Top 30 Movies That Left Out the Real Horrific Ending.!
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### Introduction
Sometimes reality is the real horror! Welcome to Watchmojo, and today we’ll be looking at the Top 30 films that were based on true stories but left out key factual details that would have made their conclusions even more depressing. Our countdown includes movies “Erin Brockovich,” “The Greatest Showman,” and more! Which of these endings did you expect to see in the film? Let us know in the comments!
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**#30: “Erin Brockovich” (2000)**
While "Erin Brockovich" tells the inspiring true story of a legal assistant who helps win a significant case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, it glosses over some harsher realities. In reality, many residents affected by the contamination continue to suffer health problems, and the legal battles dragged on for years with some settlements being less than satisfactory. These omitted details underscore the ongoing struggles of the victims and the imperfections in the justice system.
**#29: “The Greatest Showman” (2017)**
This musical biopic about P.T. Barnum celebrates his rise to fame and the creation of his famous circus, but it omits some troubling aspects of his life. The film doesn’t address Barnum's exploitation of people with disabilities and the unethical practices he employed to build his empire. A more accurate portrayal would have highlighted the darker side of his showmanship, revealing a more complex and less glamorous legacy.
**#28: “Titanic” (1997)**
James Cameron’s epic romance “Titanic” captures the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic, but it leaves out many of the grim realities faced by survivors. The movie focuses on the love story between Jack and Rose, while the true horror of the event involved massive loss of life, including the harrowing decisions and chaos during the evacuation. Additionally, the aftermath for survivors, many of whom suffered severe trauma and financial hardship, is barely touched upon in the film.
**#27: “A Beautiful Mind” (2001)**
This biographical film about mathematician John Nash focuses on his struggles with schizophrenia and his eventual Nobel Prize win. However, it omits the full extent of Nash's troubled personal life, including his complicated relationships and the severe impact of his illness on his family. The film's more uplifting ending glosses over these harsher truths, providing a somewhat sanitized version of Nash's life.
**#26: “Catch Me If You Can” (2002)**
Steven Spielberg’s film about the life of con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. is a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase, but it simplifies and romanticizes many aspects of Abagnale's criminal activities. The real story involved more victims and greater legal repercussions than the movie suggests. The true extent
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### Introduction
Sometimes reality is the real horror! Welcome to Watchmojo, and today we’ll be looking at the Top 30 films that were based on true stories but left out key factual details that would have made their conclusions even more depressing. Our countdown includes movies “Erin Brockovich,” “The Greatest Showman,” and more! Which of these endings did you expect to see in the film? Let us know in the comments!
### Countdown
**#30: “Erin Brockovich” (2000)**
While "Erin Brockovich" tells the inspiring true story of a legal assistant who helps win a significant case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, it glosses over some harsher realities. In reality, many residents affected by the contamination continue to suffer health problems, and the legal battles dragged on for years with some settlements being less than satisfactory. These omitted details underscore the ongoing struggles of the victims and the imperfections in the justice system.
**#29: “The Greatest Showman” (2017)**
This musical biopic about P.T. Barnum celebrates his rise to fame and the creation of his famous circus, but it omits some troubling aspects of his life. The film doesn’t address Barnum's exploitation of people with disabilities and the unethical practices he employed to build his empire. A more accurate portrayal would have highlighted the darker side of his showmanship, revealing a more complex and less glamorous legacy.
**#28: “Titanic” (1997)**
James Cameron’s epic romance “Titanic” captures the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic, but it leaves out many of the grim realities faced by survivors. The movie focuses on the love story between Jack and Rose, while the true horror of the event involved massive loss of life, including the harrowing decisions and chaos during the evacuation. Additionally, the aftermath for survivors, many of whom suffered severe trauma and financial hardship, is barely touched upon in the film.
**#27: “A Beautiful Mind” (2001)**
This biographical film about mathematician John Nash focuses on his struggles with schizophrenia and his eventual Nobel Prize win. However, it omits the full extent of Nash's troubled personal life, including his complicated relationships and the severe impact of his illness on his family. The film's more uplifting ending glosses over these harsher truths, providing a somewhat sanitized version of Nash's life.
**#26: “Catch Me If You Can” (2002)**
Steven Spielberg’s film about the life of con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. is a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase, but it simplifies and romanticizes many aspects of Abagnale's criminal activities. The real story involved more victims and greater legal repercussions than the movie suggests. The true extent
Transcript
00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we'll be looking at the top 30 films that were based
00:10on true stories, but left out key factual details that would have made their conclusions
00:16even more depressing.
