Claim: Matthew McConaughey was in U-571.
Evidence: He appeared in such films as the slasher Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , the legal thriller A Time to Kill -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , Steven Spielberg 's historical drama Amistad -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , the science fiction drama Contact -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , the comedy EDtv -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , and the war film U-571 -LRB- 2000 -RRB-.