Anyone got some Abignale style tricks to share?

One of my favorite Spielberg movies. Near the end of the film, the older detective who walks Leo to the car and puts him on the hood is the real Frank Abagnale. Fun little cameo.

I think the reason why he comes back at the end is the same reason why Carl clocks him for calling on Christmas. He’s lonely.

back in the day 60's and 70's pilots were respected. threated like rock stars.

It’s important to note most all of this was made up by Frank after what actually happened. So in a way he conned people into making a film about stuff he never did.

Can’t believe he hasn’t watched the Daniel Craig bond movies, sure he’d love them

The reason to why Leo came back at the end is because nobody was chasing im anymore

PanAm was THE most prestigious airline in the world back then, of course that was before airlines became nothing more than cheap flying buses. PanAm flew to every exotic location people dreamed of visiting. It was very expensive to fly internationally back then too, only the wealthy did. PanAm employees were admired. Whether a PanAm pilot or a stewardess, they had one of those jobs lots of people wish they had. As a kid, I collected model airliners and my PanAm ones were among my favorites. PanAm had declined a lot by the time I was a teenager.
A few years ago at work, I met PanAm's pilot #1. I forget his name but there was a TV show called "PanAm" and the studios called him to borrow his uniforms and other PanAm paraphernalia he had. I have to admit, I was impressed. He was a real gentleman.

turns out his biggest con was making people believe that he really did all that

Abagnale's claims were made before fact-checking involved Google searches. But it also helps that when Abagnale began telling his story in the '70s, there wasn't much research digging into his claims. He began making these claims at small events and eventually found himself on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson." By that point, people assumed the questions had already been asked.

“20p if you keep yapping on!” 💀💀😂

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His dad’s lies grew into his lies and then snowballed into absolute madness

He returned because the idea of a chase and being one step ahead of Carl was what fuelled his determination to think up new ideas. Without the adrenaline and excitement of that he saw no point in running.

In real life, Frank's father was the first scam victim.

After his mother moved out following the divorce, Frank stayed with his father, and around that time, committed his very first scam. Using his father's credit cards, he began charging thousands of dollars — but when the first bill arrived, his father caught on.

After a brief stint at a school for wayward boys, Frank moved out on his own at just 16 years old. And unlike in the movie, Frank never saw his father again. He's said that while he was in prison, his father was in a freak slip-and-fall accident and died after falling down the steps of a New York subway station.

I think the thing I find most interesting about this movie is that even though its based off of a true story, the guy the main character is based off actually lied about doing heaps off these crimes, in reality all he did was some check fraud. And even the people making the movie didnt know 😂, he still lies about it to this day as well lol.

Regarding the lawyer con:

The fifth floor of the building Frank claims to have worked in never housed his agency's offices.

For his part, Abagnale has always had a response to these claims — arguing that the people he scammed simply don't want to admit that they were fooled.

The film ends with Abagnale working directly with the FBI, but this isn't exactly how things shook out. When the film was released, an FBI spokesperson (via NewsDay) acknowledged that Abagnale had given lectures at the Academy "from time to time," but denied other grandiose claims about the agency employing Abagnale.

Frank was actually one of four children, growing up with two brothers and a sister.

On a similar note, Abagnale's mother never remarried and the Christmastime window scene where he discovers her with a new daughter never actually happened.

Frank was in jail serving time in the Great Meadow Correctional Institute in Comstock, New York, and wasn't paroled until 1967, which is well after the period he was allegedly posing as a pediatrician