Tag: Based On A True Story

Selma

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Release Date:  January 9, 2015
Genre:  Drama/Biography
Rating: Unknown
Studio:  Paramount Pictures, Cloud Eight Films, Celador Films,
Harpo Films, Pathe, Plan B Entertainment, Lee Daniels Entertainment
Director:  Ava DuVernay

Cast:  David Oyelowo (Martin Luther King, Jr.), Oprah Winfrey (Annie Lee Cooper), Carmen Ejogo (Coretta Scott King), Lorraine Toussaint (Amelia Boynton), Giovanni Ribisi (Lee C. White), Tim Roth (George Wallace), Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Fred Gray), Common (James Bevel), Tom Wilkinson (President Lyndon B. Johnson), Tessa Thompson (Diane Nash), Dylan Baker (J. Edgar Hoover), Wendell Pierce (Reverend Hosea Williams), Niecy Nash (Richie Jean Jackson), Lakeith Stanfield (Jimmie Lee Jackson).

Story:  The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.  Source(s): AFI Fest.

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Tulia

Status:  Delayed
Release Date: TBA
Genre:  Drama
Rating: Not Available
Studio: Lionsgate/Lift Films
Director: John Singleton
Cast: Halle Berry (Vanita Gupta), Billy Bob Thornton
Story:  Pic centers on a lawyer’s efforts to expose a rash of drug convictions in rural Tulia, Texas, in 1999.  Adaptation of Nate Blakeslee’s book Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town, in which 10% of the black population of Tulia was incarcerated. The arrests did not produce drugs or money, causing attorneys and civil-rights groups to denounce the bust as racial profiling. The undercover agent who conducted the bust was indicted on perjury charges; most of the 46 arrestees were eventually pardoned by Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Details:  According to Indiewire Shadow and Act, as of March 20, 2013, neither Berry nor Singleton is attached to this project anymore. (Source(s): Variety; Indiewire Shadow and Act).

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Frankie & Alice

Layout 2Release Date: April 4, 2014 (In Theaters, Limited)
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Studio: Codeblack Films
Running Time: 101 minutes
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Cast: Halle Berry (Frankie)
Stellan Skarsgård (Oz)
Phylicia Rashad (Edna)
Chandra Wilson (Maxine)
Alex Diakun (Hal)
Joanne Baron (Nurse Susan Shaw)
Story: Moving psychological drama based on the harrowing true story of Frankie Murdoch, a woman suffering with multiple personality disorder in early 1970s Los Angeles. (Synopsis taken from comingsoon.net).
Notes: Opened on December 10, 2010, for an awards run. Berry was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actress for her performance.

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Blue Caprice

Blue CapriceRelease Date: 1/14/14 (DVD); 9/20/13
(theatrical, limited)
Genre: Drama/Based on a True Story
Rating: R
Running Time: 93 min.
Studio: IFC Films/ SimonSays Entertainment
Director: Alexandre Moors
Cast: Tim Blake Nelson (Ray)
Isaiah Washington (John Allen Muhammad) Tequan Richmond (Lee Boyd Malvo)
Joey Lauren Adams (Jamie)
Leo Fitzpatrick (Arms Dealer)
Story: Psychological thriller about an abandoned boy who is lured to America into the shadows of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by true events, BLUE CAPRICE investigates the notorious and horrific Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view of the two killers, whose distorted father-son relationship facilitated their long and bloody journey across America. (Synopsis taken from bluecapricefilm.com, official site).

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