Based on a True Story

Dan LeFebvre
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Aug 14, 2017 • 1h 36min

The Ten Commandments (Part 1)

With almost four hours of movie and plenty of religious subject matter to cover, we'll have to split this movie up into two parts to do it justice. On this episode we'll cover all the way up until the movie's intermission.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/0b813f6a-b0d9-45a8-b976-853eaaa122f1 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/66 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Aug 7, 2017 • 36min

Genius

2016's Genius tells the story of book editor Max Perkins and the authors he discovered, including Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/a59354ce-3013-4e8a-862d-c5fbc0d24bb5 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/65 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 31, 2017 • 27min

A Few Good Men

Can you handle the truth? This week we'll see how much of A Few Good Men we can compare with history.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/b9368a7b-37a6-40d9-b25e-7e24e9ac6b5a Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/64 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 24, 2017 • 29min

Cool Runnings

Jamaica we have a bobsled team! Every sports fan loves the story of an underdog's rise to success. Disney's Cool Runnings is that and more. But is it historically accurate? That's what we aim to discover on this week's episode.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/cbbc12a9-3c30-43e4-856a-cbc4c9cb3b1a Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/63 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 17, 2017 • 50min

Valkyrie

Political mutiny and clandestine plots against Adolf Hitler are the subject of this week's episode as we compare history with 2008's Valkyrie.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/41fc2e6f-1690-4802-9dd0-5f611a2fafd6 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/62 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 10, 2017 • 29min

Dunkirk

Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk comes out on July 21st, but before it does let's take a moment to learn the true story so you can judge the film's historical accuracy for yourself when you go see it in theaters.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/993768b7-2097-4684-a358-90b9fd550c25 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/61 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jul 3, 2017 • 43min

The Patriot

July 4th is America's birthday, and this week we'll honor that as we compare history with Mel Gibson's epic Hollywood blockbuster, The Patriot.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/eb8797a1-b13e-4759-b3cd-abed34977bc2 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/60 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jun 26, 2017 • 55min

Tombstone

Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday have earned quite a reputation thanks to numerous Hollywood incarnations over the years. Arguably one of the most popular was with Tombstone. Let's find out how historically accurate Tombstone was.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/8fa2442a-8d06-45ae-a1e0-3e68e350aff1 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/59 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jun 19, 2017 • 45min

Schindler's List

It was one of the darkest hours in the world and amidst the horrors, Oskar Schindler managed to help save many lives from certain death. This week we'll find out how much of it was actually true as we compare history with Schindler's List.Did you enjoy this episode? Leave a comment: https://galas.fm/episode/df3ba277-92d1-4791-9847-4e9857ef2ec9 Find the transcript and full show notes: https://links.boatspodcast.com/58 Support our sponsors: https://links.boatspodcast.com/advertisers Remove the ads by supporting the show: https://links.boatspodcast.com/support Leave a voicemail: https://links.boatspodcast.com/call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Jun 12, 2017 • 33min

Behind the True Story: Richard Bachynsky Hoover on Bitter Harvest

In a first for Based on a True Story, we'll get an exclusive peek behind the true story of Bitter Harvest from the film's writer, Richard Bachynsky-Hoover.Did you enjoy this episode? Chat about this episode in Discord Transcript on the episode website link Unlock ad-free episodes Get the BOATS email newsletter Support our sponsors Note: If your podcast app doesn't support clickable links, copy/paste this in your browser to find all the links: https://links.boatspodcast.com/57 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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