{"id":442,"date":"2019-01-15T20:13:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/2019\/01\/15\/nyad-the-motion-picture\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T20:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T20:00:41","slug":"nyad-the-motion-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyadfactcheck.com\/annex\/nyad-the-motion-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyad: The Motion Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"
* I borrowed \u201cfavorite subject\u201d from Jonathan Yardley\u2019s 1978\u00a0Sports Illustrated\u00a0review<\/a> of Nyad\u2019s first memoir,\u00a0Other Shores<\/a>. However, Yardley says Nyad has two favorite subjects. He was wrong.<\/em><\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/a>Below is a lightly and snarkily annotated chronological list of all of Nyad\u2019s biopic-related pronouncements that I know of.
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7 July 1978<\/h5>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve written a screenplay based on my life,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like Rocky. And the happy ending is the Cuba swim.\u201d\u00a0(Barry Bearak, \u201cThe Selling of Diana Nyad<\/a>,\u201d Miami Herald)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aug 1978<\/h5>\n

I\u2019m not saying I have to make two hundred thousand dollars when I reach the other shore. But this swim has to translate into something else for me. I want the American public to recognize me. I want to open a women\u2019s fitness center in Manhattan. I\u2019ve written a screenplay. I could make films. I could stop swimming. It has to be that for me.\u00a0(Jane Shapiro, \u201cDiana Nyad: The Obsession of the Long Distance Swimmer<\/a>,\u201d Ms. Magazine)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2015<\/strong>\r\nROBERT SPECLAND'S \"NYAD\" SCRIPT MAKES THE BLACK LIST<\/a>. Also see Variety: <\/em>\u201c2015 Black List Screenplays<\/a>.\u201d<\/pre>\n