Talk:Five Feet Apart

Question: Was this film inspired by a true story?
There was a real-life couple whose story started almost exactly like the story in the movie. Their names were Dalton and Katie Prager, and their lives received considerable attention before they both passed away, very tragically, just five days apart in September, 2016. They were refered to as "the real-life 'Fault Not in Our Stars' couple," based on their resemblance to the 2012/2014 story of that name. CNN covered their story extensively, especially as the wife, Katie Prager, battled to get insurance coverage for a lung transplant, the only chance for her long-term survival.

Here is a reference to a CNN article about Katie Prager's death: https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/22/health/cystic-fibrosis-katie-prager-death/index.html

Has there been any mention, by the Pragers' family or by those involved in this new film, of a connection between the film and the Pragers' actual lives? If not, can I note the resemblance in the main article anyway? (I am very inexperienced as a Wikpedia editor.) I suspect there is a connection between this film and the Pragers' real story, based both on the stories' similarities, and based on the film's title. Many of the articles about Katie Prager's death noted that she and her husband died just five days apart.

JSaraya (talk) 12:34, 9 March 2019 (UTC)


 * No—the film directly tries to reject that sort of reckless behavior. The screenplay is original, with parts of Stella based on a consultant for the movie, Claire Wineland, who has since passed away. 128.135.98.129 (talk) 05:39, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

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Added a POV banner to the section about the differences between book and film
This particular section is overly negative about the film adaptation of the book, which might color the reader's opinion. It uses subjective terminology such as "lack of depth", "less impactful", etc. This should be obvious, but that's not what Wikipedia is for. Lotte V (talk) 22:14, 13 September 2023 (UTC)