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- In Amazon's new series 'Hunters,' Al Pacino's character is based on a true story about Nazi hunters Simon Wiesenthal and Beate and Serge Klarsfeld.
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The premise behind Huntersis simple: Nazis are hiding in America and it’s up to Al Pacino and a covert team to stop them from pulling off a terrorist attack. The characters never give much thought to how these Nazis made it into the country (they snuck in with fake names seems to be the going consensus), but a subplot featuring an FBI detective (Je...
There wasn't actually a group of Nazi hunters running around New York enacting their own form of brutal justice on former Nazis in the 1970s. However, was a group with similar overall goals. The Simon Wiesenthal Centre was established in 1977 (the same year Hunterstakes place). It's self-described as a human rights organization that researches the ...
The characters and plotlines of Huntersare mostly invented, but one character is directly inspired by a real person. The main character’s grandmother, Ruth Heidelbaum, is based on showrunner David Weil’s own grandmother, Sara Weil, who survived the concentration camps during WWII. In a letter written by David Weil and shared with the press, he expl...
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Feb 21, 2020 · Amazon's Hunters tells the story of a fictional group of Nazi hunters in 1970s America. While the series is fictional, there were, in fact, real groups who hunted down former Nazi party...
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Feb 25, 2020 · “Inspired by real life events” often precedes Hollywood biopics these days, but rarely are the true stories as harrowing as in Hunters, Amazon Prime’s sweary new series starring Al Pacino.
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The specific team of hunters featured in Prime Video's hit drama are not directly based on real people, although there are several historical cases of people who have devoted their...
Mar 3, 2020 · Amazon's Hunters Is Not A True Story, But It's Inspired By One Set in 1977, much of Hunters is framed by Jonah’s comic-book-laden point-of-view. The 1970s were known as the Bronze Age of Comics, an era in which darker plotlines and relevant social issues began to make their way into the panels.
Feb 21, 2020 · (JTA) — “ Hunters,” the new show co-produced by Jordan Peele and created by David Weil for Amazon Prime, tells the story of a crew of Nazi hunters in 1970s America. They are led by a...
