15+ True Stories That Inspired Epic Hollywood Films

Published on 06/06/2017
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Munich

During the 1972 Summer Olympics, the Palestine Liberation Organization took the 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team as hostages. After an attempted rescue mission, all 11 Israeli hostages perished. Munich follows the story of Operation Wrath of God, where undercover Israeli agents underwent a secret retaliation against “Black September”, the terrorists behind the slaughtering of innocent lives. While some moments in the film have been tweaked, most of the film is accurate.

Munich

Munich

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Escape From Alcatraz

Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and Frank Morris were the only successful inmates to escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in June 1962. Basically they created papier-mâché replicas of their faces and placed the replicas in their beds before they escaped via a deserted utility corridor. Evidence has never confirmed if the escapees actually survived, although the film depicts it as so.

Escape From Alcatraz

Escape From Alcatraz

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