Based on a True Story (2004)
- Directed by
- Walter Stokman
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Netherlands
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary tells the story of John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile, the people behind a real bank robbery in Flatbush, New York. That 1972 heist later inspired a fictional movie in 1975. The film presents the facts of what happened.
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