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How accurate is 'Only the Brave'? Here's what the movie gets right and wrong
"Only the Brave," the movie starring Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges and Miles Teller, tells the story — one version of it, anyway — of Arizona's Granite Mountain Hotshots. It is, as the trailer says, "based on true events."
But how accurate is the movie about the Yarnell Hill Fire and what happened before it?
The film's ending probably doesn't require a spoiler alert. The hotshots' fate was well documented at the time. But if you're hoping to avoid learning about specific plot twists in "Only the Brave," proceed with caution.
Is 'Only the Brave' a true story?
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-wildfires/2017/10/19/granite-mountain-hotshots-movie-fact-check-only-the-brave-how-real/770409001/