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Frank Abagnale's Life
Frank Abagnale was one of the most notorious criminals of all time, not because of killing people or smuggling drugs, but because of the amount of money he stole at a young age and the people he pretended to be. In the movie, Catch me if you can, director Steven Spielberg changed and exaggerated some of the events in Frank Abagnale Jr’s life to add excitement to the movie, while keeping some things the same.
In the movie, Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale’s life is correctly depicted just like how it happened in real life. There is a scene in the movie where Frank sees a bunch of pilots walking by and he…”realized everyone respects pilots and would not suspect them of using faulty checks, so he got a pilot outfit and pretended to be a pilot” …show more content…
Frank Abagnale in real life, “...never came face to face with a detective and he acted like he was an FBI agent and played it off” (“Frank Abagnale”). The director of the movie, Steven Spielberg, put a scene in the movie where Frank came face to face with a detective and he acted like he was an FBI agent. He added this scene to make a very interesting and intense scene in the movie and also showing off how smart Frank really was. Another example of an important difference between the movie and his life is how he became a lawyer. “In the movie, his father in law was a lawyer and that is how he got the job as a lawyer, but in real life, he just decided to become a lawyer and passed the bar exam within 3 tries.” (“The Greatest Cons Ever Pulled Off By Frank Abagnale Jr”). This is a small difference, but can make a huge difference, the movie makes it look like his father in-law just gave him the job, but in real life he had to work very hard to show he was a lawyer, the movie showed how his charm got him the job when he actually had to work very hard for
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