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enjoyable but how far off the facts?


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His wife comes off in the movie as a sort of self-centered, racist, unstable, immature person, I thought. It also implies she set up his car wreck with his nemesis Ryan, and that she put him in the loony bin and had him take electro-convulsive treatments to get rid of him. Some sites on the internet, however, say she supported him closely for 2 years and helped him recover from the wreck.
The intro. to the movie says "inspired by a legend" so they let you know they aren't claiming to be altogether factual.
I enjoyed it and found most of the characters (except Evelyn) sympathetic. I like movies that show some of the background workings of the music business, like "Cadillac Records," "Ray" and "Walk the Line." It was interesting to see how he crossed over into jazz, and also the racial repercussions of that.

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