15+ True Stories That Inspired Hollywood Films That Charity Had No Part Of

Unbroken

So Angelina Jolie directed the film Unbroken which accounts Louis “Louie” Zamperini’s survival story as a US prisoner of war in World War II. Following mechanical failure during a search and rescue mission, Louie crashed and managed to survive on a raft for 47 days until drifting to the Japanese occupied Marshall Islands, where he was subsequently captured. For a year after, Louie was tortured. When he eventually returned home, he received a hero’s welcome.

Unbroken