10 Awesome True Stories That Still Need The Hollywood Treatment
1. The Making of Pulgasari
The insanity of North Korea and Dear Leader Kim Jong-il's reign has gone tragically overlooked, even though we're supposed to be deathly afraid of North Korea as one of the so-called "Axis of Evil" nations. Here's just one example. Among many other things, Kim Jong-il was an avid movie lover. But he was disappointed with the domestic film market, and he made the totally sane decision to amend this problem by kidnapping a famous South Korean director and his ex-wife, and force him to make movies.
Shin Sang-ok and Choi Eun-hee were held captive by the dictator from 1978 to 1986, during which he directed seven films. The "crowning achievement" of this period is Pulgasari, a Godzilla rip-off featuring unsubtle Communist propaganda. There is nothing about this story not suitable for a movie. After years of imprisonment, Shin discovered that his ex-wife was alive when Kim brought them both to a formal dinner party. The experience actually caused Shin and Choi to fall back in love and remarry. And it all culminated in a dramatic escape in East Berlin, complete with a car chase! It seriously astounds me that not even the Korean film industry has turned this into a movie yet. You don't even have to make anything up to make it more exciting!
So there are ten amazing stories we can't believe aren't already movies! Anything you'd like to add? You know where the comments are...