.
- dvorak365 10y ago
  "Based on a true story" is one of those film-marketing buzzphrases that means almost nothing. If the initial inspiration for the story is a true story, even if it bears little resemblance to the final product, it is "based on a true story". See also: Subway's "made with 100% chicken"

ryanwaggoner 10y ago

Uh, no, it's not. Did you read the link you posted? Two minor details from two separate cases were (allegedly) kind of related. Everything else was made up.

saycheese 10y ago
"Based on a true story" is not the same thing as a documentary; it's assumed that aparts of the story are not real; how much is made up is up to the writer, not the reader.
- exodust 10y ago
  Not sure what you point is. Fargo says "This is a true story". It adds that apart from the name changes "the rest has been told exactly as it occurred." A blatant lie, not at all in the manner of "based on a true story".
  - saycheese 10y ago
    Fargo's credits state: "The persons and events portrayed in this production are fictitious."
    - jbuzbee 10y ago
      Every single modern movie has that lawyer-require statement just in case they get sued.
      - dragonwriter 10y ago
        No, real (by intent and marketing, not necessarily truthfulness) documentaries (which are modern movies) do not. Movies that are actually intended as works of fiction (even if inspired by real events, and even if—well, given the purpose, especially if—including some characters retaining the names of those in the real events doing some of the things they actually did) have it.
    - exodust 10y ago
      Still not sure what your point is. You seem stuck. Nobody reads the tiny print in end credits. Viewers were told in opening credits that every detail except the names was true. Someone went looking for the buried money and got themselves killed as a direct result of the statement in the opening credits.
dvorak365 10y ago
"Based on a true story" is one of those film-marketing buzzphrases that means almost nothing. If the initial inspiration for the story is a true story, even if it bears little resemblance to the final product, it is "based on a true story". See also: Subway's "made with 100% chicken"