Wednesday, April 25, 2018

13 “Based On True Story” Movies That Are Totally Inaccurate – Goliath

13 “Based On True Story” Movies That Are Totally Inaccurate – Goliath
Sully?!! Say it ain't so!
9. Sully (2016)
The real-life story of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s safely landing his damaged plane in the Hudson River was intense and dramatic, but also fairly basic. 
Banal stories about everyday heroism don’t fly in Hollywood, so literally everything about the Sully movie, aside from the plane landing, is 100% fiction.
Director Clint Eastwood needed a villain to make the movie work, so the filmmakers invented an evil traffic board who desperately wants to nail Sully for negligence.
They claim Sully might’ve been drunk, that one of his engines actually had power, and that flight simulations showed he should’ve easily made it to the airport. 
Sully fights tirelessly to convince them he did all he could do and eventually, the board concludes the pilot did, in fact, do the right thing.
In real life, none of that happened. 
The traffic board almost immediately sided with Sully, as did everyone in the country who honored him."
Warner Bros.

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