Originally published at: Catch Me If You Can was all made up | Boing Boing
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Conman gonna con.
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It’s the perfect wheeze: a con-artist whose stories about being a con-artist were the con.
These guys can’t help themselves. The thrill of conning someone is worth more to them than any amount of money. A lot of them get caught because they keep pushing and pushing long past the time a normal crook would have collected his winnings and gone home.
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We reached out to Frank W. Abagnale Jr. for a comment on this story. He emailed back saying: “I have not read the book, nor do I think it is worthy of a comment.”
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Are you telling me that Tom Hanks’ character was made up too?
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I don’t care. I take “based on a true story” with a grain of salt as it is. It’s still an entertaining movie. Great actors, gorgeous cinematography, and the John Williams score is absolutely amazing.
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But he did go to da moon though right?
I think humanity prefers a good fiction to dull truth. See also: the Bible
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FBI agent Carl Hanratty was real. However “Tom Hanks” is actually just a special effect created by Industrial Light and Magic via the motion capture talents of Andy Serkis.
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