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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Any resemblance to actual persons
    sub title: the real people behind 400+ fictional movie characters
  name:
    name part: Erickson, Hal
    name part: 1950-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ncu
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: vii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
  abstract: Most film buffs know that CITIZEN KANE was based on the life of publisher William Randolph Hearst. But few are aware that key characters in the films like DOUBLE INDEMNITY, COOL HAND LUKE, JAWS, RAIN MAN, A FEW GOOD MEN and ZERO DARK THIRTY were inspired by actual persons. This survey of a clef characters covers a selection of fictionalized personalities, beginning with the Silent Era. The landmark lawsuit surrounding RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS (1932) introduced disclaimers in film credits, assuring audiences that characters were not based on real people, even when they were. Entries cover screen incarnations of Wyatt Earp, Al Capone, Bing Crosby, Amelia Earhart, Buster Keaton, Howard Hughes, Janis Joplin and Richard Nixon, along with the inspirations behind perennial favorites like Charlie Chan and Indiana Jones.
  note: Hal Erickson.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-379) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Characters and characteristics in motion pictures
  subject:
    topic: Film adaptations
    genre: Dictionaries
  classification: PN1995.9.C36 E75 2017
  classification: 791.4309
  identifier: 1476666059
  identifier: 9781476666051
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 170310
    record change date: 20180430160624.0
    record identifier: in00003910978