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Mar 4, 2004 · Viggo Mortensen’s Hidalgo is based on a not-so-true story. By Anuj Desai. March 04, 20046:27 PM. The movie version of Frank’s tall tale. In Hidalgo, which opens Friday, Viggo Mortensen...
Mar 1, 2004 · Documentaries are “the true story” kind of film. His screenplay is “based on a true story.” And Fusco is standing firm: “Frank T. Hopkins was a true-life figure and his accomplishments were acknowledged by respected horsemen who knew him and wrote about him.
Because the Disney Corporation marketed the movie as a true story, some historians criticized the film both because of the legendary status of Hopkins' claims and for the film's divergence from his accounts. [5]
The film Hidalgo was based on Hopkins' purported story, and a few items in his accounts have been verified by outside, reliable, third-party sources.
Every questioner has asked, “is Hidalgo really a true story, as the filmmakers claim?” Sadly, we have had to inform them that it is not, at least from the perspective of Hopkins’s non-existent connection with Buffalo Bill and the Wild West.
Hidalgo is a 2004 film that is claimed to be based on a true story. The movie centers on the story of Frank Hopkins, a legendary long-distance horse-racer, who is invited to participate in a 3,000-mile race called “the Ocean of Fire” across the Arabian Peninsula.
Feb 17, 2004 · Disney may tout “Hidalgo” as “based on a true story,” but, according to a headstrong posse of fact-finders, the only thing Hopkins ever galloped across was the vast plains of his...
