{"product_id":"the-meet-the-parents-story","title":"The Meet the Parents Story","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eWhen the movie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMeet the Parents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e, starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro was released on Oct. 6, 2000, it pulled in $28,623,300 opening day and would become one of the most successful comedies ever, producing two successful sequels. What very few people know, however, is that the movie was a remake of a low-budget independent feature of the same name released 10 years before. Greg Glienna released his original \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMeet the Parents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e in 1991, and it was well received at the local Chicago theaters where it was shown, leading the young director to believe that with the right distribution, it could be a national hit. What followed was a decade-long journey of discovery as Greg tried to navigate the Hollywood studio system that seemed set up purposely to confound any outsider trying to get in. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMeet the Parents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e would eventually become both a national, and an international hit, but through the process, gradually, Greg saw his connection to the film slowly erased from history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003eLaura Enright is from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eChicago and has written about the city in her book Chicago’s Most Wanted: The Top Ten Book of Murderous Mobsters, Midway Monsters, and Windy City Oddities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e. She’s also used the city as a backdrop for books in her Chicago Vampire Series. With its roots in Chicago, the story of the film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eMeet the Parents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"\u003e is a fitting tale for her to tell. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49491815694595,"sku":"qmr1787292115543","price":19.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49491815727363,"sku":"jio1787292115544","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0756\/2202\/3427\/files\/the-meet-the-parents-story_1.jpg?v=1787292120","url":"https:\/\/trendpulseboutique.shop\/products\/the-meet-the-parents-story","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}