Based On and Bested By a True Story

New York Times: "WHEN the Boston Red Sox captured the American League Championship Series last year, the writer-director team of Peter and Bobby Farrelly realized 'Fever Pitch,' their film about a die-hard Sox fan, had a problem: the perennial losers were on their way to an ill-timed win. So the Farrellys dug in and changed their ending. This year, several have been struck by similar twists of fate. And the people making and marketing those pictures must cope with the fact that sometimes reality bites. Some examples:"