When it comes to creating a good biopic, there must be a balance between factual events and dramatized moments. Leaning towards the latter by way of an artistic license could ring false. On the other hand, unless the goal is to create a documentary, only relaying the facts could result in a dull film. Barry Levinson, the Academy Award-winning director, is certainly experienced in this sort of balancing act. His past films depicting the lives of well-known individuals are sound; he normally provides a compelling narrative. His latest film, HBO’s Paterno, seems to be the outlier though.
The film opens with Joe Paterno (Al Pacino) receiving a CT scan – he’d been diagnosed with lung cancer – as he recalls the last month or two of his life via a flashback. Time rewinds to October 29th, 2011 during the Penn/Illinois football game at Beaver Stadium. It was a big day for Pennsylvania; Paterno was on the verge of winning his 409th game as the head coach of Pennsylvania State University’s Nittany Lions. Everyone who was anyone at Penn State was in attendance, including Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, and Graham Spanier (Penn State’s Athletic Director, VP, and President, respectfully). Instead of the game though, they were more concerned with the coming indictment of the former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky.
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