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Steve Coogan Talks Nonfiction Drama ‘Philomena’ and Altering Fact for Greater Truth

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Christopher Campbell
Nov 20, 2013
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What does it mean for a movie to be “based on a true story”? In the case of Philomena, it means borrowing real events and people and reworking them to fit a thematic narrative. Often that infusion of fiction and dramatization brings about a greater truth, and in this new release, that greater truth being communicated is that there is still room for sinc…

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