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Spoiler Alert movie storyline. Based on Michael Ausiello’s best-selling memoir “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies,” the film is a heartwarming, funny and life-affirming story of how Michael Ausiello and Kit Cowan’s relationship is transformed and deepened when one of them falls ill. Michael and Kit’s relationship that takes a tragic turn when Cowan is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Spoiler Alert is an American biographical romantic drama film directed by Michael Showalter, from a screenplay written by David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage, based on the memoir Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by Michael Ausiello. The film stars Jim Parsons as Ausiello, along with Ben Aldridge and Sally Field. Spoiler Alert was released in the United States by Focus Features on December 2, 2022.
Production began in December 2018, when Jim Parsons signed on to produce and star in the film and Michael Showalter signed on to direct it. In July 2021, Ben Aldridge was cast as Kit Cowan. In September 2021, Sally Field joined the cast playing Kit’s mother, Marilyn. Principal photography began in the fall in New York City.
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LGBT travel guide Queer in the World states, “The fabulosity of Gay New York is unrivaled on Earth, and queer culture seeps into every corner of its five boroughs”. LGBT advocate and entertainer Madonna stated metaphorically, “Anyways, not only is New York City the best place in the world because of the queer people here. Let me tell you something, if you can make it here, then you must be queer.”
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In 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a billboard campaign to woo Floridians to a significantly more supportive environment for LGBTQ+ residents in New York. LGBT Americans in New York City constitute the largest self-identifying lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities by a significant margin in the United States, and the 1969 Stonewall riots in Greenwich Village are widely considered to be the genesis of the modern gay rights movement. The New York metropolitan area has an estimated 756,000 LGBTQ+ residents – the most in the United States, including the largest transgender population in the United States, estimated at 50,000 in 2018, concentrated in Manhattan and Queens.
Spoiler Alert (2022)
Directed by: Michael Showalter
Starring: Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field, Bill Irwin, Antoni Porowski, Nikki M. James, Jeffery Self, Tara Summers, Paco Lozano, Megan Irminger, Eleni Yiovas, Sadie Scott
Screenplay by: David Marshall Grant, Dan Savage
Production Design by: Sara K White
Cinematography by: Brian Burgoyne
Film Editing by: Peter Teschner
Costume Design by: Claire Parkinson
Set Decoration by: Stephanie Q. Bowen
Art Direction by: Annie Simeone
Music by: Brian H. Kim
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, drug use and thematic elements.
Distributed by: Focus Features
Release Date: December 2, 2022
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