That movie was based on a memoir by Franz Lidz; McCanlies, who wrote and directed Secondhand Lions, seems to have made it up, although his friend Harry Knowles thinks maybe its inspired by the childhood of Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes. Certainly young Walter grows up to become a cartoonist whose

Likewise, where did the money come from in Secondhand Lions? Hub and Garths vast fortune is alternately rumored to come from bank robberies, Mafia funds stolen from Al Capone or, according to the uncles themselves, gold tricked from an evil sheik.

Similarly one may ask, is Secondhand Lions on Netflix?

Sorry, Secondhand Lions is not available on American Netflix.

Is Second Hand Lions a true story?

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Secondhand Lions is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tim McCanlies. It tells the story of an introverted young boy (Haley Joel Osment) who is sent to live with his eccentric great-uncles (Robert Duvall and Michael Caine) on a farm in Texas.