Film
A film Fifty Dead Men Walking (the number of lives he believed he saved) inspired by his book went on general release in April 2009; the film was directed by Kari Skogland and stars Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess in the role of McGartland. However, Martin McGartland disowned the film having said, "The film is as near to the truth as Earth is to Pluto."
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Famous quotes containing the word film:
“A film is a petrified fountain of thought.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
“This film is apparently meaningless, but if it has any meaning it is doubtless objectionable.”
—British Board Of Film Censors. Quoted in Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion (1984)
“A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)