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Thursday, March 17th, 2022 2:00 PM

LIVE POLL: Thinnest Veiled Real-Life Fictional Movie?

The industry term, cinéma à clef, translates from French to English as "film with a key". The key being a listing that is used to swap out the names of real-life people with their movie character aliases. These stories depict a heavy dose of real life characters and true events, somewhat hidden behind the facade of fiction. However, sharp movie-goers will quickly discern who the fictional story really portrays in many cases. Thus, the end-of-the-film disclaimer stating "This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental." is very ironic. These quasi-biographical movies are never 100% accurate, but their thinly veiled stories mirror real-life historical details enough to blur the line that separates them from true story biopics that often also take liberties with details to enhance the dramatic effect of the story. Source: Wikipedia: Film à Clef Movies Which of these select* fictional movies, that some claim a thinly veiled line exists between real-life and fiction, is the film à clef that least distinguishes between fact and fiction? * each movie answer option has the Fictional/Real-Life key listed Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/3AIxW_ORyZE/ See the partial list of cinemà à clef movies here:  https://www.imdb.com/list/ls033677278/

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​ Fringe/Cut Cinemà à Clef Candidates

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Hi, I have a similar suggestion, perhaps we can adapt... https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdb-poll/poll-suggestion-films-or-movies-a-clef/604c7fb9bc5b8a6d33b583d5

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@mariojacobs​ Adapt how?

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@mariojacobs​ They seem to be different, one asks a favorite question, the other asks a thinnest veil question. 

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Urb, your poll has 38 options. The maximum for a poll is 35.

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@Pencho15​   I need to fully vet the pool and add any glaring missing answer options one more time. I will cull the list down to under limit after that.

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I reduced the pool to thirty-four options with an Another Movie Not Listed option in the final spot.  This poll is ready to be published.

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Congratulations, @urbanemovies! Thinnest Veiled Real-Life Fictional Movie? Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/3AIxW_ORyZE/ Please change "Poll Suggestion" to "Live Poll" in the discussion thread title and change the settings so that it appears under "Praise" now, rather than "Idea."   FAQ: Updating Threads After Poll Goes Live

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@dan_dassow​ Thank you.

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2 years ago

The Fabelmans - History vs Hollywood https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/fabelmans/

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Lowest Voted Thinnest Veiled Real-Life Fictional Movies