12: American Gangster, Part 2

In the conclusion of American Gangster, Frank and Richie finally meet and join forces. Joanna and Dave talk about the fun of gangster movies’ obtuse language, Ruby Dee being awesome, and the FBI trying to sue this film for some reason. Plus, where are they now!  This episode is sponsored by: Better Help (https://www.betterhelp.com/tvh) Pretty Litter (https://prettylitter.com/) (Code: TVH) Purple (https://purple.com/tvh10) Truth vs Hollywood’s theme is “Temples” by Six Umbrellas (http://www.sixumbrellas.de/) . Music in this episode is “Distilled” by Nctrnm (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nctrnm) ; “I Bet You Wonder Why” by Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/) ; and “Passages” by Kai Engel (https://www.kai-engel.com/) .  Sound effects from freesound.org (http://freesound.org/) by qubodup (https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/182109/) . Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)  

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Truth vs Hollywood is a critical look at the real story behind popular films that are Based on a True Story. From the tragedy of Munich to the fun of Goodfellas, our film-loving hosts David Chen and Joanna Robinson will explore the films as well as What Really Happened. Aided by interviews with writers, journalists, and the people who were really there. In exploring the true story and how it was portrayed in the film, Truth vs Hollywood examines the larger theme of film vs real life.