The movie "Its All Gone Pete Tong" claims to be based on a true story, although it is not. Here is how writer and director Mike Dowse justified this lie:
Mike Dowse: (a bit embarrassed) This "truth/fiction" thing was totally
the idea of the U.S. distributor, who wanted to propagate that myth.
We never thought about doing that when we shot it. We say, "Based on a
true story," but that was more of an homage to the Coen brothers. When
they picked up the film after [the Toronto International Film
Festival], they were all, "It’s gonna be a true story!" We’ve
convinced a few people, even offended Guy Dixon [in The Globe and
Mail] with our treatment of the handicapped. But I think it’s pretty
fucking obvious it’s not a true story. Don’t you think?
Hour: I dunno… Americans might buy it. They buy Fox News, after all.
Dowse: I was terrible about lying about the true story thing. I was
always hit-and-miss. I’m actually much more interesting when I pretend
Frankie’s a real guy, because, you know, lying is so much more
interesting than the truth. But then I would tell a whole festival
crowd that I made it all up. And the distributor would get mad.
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