00:22Number 30, The Aftermath, Alive.
00:31The true story that inspired this movie is chilling, and its representation on the screen
00:36stops short of the full picture.
00:38Alive is an account of the aftermath of the Andes flight disaster involving Uruguayan
00:43Air Force Flight 571.
00:45Crash survivors spent 72 days in the harsh Andes Mountains before they were rescued.
00:50This point marks the end of the 1993 dramatization.
01:02After returning home, the survivors were heavily criticized when it was revealed that they
01:05had resorted to eating their dead friends for sustenance.
01:17Even with such a great loss to bear, the father of one of the dead victims was arrested
01:21for grave robbing when he went up to the mountain himself to retrieve his son's remains
01:25after they were buried.
01:27Number 29, The Abandoned Bus, Into the Wild.
01:38Into the Wild details the life of Christopher McCandless, who hitchhiked across North America
01:43and ended up in the Alaskan wilderness.
01:45McCandless camped out in an abandoned green bus where he eventually passed on, reportedly
01:49due to starvation.
01:59After being documented in the biographical book of the same title, McCandless' story
02:03became a cultural phenomenon and inspired quite a lot of people to tread the same path
02:08as him.
02:12In the years following the book's publication, many hikers journeyed to McCandless' abandoned
02:17bus, with two people losing their lives in the process and countless others needing to
02:21be rescued.
02:23To prevent further harm, the bus was removed from its original location.
02:27It currently sits in a museum at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
02:31Number 28, Mulan Ends Her Life, Mulan.
02:35Mulan is a badass in this movie, and she is just as cool in the legends that the film
02:40was based on.
02:41Mulan did join the army, according to Chinese legends, and she kicked ass throughout her
02:46military career.
02:55Disney said that she was cast aside when her identity was discovered, but proved herself
03:00when she saved the Emperor from the Huns.
03:13This reveal plays out differently in the legends, but there's a version of her in the 1695 story
03:19Sui Tong Romance that sees a very sad conclusion.
03:24After returning from the war, she discovers her father has passed.
03:28Instead of being forced into service as a concubine, she ends her life at her father's
03:32grave.
03:33She didn't deserve that.
03:46Number 27, Anastasia Didn't Survive, Anastasia.
03:50Fox's animated movie about a lost Russian princess has more of a historical basis than
03:55other entries on this list.
03:57In the early 1910s, Russia was ruled by the imperial Romanov family.
04:15In the movie, former advisor and sorcerer Grigori Rasputin sparks the Russian Revolution,
04:21causing Anastasia to be separated from her family while being evacuated from danger.
04:38But that is an alternate history retelling.
04:42In the real world, Rasputin was assassinated in 1916, before the execution of the Romanovs
04:48in 1918 by Bolshevik revolutionaries.
04:51This film was based on the rumors that Duchess Anastasia escaped due to a number of impostors
04:56who had come forward in the years since.
05:10Her remains were eventually found, confirming her horrible fate.
05:15Number 26, Sleeping Beauty's Problematic Origin, Sleeping Beauty.
05:20Sleeping Beauty is another Charles Perrault-inspired story that leaves out shocking moments from
05:24its source material.
05:35Perrault's story plays out similarly, albeit with some later troubles after the prince
05:39awakens the princess.
05:41Perrault simply adapted another version of the folktale, published by Italian author
05:47Gian Battista Basile.
05:57In his version, the Sleeping Beauty, named Talia, is beset upon by a wandering king.
06:03He brings her to bed, leaves, and she gives birth to twins, all while asleep.
06:09Once the king comes back, his queen tries to remove Talia and the children from the
06:12equation, but the king instead turns on his wife so he can now commit to his new family.
06:18This one is both weird and disturbing.
06:30Number 25, ALS Diagnosis, Rescue Dawn.
06:40Dieter Dengler was a pilot for the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War who was captured and
06:45held prisoner for six months.
06:47Dengler managed to escape and spent the next 23 days in the jungle before he was found
06:52and rescued by an American pilot.
06:59His harrowing ordeal was first reconstructed in the documentary Little Dieter Needs to
07:03Fly before it was dramatized in this 2006 film starring Christian Bale.
07:22The movie gets its happy ending in Dengler's rescue, but the real-life events take a sad
07:27turn afterwards.
07:29While he regained his physical self, Dengler never fully recovered from his traumatic experience.
07:34The decorated pilot was diagnosed with ALS years later and ended up taking his own life.
