Is I Love You Phillip Morris based on a true story?

Is I Love You Phillip Morris based on a true story?

I Love You Phillip Morris is a 2009 biographical black comedy drama film based on a 1980s and 1990s real-life story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee Steven Jay Russell, as played by Jim Carrey.

Was Steven Russell a CFO?

Stephen set the bar high but was always fair. He has very high standards and expected his team to follow suit. He was a great manager and an excellent CFO.

What was Philip Morris in jail for?

(Morris was serving time stemming from an arrest for an overdue rental car.) ”When I met him, I was so full of bull,” says Russell, who told Morris he was an attorney.