Factual error: Michael's wife meets with Longo in prison, and she has an iPhone. The trial was in 2003, 4 years before the introduction of the iPhone in 2007.
True Story (2015)
Directed by: Rupert Goold
Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia
Michael Finkel: It's not easy to relate to someone accused of four murders, but everybody understands a child needing a toy.
Christian Longo: Sometimes you have to accept looking one way in order to protect something more important.
Pat Frato: You talked to him?
Michael Finkel: I met him.
Pat Frato: Why?
Michael Finkel: I wanted to hear his side of the story.
Pat Frato: I'm not sure Christian Longo deserves to have his story heard.
Michael Finkel: Everybody deserves to have their story heard.
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