Trivia
The Big Sick
Directed by Michael Showalter · starring Lauren Patten, Zenobia Shroff and Kumail Nanjiani
- 2 facts
- 2017
The Big Sick: trivia
All 2 facts
- 1
Based on a real life story
This movie is based on how Kumail Nanjiani, and his real life wife Emily V. Gordon, met and fell in love.
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Distribution war
When the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Sony, Amazon, Netflix and Focus Features started a bidding war for the distribution rights. Kumail Nanjiani wanted the film to have a theatrical distribution wich eliminated Netflix. The distribution rights were bought by Amazon for $12 million, one of the largest deals in the festival's history.