en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mass_(film)
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it is based on Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill's 2000 book Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob.
The 2000 book’s subtitle was not "The True Story of an Unholy Alliance Between the FBI and the Irish Mob." That subtitle belongs to a 2001 Perennial edition; AFI lists the 2000 source book as "Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and a Devil's Deal."
Full reasoning
AFI’s catalog entry for the film identifies its literary source as "Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and A Devil's Deal" (New York, 2000). Open Library’s record for "Black mass: the true story of an unholy alliance between the FBI, and the Irish mob" shows that edition was published in 2001 by Perennial and explicitly notes it was "Originally published in 2000 by PublicAffairs."
So the article appears to combine the year of the 2000 first edition with the subtitle of the 2001 Perennial edition. That makes the claim inaccurate as written.
2 sources
- AFI Catalog – Black Mass (2015)
SOURCES LITERARY: Based on the book Black Mass: The Irish Mob, the FBI, and A Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill (New York, 2000).
- Open Library – Black mass
An edition of Black mass (2001) ... Black mass: the true story of an unholy alliance between the FBI, and the Irish mob ... 1st Perennial ed. ... "Originally published in 2000 by PublicAffairs"--T.p. verso.
was released by Warner Bros. Pictures worldwide on September 18, 2015.
September 18, 2015 was the U.S. release date, not a single worldwide release date. International theatrical dates varied by country, including Denmark on October 15, 2015 and the United Kingdom on November 27, 2015.
Full reasoning
This sentence overstates the release pattern. AFI lists September 18, 2015 as the film’s release date, but that was not a uniform worldwide theatrical release date. Other territories opened later: the Danish Film Institute lists a Danish theatrical release of 15.10.2015, and Box Office Mojo lists the United Kingdom release date as Nov 27, 2015.
A more accurate phrasing would be that the film was released in the United States on September 18, 2015, with international releases rolling out on different dates afterward.
3 sources
- AFI Catalog – Black Mass (2015)
Black Mass (2015) ... Release Date: 18 September 2015.
- Danish Film Institute – Black Mass
Domestic distribution Warner Bros. Danish theatrical release 15.10.2015.
- Box Office Mojo – Black Mass (United Kingdom release)
Grosses United Kingdom ... Release Date Nov 27, 2015.