Let’s take a look of certain movies which are having a real story and real person in it.
21 (2008)
Left : Jim Sturgess (Actor), Born: May 16, 1981. Birthplace: England, UK
Right : Jeff Ma, After retiring from the MIT Blackjack Team, Jeff Ma co-founded the sports stock market website PROTRADE.
Left: Kate Bosworth (Actress) : Born: January 2, 1983 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA.
Right :Â BoJane Willis. Born: 1970 Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Illinois, USAÂ Jane became a partner at the high-powered Boston Law firm Ropes & Gray.
Left : Jacob Pitts, Pitts grew up in Weston, Connecticut. In high school he was very involved in the theater production company, and took part in all the productions while he was in school, including a performance as the Mysterious Man in Into The Woods.
Right : Mike Aponte Born: 1972Â After MIT, Mike won the 2004 World Series of Blackjack and co-founded the Blackjack Institute.
Left : Liza Lapira Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
Right : Laurie Tsao
Left : Kevin Spacey Born: July 26, 1959 Birthplace: South Orange, New Jersey (Spacey’s “21″ character is a composite of 3 individuals.)
Right : John Chang, in disguise. Still plays. Bill Kaplan Kaplan co-founded Fresh Address. J.P. Masser “Mr. M” in the History Channel program.
300 (2007)
Left : Gerard Butler Born: November 13, 1969 Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Right : King Leonidas Born: ~540 B.C. Birthplace: Sparta, Greece Died: 480 B.C., Thermopylae, Greece (fatally wounded by arrows in the Battle of Thermopylae)
Left : Rodrigo Santoro Born: August 22, 1975 Birthplace: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Right : Xerxes Born, 519 B.C. Birthplace: Persia Died: 465 B.C., Persepolis, Persia (assassination by stabbing, likely by his political advisor Artabanus)
Left : Immortals (300 Movie) Frank Miller’s disfigured Imperial soldiers who fight behind shiny metal masks, using a martial-arts-like fighting style
Right : Immortals (Persian History) The Immortals were an Imperial Guard regiment that protected the Persian rulers during the time of the Greco-Persian Wars.
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Left : Leonardo DiCaprio Born: November 11, 1974 Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA
Right : Frank William Abagnale, Jr. Born: April, 1948 Birthplace: Bronx, New York, USA
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Left : Meryl Streep Born: June 22, 1949 Birthplace: Summit, New Jersey, USA
Right : Anna Wintour Born: November 3, 1949 Birthplace: London, England, UK
Left : Anne Hathaway Born: November 12, 1982 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Right : Lauren Weisberger Born: March 28, 1977 Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
reference from : chasingthefrog
thanks for the info. I didnt know the devil wears prada is based on the real story.
they should have mentioned that Rainman was based on the life of Kim Peek. Also, theres no Erin Brockovich….weird
The Mit Black Jack team really look different HAHA!
racism is still strong in America.