what does based on a true story really mean?
364814
It means the real story wasn't that exciting so it was embellished and made far better than the original story....like what happened to me that one time.....It was a dark and stormy night and there were 12, no make that 15 evil brownies surrounding my house....
210290
What is the story about?  What does it teach us?
495751
Cud be true to some extent partially or fully. But in anycase everywhere such things happen. It doesnot matter who said but doest it matter to us in reality or is it reflects something in real sense to our real life. Answer to this matters the truth of the story.
756446
Fictional, the movie was based off a book
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Truth or fiction?\n\nWho says it has to be one or the other?\n\nMany fictional books have a lot of truth to them.\nEven the bible uses fictional stories to reveal truth.\n\nIt's a work of fiction that contains, reveals, or points to,  truths.
756288
Often times you will see a movie that says at the begining based on actual events.... Not this is a true story.... this gives them so much squirm room it't not funny.  Fargo for example was completely made up.....
798487
"Man on Fire" wasn't based on a true story. It's the remake of a 1987 film.  The film was originally based on a series of books by author A. J. Quinnell.
825245
Well i havent read or seen them...but if u think they are alike, ur statement could read:  \nThough the movie sensationalizes the novel, the movie follows the text in a scholarly maner.\nor if they are different, u could say:\nThe movie does not follow the novel and devolves from the author's intent.\netc, etc
104058
yes i would care to know the deeper meaning to the story! it would interest me! good luck w/ ur research!
673438
If it's not real, it's not a fact. You can't find an unreal fact, because a fact is something that is real and true..... You could make something up and call it a fact, but it wouldn't be.
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EXCORIST.. IT WAS BANNED WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT PEOPLE WERE SCARED IT WOULD CAUSE A RELIGIOUS WAR CAUSE IT SEEMED SO REAL...AND WAS SAID TO BE BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
953100
It means a story or tale that's been repeated for a long time.
1118217
nah. i know the Christian religion is true. no movie or book is going to make me doubt that! :) and hey..thanks for the best answer before. appreciate it! :)
463312
I don't think that the point of the story was that it's okay to lie, but the fact that relationships and feelings can be very complicated. And I think that the story makes people think about how important it is to know yourself and be yourself. Also, I think that at the time the movie took place their relationship would have been unacceptible.
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I don't think the movie is based on a true story...\n\nBut I do believe there are probably places that do that.\nThink about it... we live in a very sick and twisted world; I'm sure there's something like that around.\n\nBy the way... other than the first 30 minutes of p0rn, that movie was amazing.  ♥ \n\n"Wanna' go disco?"
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The answer depends on which stories and the context in which you are asking.  Much of the Bible relates true history and has been documented by archealogical study.  Some Bible stories are exactly that, stories.  This doesn't mean they are not true in the theological sense.  They are stories told to relate a truth about God and his relationship with people.  Its like telling a story to illustrate a point.  The story may not be true, but the point the teller is making is true.  The key is to know what kind of story you are reading.  There are histories.  There is poetry.  There are songs.  There are philosophical dissertations.  Many forms of literature appear in the Bible.  When reading remember what the Bible is for.  God is trying to help us to know who he is and how he wants us to be.  If we read looking for the answer to these questions, "Who is God?" and "Who are God's people?" we will find that the answers found in the Bible are always true.
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I need know a little more about the story to answer this question.