Silver Screen Scandals Turned Legit

Movie plots that turned into real life situations.

Scream - Many times art reflects life but sometimes life reflects art and real life situations mirror what happens in the movies.Several murders have been inspired by the movie Scream, using the ghostface mask used in the movie and turning the horror film into a real life tragedy. (Photo: Dimension Films)

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Scream - Many times art reflects life but sometimes life reflects art and real life situations mirror what happens in the movies.Several murders have been inspired by the movie Scream, using the ghostface mask used in the movie and turning the horror film into a real life tragedy. (Photo: Dimension Films)

The Shawshank Redemption - Straight from the twisted mind of Stephen King came this…touching tale of brotherhood among prisoners. Though the novella upon which this classic 1994 film, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, is based was a departure from King's signature genre (horror), it has become one of his most popular adaptations to date. (Photo: Castle Rock Entertainment)

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Shawshank Redemption - In Shawshank Redemption, starring Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins managed to dig his way out of prison by covering his holes with pictures of women. In real life, two prisoners broke out of Union County Jail in New Jersey in 2007 by doing the same thing. (Photo: Castle Rock Entertainment)

Death of A Dynasty (2003) - One journalist gets sucked into the seedy hip hop high life in the movie that made fans ask: Is this the end of Roc-A-Fella Records? (Photo: TLA Releasing)

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Death of a Dynasty - In the movie Death Of A Dynasty, rapper Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella records head Damon Dash wound up having a falling out over a girl and split ways. Later Dash and Jay-Z would split up over business interests and are no longer friends. (Photo: Dash Films)

Weekend at Bernie's - In Weekend at Bernie's, two friends tried to make it seem like their dead boss is still alive by carrying him around with sunglasses. In real life, two friends tried to collect their friend's disability check in 2008 by taking his dead body to the check casher in New York and pretending he was alive. (Photo: Gladden Entertainment)

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Weekend at Bernie's - In Weekend at Bernie's, two friends tried to make it seem like their dead boss is still alive by carrying him around with sunglasses. In real life, two friends tried to collect their friend's disability check in 2008 by taking his dead body to the check casher in New York and pretending he was alive. (Photo: Gladden Entertainment)

Heat - The 1995 movie Heat featured an epic bank robbbery and shoot out scene in Los Angeles that included body armor and high powered weapons. In real life, two criminals robbed a bank in LA and had an epic shootout with the police in 1997. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

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Heat - The 1995 movie Heat featured an epic bank robbbery and shoot out scene in Los Angeles that included body armor and high powered weapons. In real life, two criminals robbed a bank in LA and had an epic shootout with the police in 1997. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

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Rambo - In Rambo, a Vietnam veteran is hunted down by the police and the Army after he kills a police officer. In real life, there was a manhunt for Chris Dorner, an ex soldier and police officer who shot two cops and killed an innocent woman. (Photo: Elcajo Productions)

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Rambo - In Rambo, a Vietnam veteran is hunted down by the police and the Army after he kills a police officer. In real life, there was a manhunt for Chris Dorner, an ex soldier and police officer who shot two cops and killed an innocent woman. (Photo: Elcajo Productions)

Juice (1992) - In this vehicle that launched Tupac as a film star (and cinematic thug soldier), Jackson was the perfect street info man in the role of Trip. His keen ear to the street would put Starsky & Hutch's Huggy Bear to shame.(Photo: Courtesy Island World)

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Juice - In Juice, Tupac Shakur played Bishop, a psychotic teenage villain who fought and shot his friends and enemies before being killed by his own friend. In real life, Tupac was involved in a few shootings and fights after the movie and wound up being killed. (Phtoo: Island World)

The Program - Given the pressure that college football teams are faced with on a daily basis and widespread reports about NCAA violations, a remake of a movie like 1993's The Program is actually needed for college athletes today. The story followed a fictional college team trying to make a bowl game and dealing with various ups and downs with players and coaches. Make it happen!(Photo: Touchstone Pictures)

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The Program - The Program, a movie about a college football team, featured a scene where player layed out in the middle of the highway while cars drove by. In real life, the scene was taken out after several teenagers died replicating the stunt. (Photo: Touchstone Pictures)

Superman III - In Superman III, Richard Pryor ripped off the company he was working for by charging millions of clients extra pennies (the scheme was later used in the movie Office Space). In real life, a California man embezzled $50,000 from his company by doing the same thing.(Photo: Dovemead Films)

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Superman III - In Superman III, Richard Pryor ripped off the company he was working for by charging millions of clients extra pennies (the scheme was later used in the movie Office Space). In real life, a California man embezzled $50,000 from his company by doing the same thing.(Photo: Dovemead Films)

Batman   - The Purple One brought the funk to Hollywood when he signed on to create the soundtrack for this 1989 blockbuster, directed by Tim Burton. The album, which was recorded in six weeks, topped the Billboard charts for six weeks and sold 11 million copies.(Photo: Warner Bros.)

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Batman - In Batman, Bruce Wanye put on an outfit and a mask and took to the streets of Gotham City to fight crime. In real life, Benjamin Fodor puts on a mask and costume to become Phoenix Jones and fight crime in Seattle. (Photo: Warner Bros.)