The following afternoon, they go to Van Houten's house, but are shocked to discover he is a mean-spirited alcoholic. Hazel and Gus arrive in Amsterdam, where Gus confesses his love for Hazel during a romantic meal sponsored by Van Houten. After a medical setback, Hazel's doctors eventually allow the trip. Gus then surprises Hazel with tickets to Amsterdam, acquired from a charity organization that fulfills the wishes of children with critical illnesses. Van Houten says he is only willing to answer their questions in person. Weeks later, Gus tells Hazel he has tracked down Van Houten's assistant, Lidewij, and has been corresponding with Van Houten via email. Its author, Peter Van Houten, retreated to Amsterdam following the novel's publication and has not been heard from since. Gus gives Hazel The Prince of Dawn, while Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction, a novel about a cancer-stricken girl named Anna that parallels Hazel’s own experience, but has an abrupt ending. Hazel and Gus bond their hobbies and agree to read each other's favorite books.
Gus lost a leg to bone cancer but has since gone into remission. There, Hazel meets Augustus "Gus" Waters who is at the support group for his friend Isaac, who has eye cancer. Believing she is depressed, her mother urges her to attend a weekly cancer patient support group. Indianapolis teenager Hazel Grace Lancaster is living with thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 16, 2014, and earned $42 million in total domestic video sales. The film was number one at the box office during its opening weekend and grossed $307 million worldwide against a budget of $12 million. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise given to Woodley's and Elgort's performances and chemistry together, as well as the screenplay.
The Fault in Our Stars had its world premiere at Seattle International Film Festival on May 16, 2014, and was released in North America on June 6, 2014, by 20th Century Fox. Pittsburgh doubled for all of the scenes set in Indianapolis, Indiana, the novel's setting, as well as for some interior scenes set in Amsterdam. Principal photography began on August 26, 2013, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a few additional days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, before concluding on October 16, 2013. Woodley plays a sixteen-year-old cancer patient forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she meets and subsequently falls in love with another cancer patient, played by Elgort.ĭevelopment began in January 2012 when Fox 2000, a division of 20th Century Fox, optioned the rights to adapt the novel into a feature film. The film stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, with Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff, and Willem Dafoe in supporting roles. (If you want to see me interview the author and stars of the movie, you can watch those here.The Fault in Our Stars is a 2014 American coming-of-age romance film directed by Josh Boone, based on John Green's 2012 novel of the same name.
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(If you want to know more of my thoughts, I wrote about the movie here.) I highly suggest you add it to your reading list and the list of the young woman in your life. This book has important themes worthy of reading and discussing. (Heck, I needed to talk about the book after I read it!) This is not a book to be read alone by young teens- not just for sexual reasons (though there are those), but also because there is deep heartache and pain and loss and joy and love that are best read and discussed with an adult who can speak into the emotion. But that is the reason this is included in our PG-13 weekend. You may disagree with me on including this one, as the characters make some choices that I do not consider wise choices and the kind to be emulated by teen girls (though the same could be said for To Kill A Mockingbird, eh?). This weekend I’m featuring the PG-13 books and to me, that includes The Fault In Our Stars. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
(You can read more on his website, or follow him on Twitter and Facebook!)ĭespite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis.
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