Love Story: How is this romantic?

[duality72]

@Rilchiam

Gore claims the story was based on his courtship of Tipper, but I give it as much credence as his claim that he invented the internet. Either that, or the claim was misattributed to him, the way he now says he never claimed inventorship of the internet. Point is, the whole thing came out of Segal’s fat head.

Nope, didn’t claim to invent the internet.

Gore was one of two models for the male character, but Tipper was not a model for the female character. Gore never claimed directly that the story was based on his courtship of Tipper, just that he’d read the author, a college friend, had said as much in an interview. As it turned out, the journalist who did the interview exaggerated a bit.

(It’s the SDMB, you knew there’d be links.)

[Morbo]

@BrotherCadfael

The movie was the inspiration for one of Roger Ebert’s Movie Glossary definitions:

Ali McGraw’s Disease – a fatal disease characterized by the heroine growing more and more beautiful as she gets closer and closer to death.

Didn’t click on my above link, eh?

[BrotherCadfael]

@Dooku

Didn’t click on my above link, eh?

Nope, I missed it. :smack:

I most humbly bow down and acknowlage your superiority as demonstrated by your prior usage.