07:49Number 24, Thousands of POWs and civilians died building the Burma Railway.
07:54The Bridge on the River Kwai.
07:57Many British World War II veterans took umbrage with the Oscar-winning film The Bridge on
08:01the River Kwai.
08:11It portrays a British commander, played by Alec Guinness, who takes pride in ordering
08:15his imprisoned men to build a bridge for the Japanese.
08:18In actuality, when forced to build the Burma Railway, British officers encouraged sabotage.
08:28In a BBC interview, a former prisoner said that an officer like the movie's Nicholson
08:33would have been killed.
08:35Conditions too were far worse than the movie depicts.
08:38Tens of thousands of laborers from Thailand, Burma, and Malaysia were conscripted to aid
08:43in construction.
08:44The appalling conditions have made us dangerously thin.
08:48We have no beds, inadequate shelter, atrocious diet, and no sanitation.
08:54By the end of the war, 13,000 POWs died from exhaustion, thirst, starvation, and disease.
09:01Between 80,000 and 100,000 civilians also died.
09:05Number 23, The KKK were terrorists, not heroes.
09:09The Birth of a Nation.
09:11The Birth of a Nation was the first blockbuster ever produced.
09:21It was also replete with lies from beginning to end.
09:25Covering both the end of the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era, the movie doesn't
09:28just spin history, it invents it.
09:31The film shows black militias roaming the hillside, murdering southern families.
09:36The KKK, however, are just honest white folk defending their homes.
09:53Black politicians steal elections and corrupt the government thanks to Reconstruction.
09:58History reveals that the opposite was true.
10:00The KKK and similar groups attacked communities all over the American South, stamping out
10:06black voting whenever possible.
10:09In Opelousas, Louisiana, a sister organization to the KKK murdered 200 black people to stop
10:15their votes.
10:17Corruption and murder killed Reconstruction in its infancy.
10:28Number 22, The Killings, My Friend Dahmer.
10:31My Friend Dahmer doesn't delve into the outright horror that serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer
10:36would become known for, but that doesn't mean it's not without its tenser moments.
10:52Adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by John, Durf Backdurf, the film recounts
10:57Durf's relationship with a young Jeffrey during their high school years.
11:08Throughout the film, a series of red flags regarding Jeffrey's behavior goes largely
11:12unnoticed.
11:13And the film ends with him picking up a hitchhiker named Stephen Hicks, who was Dahmer's first
11:18victim in real life.
11:23Unfortunately the film never purported to be about the murders, instead opting for a
11:27fascinating look at nascent psychopathy.
11:30Plus, there are other biopics that do get into the nitty gritty of it all.
11:34Number 21, 67 Exorcisms, The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
11:50Demonic possession movie part courtroom drama, The Exorcism of Emily Rose tells the story
11:55of a college girl who dies sometime after a failed exorcism, and the subsequent trial
12:00of the priest for negligent homicide.
12:02Though alleging to be about a real person named Emily Rose, the film actually took inspiration
12:07from the story of a German woman named Anneliese Michel, whereas Emily has a single exorcism
12:17performed on her in the movie, hence the singularity in its title, Michel reportedly
12:22underwent a whopping 67 over the course of 10 months before succumbing to malnutrition.
12:39We can understand why the movie would want to streamline things, but truth really is
12:43stranger than fiction.
12:58Number 20, Career Struggles, Ed Wood.
13:06If you know anything about the real Ed Wood, then you know that his whole career was filled
13:10with ups and downs, mostly downs come to think of it.
13:13But his real life, post Plan 9 From Outer Space, doesn't exactly match the tone of the
13:17final scene.
13:33After the premiere of the aforementioned flick, Ed and Kathy go off to get hitched.
13:36The on-screen text at the end alludes to his descent into alcoholism and nudity films,
13:41but that barely even scratches the surface.
13:43In addition to adult movies, Wood wrote upwards of 80 sex novels just to get by, often spending
13:49the money immediately on booze.
13:51Though he and Kathy stayed together until his death, their home life wasn't exactly
13:55swell to say the least.
13:57Number 19, Hindered Acceptance Speech, A Beautiful Mind.
14:02Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind is an emotionally wrought exploration into a psyche that is
14:06both brilliant and damaged, showing the toll schizophrenia had on mathematician John Nash.
14:19Though the depiction of the disease wasn't entirely accurate to Nash's experiences, they
14:23work in a narrative sense.
14:25After a heavy two-plus hours of runtime, Nash accepts the Nobel Prize and dedicates it to
14:30his wife, Alicia, in a speech.
