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Posted: 10/2/2004 6:14:44 PM EDT
I just watched the movie "Man on Fire".   Denzel Washington played the part of John W. Creasey.   At the end it says he was born in 1956 and died 12/16/2003.   Is that movie based on a true story or fictional?   Anyone know?   What's the story?  It really piqued my interest.
Link Posted: 10/2/2004 6:16:58 PM EDT
[#1]
Based on the book of the same name by A.J. Quinnel. The book was set in Italy, with an older character, in the 1980s, and he was a French Foreign Legionairre. It is fiction.
Link Posted: 10/2/2004 6:17:44 PM EDT
[#2]
BTW, the book really sucked, the movie was FAR better.
Link Posted: 10/2/2004 6:21:59 PM EDT
[#3]
The movie was definitely better than the original that starred Scott Glenn, I think?
Link Posted: 10/2/2004 6:52:01 PM EDT
[#4]
Thanks guys.   Glad to know it was fictional.  Kinda pulled at the heart strings a little.
Link Posted: 10/2/2004 7:13:45 PM EDT
[#5]
It was a good film.
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