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The film is based on the real-life experiences of Dave Fishwick. [3] It follows the story of a Burnley self-made millionaire who struggles to set up a community bank to help the town's local businesses to thrive. To do so, he must battle London's elite financial institutions and compete for the first banking licence in more than 150 years.
IN FOCUS: The films loosely based on Dave Fishwick’s real-life quest to set up his own bank have got Netflix viewers hooked. Katie Rosseinsky explores the secrets to their success
Milton William "Bill" Cooper (May 6, 1943 – November 5, 2001) was an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book Behold a Pale Horse, in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some involving extraterrestrial life.
A subsequent episode, Bank of Dave: Fighting the Fat Cats, was broadcast in February 2013, [18] and won an award for the Best Feature/Factual Entertainment Programme at the 2013 British Academy Scotland Awards. [19] In mid-2020, Fishwick was approached by screenwriter Piers Ashworth, who was interested in making a film about his bank's story. [20]
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Their inspiring journey is based on the true events of the 2002 Fort Worth Westside All-Stars, telling the story of the real-life Bobby, who was diagnosed with terminal melanoma, and his son ...
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]
Joseph William Coyle (February 26, 1953 – August 15, 1993) was an unemployed longshoreman in Philadelphia who, in February 1981, found $1.2 million in the street, after it had fallen out of the back of an armored car, and kept it. [1]