14:44As cathartic as this moment is, Nash's disease prevented him from making any such speech
14:49in real life.
14:50Though the movie came out 14 years prior, it should be at least mentioned that Nash's
14:55story would end tragically, as he and Alicia were killed in a car accident in 2015.
15:01Number 18, Failed Businesses, Schindler's List.
15:05As if Schindler's List wasn't horrific enough.
15:07And no, what we're about to describe is nothing compared to the actual horrors of WW2, but
15:12it is interesting nonetheless.
15:25After the war, Oskar Schindler found himself financially reeling, proving no good deed
15:30goes unpunished.
15:31He moved to Argentina and raised chickens for a while, but this venture eventually went
15:36belly up and he returned to Germany.
15:43His subsequent business ventures were even less successful, forcing him to declare bankruptcy
15:47in 1963.
15:49On-screen text acknowledges this, but not long after, Schindler suffered a heart attack,
15:54and from then on, was sustained on donations from the families that he helped save.
15:58Though there's some heartwarming humanity there, it's still saddening to hear that he
16:02didn't prosper as much as he deserved.
16:05Number 17, Divorce and Allegations of Mistreatment, The Theory of Everything.
16:22The Theory of Everything definitely depicts the fraught ending to Stephen Hawking's marriage
16:26to Jane Wilde.
16:27But while the punctuating on-screen text is right in that they eventually stayed friends,
16:32it leaves out a good portion during which they decidedly were not.
16:37During their marriage, Hawking became close to one of his nurses, Elaine Mason.
16:41Hawking actually left Wilde for Mason in 1995, but his second marriage may not have been
16:46so peachy, either.
16:47In the early 2000s, police started an investigation on concerns that Hawking was being physically
16:52abused, but it was quickly closed when Hawking refused to make a statement.
16:56Hawking and Mason divorced in 2006, before his passing in 2018.
17:00Number 16, No Revenge, The Revenant.
17:04It's a little weird to call an ending horrific because it didn't actually have a violent confrontation,
17:09but such is the nature of The Revenant.
17:11In the movie, frontiersman Hugh Glass goes through hell after his son is murdered and
17:15he's left for dead, ultimately tracking down, then getting revenge on the man responsible.
17:30In reality, Glass got no such revenge.
17:36Of the two men who left him for dead, Glass tracked down a man named Bridges, but ultimately
17:41spared him on account of his youth and inexperience.
17:44The other, the John Fitzgerald depicted in the film, was virtually untouchable having
17:48enlisted in the army, Glass telling him that he would kill him should he ever leave.
17:53The intent was there, but it's definitely less climactic.
18:03Number 15, The Davies Boys' Unhappy Endings, Finding Neverland.
18:08If you need evidence that real life is far from a fairy tale, look no further than The
18:12Davies Boys, the inspiration for Peter Pan and the Lost Boys.
18:17Finding Neverland ends sadly enough, with Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie adopting The
18:21Davies Boys after the tragic death of their mother Sylvia.
18:36The final scene has a sadly uplifting undertone, but tragedy would follow the family in real
18:42life.
18:43Eldest son George was killed in a World War I battle in 1915, and in 1921, second youngest
18:49Michael drowned alongside a friend, with some questioning if it was wholly accidental.
18:54Mere months after Jack succumbs to lung disease in 1959, Peter himself took his own life,
19:01having struggled greatly for being the namesake of Peter Pan.
19:16Number 14, Whales' Ambiguous Fates, Big Miracle.
19:21Everyone loves an uplifting story about humanity banding together to save animals in need.
19:26So it's not surprising that Big Miracle ends with the trapped grey whales escaping their
19:30icy prison to freedom.
19:34Though Operation Breakthrough, the real life rescue mission on which the film is based,
19:39in a similar manner, there wasn't nearly as much optimism to be had.
19:50Though the baby whale did indeed die while the parents were freed from the section of
19:54ice that they were trapped in, their physical state after such an ordeal meant little hope
19:59that they'd survive much farther past very similar terrain.
20:03No evidence was ever found either way, but many experts believe that the whales didn't
20:07get nearly as big of a miracle.
20:10Number 13, Unhappy Marriage, My Left Foot.
20:13Christy Brown was a man who endured many hardships in his life.
20:17While the biopic My Left Foot doesn't shy away from that fact, it did leave out a dark
20:21chapter of his story, his relationship with his wife, Mary Carr.
20:30The film depicts Christy meeting Carr at a charity event, and the film ends with them
20:34celebrating with a bottle of champagne.
