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- No. While some of the characters share certain similarities with the real people who were part of the Insys scandal, the characters in director David Yate's Insys movie are fictional.
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Sep 12, 2023 · Instead, the movie starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans, from director David Yates, is a heavily dramatized account of the rise and fall of a small opioid company that hawked a pain...
- Esther Zuckerman
Oct 30, 2023 · Is 'Pain Hustlers' based on a true story? As seen in the film's closing seconds, there was a real-life Fentanyl-based drug similar to the one depicted in the film.
Oct 31, 2023 · Though fictionalized for comedy, Pain Hustlers is still inspired by a true story. Do the Stories Have Similar Endings? Thankfully, the real-life story of Insys ends in a similar...
- Josh Rosenberg
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Oct 27, 2023 · The film will undoubtedly leave viewers with a lot of questions—and rightfully so, because it’s based on a true story. Here’s a Pain Hustlers' explainer to help separate fact from...
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The directing of David Yates (who got his fame from directing half of "Harry Potter" films and then plunged down with directing all of "Fantastic Beasts" trilogy) is no different or special then other movies which are based on a true, ecstatic-rise from the gutters story.
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Oct 27, 2023 · Is Pain Hustlers based on a true story? Yes, but only loosely. The heavily dramatized Netflix movie was inspired by the Insys Therapeutics scandal, which revolved around the company's pain relief spray for cancer that included fentanyl as its highly addictive core ingredient.
Pain Hustlers is a 2023 American crime comedy film co-produced and directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Wells Tower, based on the 2022 book of the same name by Evan Hughes. [3][4] The film is loosely based on the activities of the real world company Insys Therapeutics and their role in the US opioid crisis.
