therealfuster Posted May 27, 2005 Share Posted May 27, 2005 one can have fun guessing who is being portrayed on film! Being the goof I am, I enjoy films which are based on a true story, but whose production team don't like to admit it publically, for fear of lawsuits perhaps or other unpleasant reactions. For example, a townsperson in Plainfield, Wisconsin might find Robert Bloch's contention that he based the character of Norman Bates on his close friend, Calvin something, instead of Eddie Gein, the fiend of Plainfield, a bit ludicrous and they would have many supporters, who knew Eddie and the infamous Mrs. Gein, who mothered and smothered him during his formative years. Nevertheless, though Eddie seems to have inspired characters like Leatherface and ones in films like, "Deranged", he never made any money off such enterprises thankfully, though his dominance in the domain of horror, thanks to his multifarious grave digging activities, remains firm to this day as inspiration for filmmakers. Another movie with a thinly disguised portrait of a real person, is "All the King's Men". Broderick Crawford portrays Willie Stark with all the repugnant vehemence of Huey Long, demagogue of the South, even though the name is not the same in the film. Do you have any films which you think are based directly or even loosely on real characters, and transposed to film reels, with just a few red herring embellishments to trick some into thinking otherwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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