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Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer and writer. In 2003, she survived a shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off; ultimately, she returned to professional surfing and wrote about her experiences in the 2004 autobiography, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board.
Dearest (Chinese: 親愛的) (2014) – Chinese-Hong Kong crime drama film about kidnapping in China, based on a true story [38] Desert Dancer (2014) – British biographical drama film based on the true story of Afshin Ghaffarian, a young, self-taught dancer in Iran, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide ...
The Dream (Dutch: De Dream) (1985) – Dutch historical drama film based on a true story from the turn of the 20th century, in which three brothers, all of them left-wing activists, were imprisoned for a crime they did not commit, partly assisted by false evidence given by the victims, one of whom is the embittered ex-lover of one of the ...
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]
The Pyjama Girl Case (Italian: La ragazza dal pigiama giallo) (1978) – Italian giallo film based on a real story, the "Pyjama Girl" case, one of Australia's most well known unsolved murders [395] Rainbow (1978) – biographical musical drama television film chronicling the early years of singer-actress Judy Garland [ 396 ]
Blue Crush is a 2002 American sports drama film directed by John Stockwell and based on Susan Orlean's 1998 Outside magazine article "Life's Swell". [3] It stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake and Mika Boorem. The film tells the story of three friends who have one passion: living the ultimate dream of surfing on Hawaii's famed ...
Last month, Stokes starred alongside Joey King in Netflix’s Uglies, based on the 2005 book of the same name by Scott Westerfeld. In the dystopian Y.A. film, Stokes and King play best friends ...
Confessions of a Brazilian Call Girl (Portuguese: Bruna Surfistinha, lit. 'Bruna Little Surfer Girl') is a 2011 Brazilian biographical erotic drama film directed by Marcus Baldini, based on the 2005 autobiographical novel The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl by Bruna Surfistinha .