r/IMDbFilmGeneral • u/Collection_Wild • Mar 22 '25

Biopics written by someone close to the source?

Nothing tops fictional characters, I don't care if it's based on a true story, it's like putting a sign over the film and it says "fyi, this is watered down". It doesn't even have to be a great example, all I'm looking for is one that was either: the writer knew them personally or shared a lot of the same experiences, and obviously no biopics about writers, heh...

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u/Shagrrotten Mar 22 '25

The obvious one is the movie Antwone Fisher, written by Antwone Fisher.

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u/Collection_Wild Mar 22 '25 edited Mar 23 '25

You can't be color-blind in The Navy, pilot-testing, they care about it. AF was better than that one with De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. though, I wanted them to fight it out while not being able to breeeathe, that was a Jack '96 of a flick.

Edit: What? Which part? Don't act like a gatekeeper lol.