The Fundamentals of Caring Movie Updates

Tue., May. 31, 2016

from Netflix

• added a synopsis

• Follows Ben, a retired writer who becomes a caregiver after suffering a personal tragedy. After 6 weeks of training, Ben meets his first client, Trevor, a foul-mouthed 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed phys... show all ically, Ben and Trevor take an impromptu road trip to all the places Trevor has become obsessed with while watching the local news, including their holy grail: the World's Deepest Pit. Along the way, they pick up a sassy runaway and a mother-to-be who help test the pair’s survival skills outside of their calculated existence as they come to understand the importance of hope and true friendship.

• added Netflix as a distributor
• added photos to the gallery
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• added Netflix Trailer to trailers & videos
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• changed the US film release date from TBA to June 24, 2016
• set film release to Streaming
• changed the title from "The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving" to "The Fundamentals of Caring"
• changed the production status to Completed
• added "The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving " as an also known as title

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Fri., Oct. 30, 2015

• added Megan Ferguson as Peaches to credits
• added Craig Roberts as Trevor to credits
• added Jennifer Ehle as Elsa to credits
• added Paul Rudd as Ben to credits
• added Selena Gomez as Dot to credits
• changed the production status to Post-Production

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Thu., Oct. 11, 2012

from The Hollywood Reporter

Worldwide Pants Nabs Big-Screen Rights to Jonathan Evison's Novel

Worldwide Pants, Rob Burnett and Jon Beckerman have secured big-screen rights to Jonathan Evison’s novel The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving.

• added Worldwide Pants as a production company
• added David Letterman as Producer to the credits
• added Jon Beckerman as Producer to the credits
• added Rob Burnett as Director to the credits
• added a synopsis

• Tells the story of Benjamin Benjamin, a man who has lost virtually everything - his wife, his family, his home, his livelihood. With few options, Ben enrolls in a night class called The Fundamentals of Caregiving taught in the basement of a local chu... show all rch. There Ben is instructed in the art of inserting catheters and avoiding liability, about professionalism, and how to keep physical and emotional distance between client and provider. Assigned to care for a teen patient, Ben realizes his training has done little to prepare him for the realities of caregiving. Ultimately, the two embark upon a wild road trip across the American West and a new camaraderie replaces the traditional boundary between patient and caregiver. Bursting with energy, this big-hearted, soulful, and inspired novel ponders life's terrible surprises and the heart's uncanny capacity to mend and become whole again.

• added adaptation as genre
• changed the production status to Development
• changed the production status to Announced
• created the movie profile