No, NONE of the movie is real. It's not "based on a true story" which half of Hollywood pretends to be because it keeps it real, man; it was based on a Japanese movie (by Nakata Hideo) which itself was based on a Japanese book (by Suzuki Koji), in which the Rachel character was male and the Noah character was a confessed serial rapist. And no, we're not making that up.

Just about anything that is not blatant fantasy... and even some of that is in a grey area. No, we don't actually visit anime worlds (we should be so lucky). Yes, we really are such dedicated otaku that if the opportunity arose, we would probably wait until we were done watching the current video. Strips pertaining to the cat's behavior are almost always literal, although her reasons for doing so may not be exactly as we present them. See similar questions...

I got the idea from clearing away that old garbage dump on an island near our cottage and finding the pair of spectacles. It was those small wire glasses that made me decide to write the story about a girl who, when she puts on the glasses, goes into the past to help a ghost solve a problem and find some peace. It is not based on a real story, but on fragments of things I've read, dreams, bits of my own life, and, of course, mainly my imagination - which has always worked overtime! See similar questions...

No I made that up, but I know another guy who did something similar. He thought he would short out the fence and it arced...and knocked him over See similar questions...

Yes but this was not "Shakespeare in Love". Romeo and Juliet was in fact based on the life of two real lovers who both died for each other and lived in Verona, Italy in 1303. Both the Capulets and Montagues existed in Verona at this time and Shakespeare is reckoned to have discovered this tragic love story in Arthur Brooke's 1562 poem entitled "The Tragical Historye of Romeus and Juliet" . See similar questions...

If I am given proof that any of her claims on the site's Claims page are true, I will post that proof. If the majority of those claims are proven to be true, and if the majority of the questions on the site's Questions page are answered to my satisfaction (and in a way which supports her story), I will take this site down and replace it with an apology to "Kaz." See similar questions...

Several photos of Callum have shown him wearing a distinctive ring. While working on Hard Core Logo, Callum struck up a friendship with Hugh Dillon, lead singer of the rock group, 'The Headstones.' Dillon gave him a Headstones ring, which Callum wears to this day. See similar questions...

The book's central idea is true (meeting the angel), the journey to Mojave too, but much of what is written is fictionalized. Nevertheless, the most important episode - the meeting of the angel - really did happen, and I left a statue of the Lady of Aparecida in Glorieta Canyon, near Borrego Springs, CA. See similar questions...

Like with James Cameron's Titanic, The Last Samurai is a fictional character story placed in an actual historic event and time setting. While the story of Captain Algren isn't true (just like the story of Jack and Rose isn't true in Titanic), the events that surround Algren and the time period are true. In 1877, the Samurai lost their final major battle, during a rebellion, when they went up against more modern weaponry. This factual event is part of the basis of the telling of The Last Samurai. See similar questions...

Whilst Memoirs of a Geisha is a fictional story, Arthur Golden did interview two ex-geisha during his researching phase. The first geisha he spoke with was Kiharu Nakamura, whom he spent an evening speaking with. Kiharu-san has her own biography out about her life as a Shimbashi Geisha. The second geisha he spoke with, and whom he gives a lot of credit to in helping him understand the geisha world is Mineko Iwasaki, who was a very famous maiko and geiko in Gion, Kyoto. See similar questions...

Not exactly. The Thing That Should Not Be is a similar creature to the Ktulu who also dwells in the underground. The band decided to continue the story but with a different creature. See similar questions...

Our Global Headquarters is located in New York City. Please call 212-230-1616 to arrange a personal meeting in our luxurious 5th avenue showroom. See similar questions...

Do you really think I would tell such a story if it weren't true? Actually, bottom line: I tell the truth sometimes. And no, I did not get engaged because Michelle got sick of my calling her a PASSLQ. By the way, we did finally get married in 1998. So now she can't leave me without some serious legal maneuvering... See similar questions...

Do you know if the character and the story of Mulan is a true story?I think I heard somewhere that there was actually a Chinese girl by that name who saved the city.  I have a nice collection of stone tools I have found over the years.  People have said Indians used them but they appear to me to be from cave man days. See similar questions...

It's mostly speculation. The few documents that exist are not available translated into a language I can read (alas, my Hungarian is limited to "köszönöm" and "jol" and "jo napot" and what I vaguely remember from my youth). Her diaries may be more fiction than fact. At least one person has told me that he has seen them and held them in his hands, and has relatives who can read them and have translated portions. See similar questions...

I think it is wiser to look at facts because numbers can be distorted by whoever is trying to paint the picture. It is well recognized that yeast infections exist. I don't know if there is a crisis and I would be pleased to see more data on this. The wiser course is to educate yourself about it. See similar questions...

Not really. First, there is no historical record of such a love affair ever having taken place. Second, the film is a work of plausible fiction. Third, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at age 18 and penned Romeo and Juliet which features in the film in 1595 at the age of 31. Thus any depiction of such a love affair during the writing of Romeo and Juliet would have to have meant Shakespeare was cheating on Anne. See similar questions...

Yes, it is. She really has multiple personalities (after all I saw with my own eyes in the year that I spent with her, I believe it's true), she really did plan on killing me in my sleep, and she really did cheat on me with my best friend and dump me for him. And so on. See similar questions...

On April 18, 1775, 700 British troops crossed the Charles River and marched toward Concord, hoping to cut off the rebellion before it started by capturing guns and powder stored there. Two lights in the steeple of North Church in Boston alerted Paul Revere and Billy Dawes, another rider, who raced toward Lexington to warn the "Minutemen," farmers trained as militia to serve at a "minute's notice. See similar questions...