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Watch the Cocaine Bear trailerThe story behind Cocaine Bear sounds too unbelievable to be true.Elizabeth Banks’ gory horror-comedy tells the tale of a black bear that goes on a murderous rampage after eating huge amounts of cocaine.The film’s tagline claims it’s “inspired by true events”, but how much\u00a0of\u00a0Cocaine Bear\u00a0actually happened? As the movie becomes available to stream on Sky Cinema and NOW, here’s everything you need to know.The true story behind Cocaine BearThe story of Cocaine Bear is loosely based on the events of a drug-smuggling operation that went badly wrong in September 1985.Andrew Thornton, a former US narcotics officer, was dropping duffel bags of cocaine into Georgia from a light aircraft while on a smuggling run from Colombia. After reportedly having issues with the engine, he jumped out, but hit his head on the tail of the aircraft and his parachute failed to open.Read more: The best films new to streami… Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK
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Watch the Cocaine Bear trailerThe story behind Cocaine Bear sounds too unbelievable to be true.Elizabeth Banks’ gory horror-comedy tells the tale of a black bear that goes on a murderous rampage after eating huge amounts of cocaine.The film’s tagline claims it’s “inspired by true events”, but how much\u00a0of\u00a0Cocaine Bear\u00a0actually happened? 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