The new Netflix documentary
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal carries an unorthodox tagline for a nonfiction film: Starring Matthew Modine. The award-winning actor, best known for his fictional roles in
Full Metal Jacket,
Vision Quest and
The Dark Knight Rises, plays William Rick Singer, whose academic-coaching business was a front for an elaborate cheating and bribery scheme to get the children of wealthy parents into universities that included Harvard, Georgetown and Stanford. Although
Operation Varsity Blues has plenty of talking-head interviews with real-life witnesses and participants in the scam, most of the players were not available for filming.
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The college admissions scandal that broke in 2019 turned a lot of heads, considering that among the parents implicated in the bribery scheme were some celebrity parents like actors Lori Laughlin and Felicity Huffman. It s the sort of drama that seems tailor made for a movie of its own, so it s no shock that multiple films have already been made about the events. The most recent is Netflix s
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, but now that movie has led to even more legal issues, as one of the people portrayed in the movie has now sued Netflix for defamation.
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The Netflix original film
Operation Varsity Blues:
The College Admissions Scandal, directed by Chris Smith, documents and dramatizes the largest college admissions scandal ever prosecuted.
The criminal conspiracy involved influencing undergraduate admissions decisions at several elite American universities. The US Justice Department investigation into the conspiracy was codenamed “Operation Varsity Blues.” The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12, 2019, by federal prosecutors.
Some 50 people including 33 wealthy parents, SAT and ACT administrators, one exam proctor, nine college athletics coaches and one college administrator were charged. The arrest and conviction of Hollywood personalities such as actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman dominated the headlines.