51. Though the movie is loosely based on an old Glenn Ford film, director Ron Howard posits an interesting subtext. 52. Truffaut based his movie on a true story, and Gerstein spent weeks bicycling through France, visiting the places Victor lived. 53. Walter Tevis, the author of the novel on which the movie was based, consistently denied the claim. 54. When a scary movie is based in part on a true story, the fear factor is raised to a new level. 55. Which is understandable, because the movie is based on a novel by Sagan, who advised the filmmakers up until a few weeks before his death last December. 56. German director Volker Schloendorff later based a movie on the book. 57. I have based the movie on the royal chronicles. 58. Movie is based on a Tom Clancy novel in which terrorists plot to blow up the Super Bowl with a nuclear bomb. 59. Movie is based on book about first major battle between U.S. and Viet Cong forces. 60. Sergeyev insists his movie is based on the real world of post-Soviet Russia and its ruling class, permeated with corruption and dealings with organized crime. |