Half-Assed Internet Research
Real cases; weight loss; role discomfort; Vawter; military ban; Demme’s friend
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- The film’s 26 million budget, 206.7 million gross and ninth-place 1993 ranking contradict Kramer’s prediction of commercial failure.
- Research: the story draws on two attorneys’ discrimination cases; Hanks lost 30 pounds; Steenburgen’s personal dislike of the role became a line; Ron Vawter’s HIV status caused insurance difficulty; the party’s military costume references the service ban; a friend’s AIDS diagnosis motivated Demme.