The following afternoon, they go to Van Houten's house, but are shocked to find out he is a mean-spirited alcoholic.

Hazel and Gus arrive in Amsterdam and Gus confesses his love for Hazel during a romantic meal sponsored by Van Houten. After a medical setback, Hazel's doctors eventually allow the trip. Gus then surprises Hazel with tickets to Amsterdam, acquired from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Van Houten explains that he is only willing to answer their questions in person. Weeks later, Gus tells Hazel he has tracked down Van Houten's assistant, Lidewij, and has corresponded with Van Houten via email. Its author, Peter Van Houten, retreated to Amsterdam following the novel's publication and has not been heard from since.

Gus gives Hazel Counter Insurgence, while Hazel recommends An Imperial Affliction, a novel about a cancer-stricken girl named Anna that parallels her own experience, but has an abrupt ending. The two bond over their hobbies and agree to read each other's favorite books. There Hazel meets Augustus 'Gus' Waters, who lost a leg to bone cancer but has since apparently been in remission. Believing she is depressed, her mother Frannie urges her to attend a weekly cancer patient support group. Hazel Grace Lancaster is a teenager, living in the suburbs of Indianapolis, who has thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 16, 2014, and earned $42 million in total domestic video sales. The film was number one at the box office during its opening weekend and grossed $307 million worldwide against a budget of $12 million. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise given to Woodley's and Elgort's performances and chemistry together, as well as the screenplay.

The Fault in Our Stars had its world premiere at Seattle International Film Festival on May 16, 2014, and was released in North America on June 6, 2014, by 20th Century Fox. Pittsburgh doubled for all of the scenes set in Indianapolis, Indiana, the novel's setting, as well as for some interior scenes set in Amsterdam. Principal photography began on August 26, 2013, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a few additional days in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, before concluding on October 16, 2013. Woodley plays a sixteen-year-old cancer patient forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she meets and subsequently falls in love with another cancer patient, played by Elgort.ĭevelopment began in January 2012 when Fox 2000, a division of 20th Century Fox, optioned the rights to adapt the novel into a feature film. The film stars Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, with Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Nat Wolff, and Willem Dafoe in supporting roles. The Fault in Our Stars is a 2014 American coming-of-age romance film directed by Josh Boone, based on John Green's 2012 novel of the same name.

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