Category "biopic"

Do the biopic-ized people get paid for being represented in their respective biopic movies?

Biopic movies are based on the true stories of people, like Johnny Depp in Ed Wood. Did the family of Ed Wood get paid for this movie? (because, technically, th

How can a studio make a biographic film like The Social Network?

Do the film makers take permission of all the real people (that were portrayed in the film) before making the film? If not, is it okay / legal for anyone to ma

Which parts are from Eminems real life?

In "8 Mile" we saw how Bunny Rabbit got into the rapping gang and won the heart of millions of rap lovers. Now in Eminem's original life too similar thing happe

Who is the employee that Steve Jobs fired?

In Jobs (2013) there is a scene whereby Steve Jobs fires an employee for disagreeing with him on "fonts": Who is the employee w

What happened to The Enchantress of Numbers?

Back in 2010, there were some rumors that Zooey Deschanel would play Ada Lovelace in a movie called "The Enchantress of Numbers." Apparently she actually wasn't

Which parts are from Eminems real life?

In "8 Mile" we saw how Bunny Rabbit got into the rapping gang and won the heart of millions of rap lovers. Now in Eminem's original life too similar thing happe

What's the record for highest number of biographies on a single person?

I recently realized that so far there have been 4 movies about Steve Jobs' life, however ridiculous that might be, it made me wonder if there was another person

Is there any rule to get signed consent from characters while doing biography movies?

I recently watched Dangal (Indian Movie about wrestling) and in that movie, coach "Pramod Kadam" (Character name: "coach from NSA/NIS") was characterised as a n

Was the American interview at the end of "La Vie En Rose" real?

In one of the final scenes of the Oscar-winning Edith Piaf biopic La Vie En Rose (2007), a now elderly Edith is sitting on a beach and approached by an American