Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Saving Mr. Banks

Tom Hanks plays none other than Walt Disney in this tense and eye-opening film about the cutthroat nature of business in the early days of organized entertainment. Saving Mr. Banks is a behind the scenes look at the tense negotiations between Disney and the author of "Mary Poppins". They were locked in a legal battle over the copyright permissions of the film, and we think you can guess who won the court case. 

Gorillas in the Mist

Sigourney Weaver plays Diane Fossey in this 1988 biopic about the author behind the book "Gorillas in the Mist". The book is a documentation of the primatologist Jane Goodall, written by a woman named Diane Fossey, while Goodall took on the western world's intentions to destroy the rainforest, poach endangered animals for their fur, and extinguish the lives of beautiful and intelligent animals. 

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