Jeanette,
 
In a seminar at the Australian Film and Television School last year they
made the comment that the claim was false and was added to the film
either as a joke or to problematise the distinction between 'true
stories' and fiction.
 
I do not have a citation at hand but can get one if you want to pursue
this further.
 
Cheers
--
Peter Hughes   Department of Media Studies   La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3083
ph: +61 3 9479 3065 (w),  fax: +61 3 9479 3638 (w)
 
[log in to unmask]
 
----
To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L
in the message.  Problems?  Contact [log in to unmask]