Definition of "biopic" []

• A film or television biography, often with fictionalized episodes. (noun)

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• "This was the kind of thinking that underlay the inspirational movies produced by Warner Brothers in the 1930s for which Variety coined the term "biopic" – films about medical pioneers, democratic revolutionaries and other movers and shakers who changed the world, invariably men MGM's Madame Curie was a rare exception."
• "A new trailer for the George W. Bush "biopic" is out."
• "A musical biopic is always good Oscar bait for an acting nomination (recent examples include Jamie Foxx in Ray or a pre-crazy Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line)."