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Lieography - A Podcast About Movies Based on True Stories

Join your hosts Joanna, Ace, and John as we discuss and debunk movies based on true stories. If you've always wanted to know how movies compare with real history while listening to a group of foul-mouthed nerds, then this is the podcast for you!
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Aug 7, 2018

Hello there, dear listeners! Apologies once again for another unplanned hiatus! We are back with another new episode, this time all about the 2018 HBO original biopic Paterno, starring Al Pacino and directed by HBO biopic staple, Barry Levinson. This movie and its subsequent research was pretty grim for us, we're not gonna lie, but we're hoping that we put in the tough work to bring you a still enjoyable episode! So with that, we hope you enjoy!

Sources:

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/04/reality_check_things_the_pater.html

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/04/pennlive_editor_on_hbos_patern.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/television/paterno-hbo-al-pacino-barry-levinson-sara-ganim-20180329.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/04/07/what-did-joe-paterno-really-know-about-the-sandusky-scandal-at-penn-state/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.5ccd56873cec

http://www.indiewire.com/2018/01/paterno-movie-al-pacino-joe-paterno-scandal-1201916638/

https://www.bustle.com/p/where-is-scott-paterno-now-in-2018-hbos-new-movie-shows-how-the-penn-state-scandal-affected-the-coachs-son-8702801/amp

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/sports/ncaafootball/joe-paterno-jerry-sandusky-sex-abuse-penn-state-1976-court-documents.html
 
 
Luciew, John, and The Staff of The Patriot-News. Hear No Evil: How the Sandusky Sex Abuse Scandal Rocked Penn State, Toppled Joe Paterno and Stunned a Nation. The Patriot-News Co., 2011.

 

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May 21, 2018
May 4, 2018

Hello again, dear listeners, and sorry about the impromptu hiatus between our last episode and this one! Life just keeps getting in the way in 2018, but we're hoping to get back to regular posting real soon, so thank you for bearing with us! This episode we discuss the 1995 Ron Howard classic Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, and many others! We hope you enjoy!

Sources:

Fairhead, David, director. Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo. Gravitas Ventures, 2017.

https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/the-real-story/apollo-13/679/141246

http://www.spaceacts.com/notanoption.htm

https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_13h_Timeline.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/17/apollo-13-tom-hanks-space-ron-howard

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1995/07/09/the-wrong-stuff/13ce73e6-e954-4c28-81a7-9045e8da0696/?utm_term=.302e2284a2e5

http://apollocritique.umwblogs.org/apollo-13-the-movie/accuracy/

http://apollocritique.umwblogs.org/apollo-13-the-movie/historical-inaccuracy/

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/untold-story-back-room-team-saved-apollo-13/

https://www.universetoday.com/101531/ken-mattingly-explains-how-the-apollo-13-movie-differed-from-real-life/

https://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2014/04/cinema_peer_review_how_accurate_was_apollo_13/

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/19/garden/at-the-movies-with-jim-lovell-in-space-no-room-for-fear.html

https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/MattinglyTK/MattinglyTK_11-6-01.htm

https://www.universetoday.com/101531/ken-mattingly-explains-how-the-apollo-13-movie-differed-from-real-life/
 
Apollo 13, BluRay Special Features

Apollo 13, Feature commentary with Jim and Marilyn Lovell

Lagniappe, director. Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13. 1996.
 
Mission Transcripts: Apollo 13 - https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/mission_trans/apollo13.htm

 

 

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Mar 24, 2018

Hello again, dear listeners! We apologize for the delay getting this episode out, 2018 is proving to be a busy year for us here at Lieography! But we are finally back with a discussion of the 1993 film What's Love Got To Do With It, directed by Brian Gibson and starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne! AND we're joined by a special guest, Eric Ambler from the What Were We Watching podcast! We hope you enjoy!

Sources:

http://www.indiewire.com/2013/11/tina-turner-is-74-years-old-today-here-are-9-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-facts-you-may-not-know-163413/

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/whats-fact-got-do-it

https://www.moviemistakes.com/film1396

http://articles.latimes.com/1993-06-24/entertainment/ca-6761_1_tina-turner

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108551/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id= whatslovegottodowithit.htm

https://www.theroot.com/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-10-facts-1790868330

"Behind The Music: Tina Turner." Season 3, episode 24, VH1, 5 Mar. 2000.

