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Think of it as a disclaimer. Its saying, "This work isn't non-fiction, but it's not fiction either." Its trying to absolve itself from all responsibility that writers of either type of work might have.
A non-fictional work has the issue that there are loads of people around who fancy themselves experts on history and/or recent events, and if you get some ...
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Westerns are set in the Wild West, which is more or less an exaggerated version of a real region, the western two thirds of the USA, during a real time, usually the 19th century, and mostly in a few decades between about 1860 and 1900.
And because westerns are more or less historical fiction, historical people, places, things, and events are often mentioned ...
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There are no real official rules. You don't have a Hollywood Genre Classification Board that has clearly defined rules for each and every genre a movie may use based on the contents and punishes movies if they end up using different genres. Movies being an art form, the decision for what labels to stick on a movie are left to the production team.
However, ...
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There are no rules as to when or how the term "Based on a true story/real events" can be used.
Sometimes it is a legit claim, but sometimes it is a pure marketing decision to fool the audience.
Basically you have 4 types of movies that make this claim:
The fake true story
Movies claiming to be based on real events, but are not.
Example: The Blair Witch ...
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