Monica Johnson died in 2010 aged only 64. Starting on TV, with things like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, she co-wrote five of Brooks films - they won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for this screenplay.
Debbie Reynolds is extraordinary in this - only the Golden Globes acknowledged it with a nomination. She acted many more roles after this, including a stint on Will & Grace. Brooks the director sensibly keeps things in long takes, cuts in close at key moments. That the brother (Rob Morrow) is actually the more insecure one is funny.
'In My Room' by The Beach Boys dates to 1963, so a little earlier than the vintage of the posters Brooks mounts to recreate his high school bedroom.
Bill Butler shot the San Francisco scenes, Lajos Koltai the rest.
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