 

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Feb 22, 2018

Hello again, dear listeners! Just in time for the Olympics, join us for a discussion of the 2017 Craig Gillespie film I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, and Sebastian Stan! We really enjoyed this movie and hope you did too, and that you also enjoy our discussion of this very enjoyable movie! Enjoy!

Sources:

"30 for 30: The Price of Gold." Burstein, Nanette, director. Season 2, episode 16, ESPN, 16 Jan. 2014.

http://www.vulture.com/2017/12/a-fact-checked-guide-whats-true-and-whats-not-in-i-tonya.html
 
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/14/us/police-in-oregon-make-arrests-in-assault-on-olympic-skater.html?pagewanted=all
 
http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/i-tonya/
 
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a15336599/i-tonya-fact-vs-fiction-list/
 
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/i-tonya-harding-steven-rogers_us_5a2afa4de4b069ec48ad444c
 
http://time.com/5027311/i-tonya-movie-true-story/
 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2017/12/20/tonya-harding-movie-wants-your-sympathy-but-lets-not-forget-facts/971183001/
 
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/true-story-i-tonya-how-accurate-are-characters-1047569/item/young-tonya-harding-portrayed-by-mckenna-grace-1047576
 
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2018/01/05/i-tonya-writer-finds-more-fun-in-facts-than-fiction.html
 
 

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Feb 10, 2018

Hello dear listeners, and apologies for the extended delay/impromptu mini hiatus! But we're back with an all new episode about the 2017 Steven Spielberg film The Post, starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and a bunch of other recognizable faces! We hope you enjoy!

Sources:

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. Directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith, performance by Daniel Ellsberg. PBS, 2010.

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee. Directed by John Maggio. HBO, 2017. HBOGO, https://play.hbogo.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GWeEKjA6v3sNcawEAAAHl?icid=hbo_signin_go

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-the-post-fact-checking-20171223-story.html

https://www.biography.com/news/true-story-behind-the-post-movie-washington-post-pentagon-papers

https://moviepilot.com/p/the-post-movie-true-story/4220848

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/25/movies/the-post-katharine-graham-meryl-streep-ben-bradlee-tom-hanks.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/spielbergs-the-post-good-movie-bad-history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51WekYfoVOk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-had-a-front-row-seat-to-the-pentagon-papers-intrigue-heres-what-happened/2017/12/28/f44c7042-ebd7-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html?utm_term=.31005b77a1cf
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020802132.html
 
https://www.c-span.org/video/?67506-1/book-discussion-ben-bradlee-a-good-life
 
http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/the-post/
 

 

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Jan 25, 2018

Hello there, dear listeners! Your illustrious hosts have unfortunately had a bit of a busy January that led us to have some difficulty getting in the same room to record our latest episode on The Post, but fear not! In the mean time, we're re-releasing our episode on All The President's Men that originally aired August 6, 2017, as it is a great primer for a bunch of what we'll be talking about with The Post. And we'll be back in two weeks for an all new episode! See you then, and we hope you enjoy this classic episode!

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Join us as we discuss the 1976 Alan J. Pakula film All The President's Men, about intrepid journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and their quest to uncover the truth about the Watergate story that eventually took down President Richard Nixon, which definitely has NO relevancy to anything happening in the United States today... We also get into some hard-hitting present-day political commentary! We hope you enjoy!

Sources:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/78307/13-investigative-facts-about-all-presidents-men

https://nixonscandal.wordpress.com/differences-and-similarities/differences/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/features/dcmovies/postinfilm.htm

https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/04/03/all-the-presidents-men-movie-oral-history/

All The President's Men Revisited. Dir. Peter Schnall. Discovery Channel, 2013. TV Movie.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/obituaries/katharine-graham-former-publisher-of-washington-post-dies-at-84.html

http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/is-the-comey-memo-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-trump

http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?Movie=53913

 

 

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Jan 10, 2018

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode, we bring you a discussion of the recent 2017 film Molly's Game, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, and many more! We were lucky enough to attend an early screening of this film that included a Q&A with Aaron Sorkin, the film's editors, and stars Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba, so be sure to check out the episode for some fun inside info! We hope you enjoy!

Sources:

Bloom, Molly. Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World. Harper Collins Publishers, 2014.

http://nypost.com/2014/06/22/inside-the-poker-princess-a-list-house-of-cards/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/02/poker-princess-molly-bloom/8641117/

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/losangeles/press-releases/2010/la011110a.htm

 

 

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