20:51Unfortunately their happily ever after may not have been so happy, after all.
20:55When Christy Brown died at the age of 49, a post-mortem analysis showed bruising on
20:59his body.
21:01Many suspected that the bruises were from neglect or from someone physically harming
21:05him.
21:06A biography was also eventually published that depicted Carr as being unfaithful.
21:25Number 12, PTSD and Alcohol Issues, Unbroken.
21:30Unbroken tells the riveting true story of Louie Zamperini, an American soldier who survived
21:35a bomber crash over the Pacific and endured a series of POW camps before the end of World
21:39War II.
21:44Sadly, as is the case with many veterans, Zamperini was plagued with post-traumatic
21:55stress disorder in the years following his return home.
21:58He had nightmares of confronting his captors that were so intense that he once attacked
22:02his wife at night before regaining his senses.
22:11When Zamperini turned to alcohol as a way to sleep better, he only further damaged his
22:15psyche.
22:16Thankfully, Zamperini found closure with his ordeal and did improve.
22:20This was further covered in a faith-based sequel, Unbroken, Path to Redemption.
22:25Number 11, Nazi Headquarters, The Sound of Music.
22:38When you're singing along to the happy Sound of Music track, you're probably not thinking
22:42about Nazis living in the hills.
22:44But that's the sad reality.
22:56Sometime after the von Trapp family vacated their Salzburg home in 1938, the house was
23:01seized and used as a headquarters for Nazi operations.
23:04It specifically served as the summer home for Heinrich Himmler, who was a major architect
23:09of many war crimes.
23:10The von Trapp home was even visited by Adolf Hitler himself.
23:14Thankfully, the estate was turned back over to missionaries after World War II.
23:18We're not surprised that the von Trapps left out a song about the house's regrettable history.
23:41Number 10, The Dark Final Years, The Aviator.
23:47While Martin Scorsese's The Aviator gave us a pretty solid preview of what Howard Hughes's
23:51life would ultimately become, it didn't portray every detail.
24:00The movie depicted how he would sequester himself from the outside world, for months
24:04on end.
24:05In real life, his isolationist tendencies only continued.
24:08His germophobia also prevented him from seeing his own wife for several years before they
24:13divorced.
24:14By the time that Hughes died in 1976, he was so unkempt that his body was almost unrecognizable.
24:33Although Hughes had a stature of 6 foot 4, he weighed a paltry 90 pounds by the end of
24:38his life.
24:39While we can't list all the crazy details here, we encourage you to look them up.
24:43They're as fascinating as they are disheartening.
24:55Number 9, The Bearded Lady's Life, The Greatest Showman.
25:09Most audiences knew that The Greatest Showman wasn't entirely factually accurate, especially
25:14since P.T.
25:15Barnum had a notorious history.
25:17But it turns out, the movie was omitting more than just the uglier parts of his story.
25:21Letty Lutz, The Bearded Lady, was based on Annie Jones.
25:25She was surrendered to his custody when she was just an infant.
25:28Not one to despair, Jones was an advocate for the rights of so-called freaks, and even
25:33broke away from Barnum to promote her cause.
25:35But her dire financial straits forced her to return to work with him.
25:47Jones would succumb to tuberculosis at just 37 years of age.
25:51It's definitely not the big happy family ending the movie implied.
26:04Number 8, A Firing, Remember the Titans.
26:08Remember the Titans is an inspiring true tale of uniting in the face of cultural and racial
26:13divides.
26:14But not every person involved was infallible.
26:17Eight years after leading T.C. Williams' first racially-integrated football team to
26:21a state championship, coach Herman Boone was fired.
26:40The main reason he lost his position was because he was accused of harming his own players.
26:44Although the firing was something of a shock to the city of Alexandria, three assistant
26:55coaches had threatened to walk if Boone was not relieved of his duties.
26:59Ironically, a movie called Remember the Titans forgot to talk about the unceremonious end
27:04to coach Boone's career.
27:14Number 7, Billing the family of a musician who lost his life, Titanic.
27:33We know this epic disaster drama couldn't cover every single tragic story involved,
27:38even at over three hours, but this one is particularly interesting.
27:42After the RMS Titanic sank, over 1,500 people lost their lives.
27:47One of the bodies recovered was Jock Hume, a violinist who valiantly played amongst his
27:52compatriots as the ship sank.
27:54But his brave final actions were dishonored.
28:05The company that employed Hume had the audacity to bill his father for the damage done to
28:10the uniform Hume was renting.
