# Is Behind the Camera's -"The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company" fairly accurate?

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**Created:** [August 3, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-behind-the-cameras-the-unauthorized-story-of-threes-company-fairly-accurate/192717 "2003-08-03T14:55:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-behind-the-cameras-the-unauthorized-story-of-threes-company-fairly-accurate/192717/1 "2003-08-03T14:55:37Z")

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I saw this on cable for the first time last night. Is this a pretty accurate depiction of what happened?

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-behind-the-cameras-the-unauthorized-story-of-threes-company-fairly-accurate/192717/2 "2003-08-03T15:07:21Z")

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Sorry should have given a link to a synopsis  
[Behind the Camera - The Unauthorized Story of Three’s Company"](http://www.blockbuster.com/bb/movie/details/0,7286,VID-V+++286847,00.html)

[Here’s a review](http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/features/hodges/1901817)

[Here’s another one that has the reviewer a little …umm… _too_ involved](http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-629/epid-249231/)

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**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-behind-the-cameras-the-unauthorized-story-of-threes-company-fairly-accurate/192717/3 "2003-08-03T15:16:08Z")

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Who knows? I think it was mostly told from the point of view of Joyce DeWitt, who had some input into the script, so it’s very anti-Suzanne Somers.

I thought the guy who played Jack did a great job.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-behind-the-cameras-the-unauthorized-story-of-threes-company-fairly-accurate/192717/4 "2003-08-03T15:16:38Z")

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“It’s true. From a certain point of view.”

😃

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**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-behind-the-cameras-the-unauthorized-story-of-threes-company-fairly-accurate/192717/5 "2003-08-03T22:24:10Z")

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I think we need to take with a grain of salt one of the themes of the movie Alan Hamel led Suzanne Somers down the path to destruction and she was just an unwitting puppet in his hands… Not saying it wasn’t 100% accurate, but:

almost all the scenes where he is leading her it was just the two of them – Somers and her husband, We have no idea whether those scenes were as played.

It behooved Hamel to play the bad “cop” in negotiations, but was Somers as victimzed as the movie portrayed? It was all the evil Hamel’s idea? Doubt it seriously – but I don’t know – only Somers & Hamel really do.