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   Is con man based on a true story?

   • Con Man is a 2018 American crime drama film directed by Bruce Caulk and starring James Caan, Ving Rhames, Justin Baldoni, Elisabeth Röhm, Mark Hamill, Talia Shire and Armand Assante. It is based on the real-life story of Barry Minkow, who also appears in the film.

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   What are the coolest con artist films ever made?

   • But, as I've found, some of the very best con films are actually based on REAL-LIFE events. So, I took the liberty of rounding up a few of the coolest con artist films ever made, all based on REAL-LIFE people. You're welcome: 1. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

   8 Awesome Movies Inspired By Real-Life Con Artists

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   Is American Hustle based on a true story?

   • American Hustle American Hustle isn't 100 percent accurate to what happened in real life and the names are changed — there's even text at the beginning of the movie that says, "Some of this actually happened" — but the film is based on the Abscam FBI investigation in the '70s and '80s.

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   Is the inventor based on a true story?

   • The Inventor premiered on HBO on Mar. 18 of this year and is a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, and her former company, Theranos. Theranos was meant to develop technology to do hundreds of blood tests with only a very small amount of blood, but claims arose that the technology wasn't accurate.

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   Is 'the Grifter' based on a true story?

   • The movie is based on the ABSCAM case and follows con artist Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who falls for Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), a fellow grifter. Their lives change when they're forced into a sting operation lead by Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper), an FBI agent trying to catch a New Jersey mayor (Jeremy Renner).

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   Is ZZZZ Best based on a true story?

   • It is based on the real-life story of Barry Minkow, who also appears in the film. In 1982, 16-year-old Barry Minkow is an ambitious high school student in Reseda, working at a gym and a carpet-cleaning business. He obtains steroids from a gym member named Victor, who gives him a loan to open his own carpet-cleaning business, “ZZZZ Best”.

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   • Can You Ever Forgive Me? This movie, which got star Melissa McCarthy an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, is based on the memoir of Lee Israel, a writer who forged letters from famous literary figures.
   • Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. One of two documentaries about Fyre Festival that came out in January 2019, this Netflix film tells the story of what went wrong with the infamous music festival with a ton of behind-the-scenes footage.
   • Fyre Fraud. Fyre Fraud is Hulu's Fyre Festival documentary, and it has a broader scope than the Netflix one. (More, what does this all say about us as a culture?)
   • The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley. The Inventor premiered on HBO on Mar. 18 of this year and is a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, and her former company, Theranos.

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   May 5, 2021 · Leonardo DiCaprio stars as real life con man Frank Abagnale Jr., who throughout the '60s and '70s cashed more than $2 million in fake checks and successfully posed as a doctor, a lawyer, a...

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   A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.

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   Feb 20, 2022 · 1. Catch Me If You Can (2002) Frank Abagnale's spectacular career as a con artist started out with check fraud: After his parents' divorce, the 16-year-old travelled to New York and discovered his ...

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    Aug 12, 2022 · Freegard is a convicted British conman and impostor, who is also known by the aliases David Hendy and David Clifton. Much of the film's script is based on an article "Chasing Agent Freegard," by...