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FILM · 2022 · USA

Spoiler Alert

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  1. #001

    Jim Parsons bought out screenings in his hometown of Houston, Texas, to encourage audiences to see the film.

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  2. #002

    In an article published for The Daily Beast in December 2022, Kevin Fallon reported that Michael Ausiello, a TV reporter for outlets such as TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly and TVLine, had interviewed Jim Parsons several times over the years Parsons appeared on The Big Bang Theory (2007). When Ausiello's source memoir was first published in 2017, Ausiello asked Parsons to moderate a Q&A session in Los Angeles, and when Parsons read the book to prepare for the panel, his husband Todd Spiewak found him crying in the living room. Spiewak suggested to Parsons that if he had such a strong emotional reaction to the story, he should pursue it for film — which is ultimately what they did together (both Parsons and Spiewak are producers).

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  3. #003

    It is adapted from TVLine's Michael Ausiello's autobiographical novel about his love story with Kit Cowan; it jumps back and forth non-chronologically between their courtship, relationship troubles and Kit's cancer. The novel is also available as a 10-hour audiobook read by the author.

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  4. #004

    Michael Ausiello gave the production team his late husband Kit's cameras, his photography art and Michael's real-life Smurf collection to decorate and beautify the sets.

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  5. #005

    The Cosi restaurant on 51st Street and Broadway, where they went on their first date, has closed.

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  6. #006

    The film was first shown to a test audience on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at the Regal Theatre in Sherman Oaks, California.

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  7. #007

    (At around the 33rd minute) Sally Field appears for the first time.

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  8. #008

    There is also an episode of Jim Parsons' sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007) titled The Spoiler Alert Segmentation (2013), which has absolutely nothing to do with this film apart from the title.

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  9. #009

    Bill Irwin was friends with Robin Williams, and both appeared in Popeye (1980). Sally Field co-starred with Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993).

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