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- During his initial phone conversations with the real Joy Mangano, Director David O. Russell was up front and told her that the film was "not going to be a biopic." Instead, he explained to her that it was going to be "half-fiction." Mangano gave her approval and is credited as an executive producer, though her last name is never used in the movie.
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Dec 27, 2015 · According to Russell, Elisabeth Röhm’s Peggy, a jealous half-sister to Lawrence’s Joy, is completely fictional. Joy’s mother, played by Virginia Madsen and living in a world of little more ...
- Eliza Berman
Dec 23, 2015 · In exploring the Joy true story, we discovered that at the time she invented the Miracle Mop, the real Joy Mangano was actually divorced and raising three children (not two), Robert, Jacqueline, and Christie Miranne.
Dec 21, 2015 · -- Joy Mangano is the home shopping entrepreneur and inventor whose life story serves as the inspiration for the film “Joy.” The film stars several of Hollywood’s biggest actors, including Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence, who plays Mangano. It’s directed by David O. Russell.
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Dec 17, 2015 · The magic trick of Joy lies in the fact that—even as the namesake inspiration of the film’s central character—Mangano’s actual true story remains hidden, possibly in plain sight.
- Katie Calautti
Jan 11, 2016 · JOY is a movie about hope, dreams, creating, and finding oneself. Joy is a great movie that is based on the true story of Joy Mangano, a self-made millionaire who created her own business empire. I would highly recommend you see it if you haven't yet.
Mar 31, 2016 · The film was adapted from Joy: The Unofficial Biography of Miracle Mop Inventor, Joy Mangano by Fergus Mason — the "unofficial" nature of the biography is salient due to the subject. According to...
One of these new productions is a movie called Joy, based on the true story of the world’s first in vitro fertilization baby starring Bill Nighy, James Norton, and Thomasin Mackenzie. The movie ...
