Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A film or television biography, often with fictionalized scenes.
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- noun A
motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather thanfictional , person (or people).
Etymologies
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Examples
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This was the kind of thinking that underlay the inspirational movies produced by Warner Brothers in the 1930s for which Variety coined the term "biopic" – films about medical pioneers, democratic revolutionaries and other movers and shakers who changed the world, invariably men MGM's Madame Curie was a rare exception.
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A new trailer for the George W. Bush "biopic" is out.
W. trailer 2008
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Everybody ready for the Malkin biopic? nota bene Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Right-Wing Media’s Human Capital Problem 2009
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THR reports that Moverman will take on the Cobain biopic that has been brewing at Universal.
The Messenger Director Oren Moverman to Rewrite and Helm Kurt Cobain Biopic | /Film 2010
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From everything i've heard, i'd love him to do the Gershwin biopic next. then Indy of course. blog comments powered by Disqus
Steven Spielberg Shopping Jackie O Biopic; Would Produce, not Direct | /Film 2010
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A musical biopic is always good Oscar bait for an acting nomination (recent examples include Jamie Foxx in Ray or a pre-crazy Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line).
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So the Hoover biopic is now looking for a new studio.
Clint Eastwood Directing J. Edgar Hoover Biopic Written by Dustin Lance Black | /Film 2010
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Just as Steven Soderbergh's "Che" biopic is set to his theaters, the director is already hard at work on a movie telling the story of a very, very different icon of the 20th century.
Soderbergh: ‘Liberace’ Biopic Will Showcase Icon’s Virtuoso Skills » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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Yet another Steve McQueen biopic is headed to the big screen.
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In introducing it, Andrew Marr, the presenter, used the word biopic, and pronounced it to rhyme with “myopic”.
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A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people). (Wiktionary)
June 6, 2008