15+ True Stories That Inspired Epic Hollywood Films

Published on 06/06/2017
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Lion

Saroo Brierley was only five years old when he got separated from his biological family while on a train. Brierley was separated from his brother as they traveled to Burhanpur from his home town, Khandwa. He wound up miles away from home and somehow survived all on his own for weeks in the station before he eventually ventured out into the city. Shortly after and Brierley is adopted by an Australian couple and its not until 25 years later go by that he locates his biological mother…with the help of Google Maps.

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Finding Neverland

Finding Neverland is the tale of the Scottish writer J. M. Barrie, his friendship with Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and his very close friendships with her sons George, Jack, Peter, and Michael. It was these friendships that inspired Barrie to pen the classic play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Never Grew Up.

Finding Neverland

Finding Neverland

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