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- No. As stated above, the movie's cautionary tale of a musician becoming lost in the temptations of celebrity is a fictional one. The real Danny Collins, Steve Tilston, has a daughter named Martha and a son, Joe. Both followed in their father's footsteps.
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Mar 13, 2015 · The Danny Collins true story reveals that the real letter was lost for 34 years, not 40. John Lennon wrote the letter to British musician Steve Tilston in 1971, the same year he is depicted as having written the letter to Danny Collins (Al Pacino) in the movie.
The story is based on a real-life situation in which John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote a letter to the English folk singer Steve Tilston in 1971 but this remained unknown to him for 34 years. The real letter was signed "John + Yoko", while the letter in the movie was signed "John".
Mar 13, 2015 · Decades later, when finally confronted with the letter (lost for 40 years, in the conceit of the film, not 34 as in real life), a jolting reminder of who he used to be, Danny Collins realizes he...
Jan 6, 2016 · Since Danny Collins is supposedly based on a true story, is Danny Collins himself a real-life person? Well, yes and no. He is based on a real person, but that guy's name isn't Danny...
- Alexis Rhiannon
Danny Collins: Directed by Dan Fogelman. With Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale. An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Dan Fogelman
- 2015-04-10
Remarkably, this part of the plot is based on a true story, as folk singer Steve Tilston received a letter from John Lennon, 34 years after Lennon wrote it in 1971.
Mar 9, 2015 · But as an onscreen text at the start of Fogelman’s film states, “Danny Collins” is only “kind of based on a true story a little bit,” which means it’s safe to assume that the real Tilston...
