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Adaptation drafts; box office and Oscars; parents’ backstory; corrected scores; novel differences
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- The adaptation began with Matthew Quick’s 2008 novel and went through numerous script drafts and casting permutations.
- The discussion recalls over $200 million worldwide on roughly a $20 million budget, its Toronto audience award and the gradual theatrical rollout as an increasingly unusual route to success.
- The film received the major picture, directing, lead-acting and screenplay nominations plus supporting nominations for De Niro and Weaver; Lawrence was its sole Oscar winner.
- Weaver reportedly helped develop the parents’ active romantic backstory and corrected the dance-score arithmetic so the average actually reached five.
- The novel is said to give Pat more severe problems, a longer institutional stay and a different Eagles season, tentatively identified as 2006.