--- description: Bringing a true story to the screen takes more than just getting the look right-- but this year's crop of holiday movies are off to a good start title: Real to Reel image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Real to Reel by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2014 10:50 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2014 10:50 AM CUT SELMA British actors David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo play Martin Luther King Jr. and wife Coretta UNBROKEN Jack O’Connell gives a star turn as Olympic athlete turned POW Louis Zamperini WILD Reese Witherspoon is 12 years older than Cheryl Strayed was when she hiked 1,100 miles BIG EYES Amy Adams hid her trademark red hair to play beloved artist Margaret Keane ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3596952/real-to-reel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3596952/real-to-reel/"},"headline":"Real to Reel","datePublished":"2014-11-20T10:50:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:34:35.984Z","description":"Bringing a true story to the screen takes more than just getting the look right-- but this year's crop of holiday movies are off to a good start","url":"https://time.com/3596952/real-to-reel/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3596952/real-to-reel/","name":"Real to Reel"}}]}] ```