i've not seen it, but also heard (from someone i trust to make the assessment, no less) that it was great... but i've wondered since i heard of the plot how much it was inspired by this poor guy.

update: oh. heh. so, steeeeeeffff, if you'll just please read to the end of your OWN LINK, you'll see that, in fact, it was. duh.

in my defense, i've read the story so many times before that i didn't realize it'd been updated. apologies.