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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 20, 2017

Hello again, dear listeners! In this episode, we bring you a discussion of the not-super-fun-to-watch-but-important-anyway 2017 Kathryn Bigelow film, Detroit. Our discussion, on the other hand, is, we hope, pretty super fun to listen to! We hope you enjoy!


Sources:

CBS Sunday Morning: "Detroit 1967: When A City Went Up In Flames"
 
The Algiers Motel Incident by John Hershey
 
"Motown Justice" by Edgar Z. Friedenberg, The New York Review of Books, August 1, 1968 Issue
 
Rebellion in Detroit Podcast, https://art19.com/shows/midroll-test-series
 
The Director's Cut Podcast, https://soundcloud.com/thedirectorscut/episode-84-detroit-with-kathryn-bigelow-and-paris-barclay
 
http://www.bridgemi.com/detroit-journalism-cooperative/he-started-detroit-riot-his-son-wrestles-carnage
 
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/08/03/fact_vs_fiction_in_kathryn_bigelow_s_detroit.html
 
http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/mark-boal-on-why-he-wrote-the-movie-detroit.html
 
https://www.biography.com/news/detroit-movie-true-story
 
http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/detroit/
 
 
 

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Aug 6, 2017

Hello again, dear listeners! Join us again 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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Jul 23, 2017

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode we bring you a discussion of the 2002 film Frida, directed by Julie Taymor and starring Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina. We hope you enjoy!

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/jun/17/frida-reel-history
 
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2002/10/paint_job.html
 
http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/
 

 

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Jul 10, 2017

Hello again, dear listeners! We bring you a very special episode this time in celebration of Independence Day, discussing the 1972 musical film 1776, with guest co-host Irina! We hope you enjoy!

Sources:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix
 
https://theshoutheardroundtheworld.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/the-musical-1776-and-historys-most-obnoxious-revolution/
 
http://www.historyteacher.net/HistoryThroughFilm/FilmReadings/Is1776HistoricallyAccurate.pdf
 
 
http://articles.latimes.com/2001/sep/07/entertainment/ca-42982
 
http://johnadams1776.tripod.com/1776accuracy.html
 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068156/goofs
 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068156/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
 
Rollins, Peter C., ed., The Columbia Companion to American History on Film (Columbia University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-231-11222-X)
 
 

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May 28, 2017

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode we discuss the recently-released 2017 James Gray film The Lost City of Z, about English explorer Percival Fawcett's many expeditions to try to find a hidden city in the Amazon Rainforest. We hope you enjoy!

 

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lost-city-of-z-alters-history-for-the-sake-of-modern-audiences-are-we-okay-with-that/2017/04/20/69492ada-253f-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.376a5bff815b
 
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/04/the-lost-city-of-z-is-a-very-long-way-from-a-true-story-and-i-should-know/#
 
http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/lost-city-of-z/
 
Secrets of the Dead, Season 11, Episode 1, "Lost in the Amazon" - PBS
 
https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/the-treatment/james-gray-the-lost-city-of-z

http://time.com/4735505/the-lost-city-of-z-true-story/

Worth Books Smart Summary - Summary And Analysis Of The Lost City Of Z: A Tale Of Deadly Obsession In The Amazon
 
 

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Apr 30, 2017

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode, we discuss the very very very loosely based on a true story 2000 Disney sports movie Remember the Titans. We hope you enjoy us debunking all of its lies!

 

Sources:

http://deadspin.com/remember-the-titans-is-a-lie-and-this-man-wants-you-to-1609473834

http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/movies/rememberthetitans

http://www.71originaltitans.com/faqs.html

http://www.espn.com/page2/s/closer/020808.html

 

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Mar 19, 2017

Hello again, dear listeners! This episode we present to you the 1992 Richard Attenborough classic film Chaplin, about the life and times of the legendary Charlie Chaplin. We hope you enjoy!

Sources: "Charlie Chaplin." Biography. A&E. 10 May 1998. Television.

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Jan 22, 2017

In light of the recent depressing inauguration, we decided to focus on an unfortunately timely political film, the 2016 HBO movie All The Way. We hope you enjoy!

 

Source: American Experience: LBJ. Dir. David Grubin. PBS, 1991. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/lbj/

 

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Jan 8, 2017

Just in time for the release of Sherlock season 4, join us for a new episode in which we discuss the 2014 film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as "gay computer Sherlock" (in the words of one of your illustrious co-hosts).

 

Sources: http://time.com/3609585/the-true-story-of-the-imitation-game/

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2014/12/19/poor-imitation-alan-turing/
 
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/03/the_imitation_game_fact_vs_fiction_how_true_the_new_movie_is_to_alan_turing.html
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11256888/Bletchley-Park-commander-not-the-baddy-he-is-in-The-Imitation-Game-family-say.html
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game#cite_note-111
 

 

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Dec 25, 2016

Happy Holidays, dear listeners! In honor of the various holidays currently occurring, we decided to dig in to the classic 2008 Hallmark movie The Christmas Choir (Inspired by a True Story)! Enjoy!

 

Sources: http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/accueil-bonneau-choir/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/montreal-homeless-choir-disbands-1.405022

http://www.sgm.qc.ca/en/main-nav/who-we-are/administration-de-congregation/
 
 
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Dec 11, 2016

In honor of Walt Disney's birthday on December 5th, join us to learn all about the trials and tribulations of the animator's early life in Walt Before Mickey!

 

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Nov 27, 2016

In celebration of Thanksgiving, we discuss the 1995 Disney animated film, Pocahontas. Join us to find out how extreme the historical liberties taken by the filmmakers actually were! (Hint: very)

 

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Nov 13, 2016

In our inaugural episode, we discuss the unauthorized Lifetime biopic Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story. Ever wondered if goblins really work in welfare or if JK Rowling actually called someone "a Weasley guy"? Tune in to find out the answers to these burning questions and more!

 

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Nov 4, 2016

Welcome to the brand new podcast Lieography! Our first episode drops November 13th, so please subscribe and join us!

 

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