biopic
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biopics, plural;
/ˈbīōˌpik/,
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biopics, plural;
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A biographical movie
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- A biographical film, or biopic (biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. ...
- A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people)
- A biographical film based on the life of a famous historical figure. This genre is generally associated with studios such as 20th Century-Fox (Young Mr. Lincoln, 1939) and Warner Bros. ...
- A Variety coinage meaning biographical film; " 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' about Loretta Lynn, is one of the most successful biopics ever produced."
- A biographical film of a famous personality particularly popularised by Warner Brothers in the 1930s. e.g. The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937).