Back in December I wrote a pessimistic note on the forthcoming Tom Hanks film:
…We’ll report back once we see the film. I will be very surprised if the true history survives the Hollywood process. More likely is that Sorkin twists the history around to deliver an anti-US, pro-Soviet lecture.
Well, I have some good news — Tom Hanks has delivered a remarkably accurate film interpretation of the George Crile history. We were frankly stunned at how well the film captured both the facts and the emotional investment of the key characters [Hollywood is typically only concerned with the latter].
If you’ve not seen the film, go soon — the big screen is a bonus. I think the odds are you’ll come out smiling, and hopefully that you’ll be motivated to read the book, or listen to the audiobook.
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