28:12And how did it get damaged?
28:14We have a feeling it had something to do with the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
28:17Thankfully, Hume's father chose not to pay the bill.
28:24Number 6, Death after release, Conviction.
28:29Starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell, Conviction is a fairly under-seen legal drama about a
28:34woman who works to become a lawyer so she can personally get her incarcerated brother
28:38exonerated for a murder he didn't commit.
28:41A lot of grueling work later, the conviction is indeed overturned, 18 years later, much
28:46like in real life.
28:48And the film ends with Swank's Betty Ann Waters sharing a tender moment with Rockwell's Kenny.
28:53Curiously, the ensuing on-screen text omits the fact that the real Kenneth Waters tragically
29:12died in an accidental fall only six months after his release.
29:16This information certainly would have put a damper on the story, though it does feel
29:20somewhat crucial to getting the whole picture.
29:23Number 5, Ostracization and Death, The Accused.
29:28This is a really depressing list, isn't it?
29:37A powerful film, The Accused follows Jodie Foster's Sarah Tobias, a woman who is assaulted
29:43and ultimately able to have a betters convicted in addition to her attackers.
29:53While Tobias herself is fictional, she and the movie are based on the story of Cheryl
29:58Arujo, who in 1983 went through much the same experience.
30:02However, only four of the six charged with the crime were convicted, serving at most
30:07six and a half years.
30:08The trial itself exhibited suggestions of victim-blaming, and Arujo was subsequently
30:13ostracized in the town of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
30:16She then moved to Miami, but tragically died at 25 in a car accident while reportedly being
30:22heavily intoxicated.
30:24Number 4, What Really Happened to Pocahontas, Pocahontas.
30:29This animated Disney movie is notorious for its factual inaccuracies, especially when
30:33it comes to the ending.
30:45Although the film concludes with John Smith's departure from the Americas, it doesn't show
30:50that the real-life Pocahontas was subjected to a number of atrocities.
30:54She was captured by the English and used as a pawn in negotiations with her father, the
30:58chief of the Powhatans, for a full year.
31:01In 1614, she got married to tobacco planter John Rolfe, but it's unknown whether Pocahontas
31:07had a choice in their union.
31:18She was subsequently taken to England and used primarily as a propaganda symbol.
31:23Unfortunately, she passed away from an unconfirmed illness at just 21 years of age.
31:35Number 3, The Town's Continued Decline, Erin Brockovich.
31:40While the real Erin Brockovich deemed the film to be about 98% accurate, this fascinating
31:45people's interest story doesn't exactly address what happened after David Slade Goliath.
32:00Brockovich's class action suit was indeed successful, in that the business PG&E was
32:05mandated to compensate the families affected by the company's tainted water a whopping
32:09$333 million.
32:12In real life, many found that their cut was less than they expected.
32:15The law firm took roughly 40% of that cut, which is shown, but what's not shown is
32:20how unsatisfied many were with where the chips fell.
32:39From there, the town of Hinkley, California turned into a proverbial ghost town.
32:44The fears of the water's furthered contamination drove away many residents.
32:57Number 2, Tate Murders, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
33:08Much like Inglourious Bastards, Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is pretty upfront
33:13about changing historical details, specifically in regards to the Sharon Tate murders.
33:19Most everyone knows that pregnant actor Sharon Tate and four others were brutally murdered
33:23by members of the Manson family in 1969, so those watching this movie were probably expecting
33:29to see it.
33:30However, in an awesome display of cinematic justice, Tarantino has the Masonites taken
33:35out themselves by fictional actor Rick Dalton and his stuntman Cliff Booth, while Tate and
33:40the others are safe and sound.
33:46While some of the other entries probably could have included their real endings, this is
33:50one historical retconning we can totally get behind.
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34:10Number 1 – Disappearance After Freedom – 12 Years a Slave
34:22Solomon Northup was a free black man living in New York when he was kidnapped in 1841
34:27and sold into slavery in the southern United States.
34:30As the title suggests, he endured 12 grueling years before eventually regaining his freedom
34:35and reuniting with his family.
34:54Afterwards he wrote the memoir of the same name and became an abolitionist.
34:58But four years after returning home, he disappeared again without a trace.
35:02It's possible that he was resold into slavery or that someone took his life.
35:07But his final fate is a sad mystery.
35:10Although the film acknowledges the uncertainty regarding his death, it omits just how bleak
35:15the end of his life might have been.
35:25Which of these endings did you expect to see in the film?
35:28Let us know in the comments!