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A wedding is being arranged for Donna and Michael, and the preparations come down to errands: a reception, a tuxedo, rings. Michael hesitates over commitment, and Donna questions whether he is mature enough for marriage. Work on the script began in 1982 and drew on the pair's own years in the Bronx. After several major studios passed on it, they raised money with a short concept trailer, and filmmakers they had worked with were among the investors. The cast and crew accepted deferred salaries, and principal photography ran from June to August 1988 across New York City. With the initial budget spent, further backing and a record deal carried post-production through, and it premiered at the U.S. Film Festival, where it took the Grand Jury Prize Dramatic.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about True Love (1989)
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- Nancy Savoca and Richard Guay's True Love won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1989 U.S. Film Festival, but the pair could not accept it in person because Savoca was giving birth to their second child.
- After multiple major studios rejected True Love, Nancy Savoca and Richard Guay put $22,000 of their own money into a nine-minute concept trailer to find potential investors for the film.
- The film's initial budget was exhausted by the end of shooting, and only continued investor support and a soundtrack deal with RCA Records got post-production finished in time for the 1989 U.S. Film Festival.
- A bidding war for distribution rights began after the premiere, with multiple studios asking Nancy Savoca to make the ending of True Love happier; United Artists offered her final cut privilege, prompting her to sell them North American rights in May 1989.
