YOU'RE WATCHING MINNESOTA'S
MOST-WATCHED STATION.
THIS IS WCCO 4 NEWS.
BY NOW YOU'VE PROBABLY
HEARD THE SONG CLOUDS BY ZACH
SOVIET.
IT CAUGHT THE WORLD ATTENTION
IN 2013, NOW HIS MOTHER'S BOOK
BASED ON HOW THE LAKELAND
TEENAGER LIVED DURING HIS
TERMINAL CANCER DIAGNOSIS HAS
BEEN MADE INTO A MOVIE THAT
WILL DEBUT THIS WEEK.
THE FILM FEATURES ZACKS
RELATIONSHIPS WITH HERTZ
FRIENDS, AND THEN GIRLFRIEND.
WCCO JENNIFER MERELY SPOKE WITH
ZACH'S REAL FRIENDS AND FAMILY
TO GET THEIR TAKE ON A MOVIE
ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND HOW ZACH
CONTINUES TO INSPIRE HOPE.
Reporter: THIS IS HOW MANY
CAME TO KNOW ZACH.
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Reporter: THE TEENAGER WHO
WROTE AND PERFORMED THE CATCHY
TUNE CLOUDS, AND WHO LIVED
WHILE HE WAS DYING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND OUT
YOU'RE DYING TO START LETTING.
Reporter: WHILE HIS LIFE HAS
BEEN MADE INTO A MOVIE FOR ALL
TO SEE, IT'S HIS FRIENDS AND
FAMILY THAT KNEW ZACH BEST.
CLOUDS WAS A SONG THAT, AT
1st, SOUNDS LIGHT AND BOBBY,
AND THEN WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE
WORDS YOU ARE LIKE OKAY, THIS
KID WAS GOING THROUGH
SOMETHING.
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Reporter: DOCTORS DIAGNOSED
ZACH WITH TERMINAL CANCER
CALLED OSTEOSARCOMA.
HE DIED IN 2013 AT AGE 18.
BUT, IT'S HOW HE LIVED THAT
INSPIRED HOPE IN OTHERS.
WHEN I MET HIM I KNEW IT
WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY
LIFE, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT
WOULD LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN.
Reporter: 80 AMY ADAM WAS
ZACKS THEN GIRLFRIEND AND THEIR
RELATIONSHIP IS A FOCUS OF THE
FILM.
I DO.
Reporter: THE WAY THAT THEY
LOVE EACH OTHER IN THE MOVIE,
IS A NICE SHOWING OF HOW WE
CARED FOR EACH OTHER SO MUCH.
IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.
Reporter: SHE SAYS WELL THEY
HAD TOUGH DEEP CONVERSATIONS,
ZACH SAYS THE HIGHEST OF
HIGHS AND THE LOWEST OF LOWS.
Reporter: THEY ALSO ACTED
THEIR AGE, AND HAD FUN.
ZACHARY SOBIEK I'M ASKING
YOU, PLEASE,
Reporter: THEY WERE BEST
FRIENDS, AND MADE MUSIC
TOGETHER.
MANY OF THEIR ORIGINALS ARE IN
THE FILM.
THOSE WERE OUR 1st SONGS WE
WROTE TOGETHER.
AND NOW THEY'RE IN A MOVIE
WHICH IS ABSURD.
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WHAT MAKES THEM SO SPECIAL,
TO ME, IS HOW NOT SELF-
CONSCIOUS WE WERE WHEN WE WERE
WRITING THEM.
Reporter: SHE SHARES PART OF
WHAT MADE ZACH SPECIAL IS HE
MADE PEOPLE FEEL INCLUDED.
I THINK THAT REALLY SHINES
IN THE MOVIE, ALWAYS MAKING
PEOPLE FEEL LIKE HE HAD ENOUGH
TIME FOR THEM, EVEN THOUGH HE
HAD LIMITED TIME.
THEN DID AN AMAZING JOB OF
PLAYING ZACH.
Reporter: MOM SAID THE
FAMILY SHIPPED ZACKS CRUTCHES
AND CLOTHES AND THE ACTOR
PLAYING ZACH WEARS THEM IN
CLOUDS.
THE FAMILY WAS ONSET FOR SOME
OF THE FILMING.
IT'S THE 1st TIME IN MY LIFE
I'VE CRIED, SOBBED IN THE ARMS
OF A STRANGER.
BECAUSE, I WAS FEELING WHAT IT
WAS LIKE TO HAVE ZACH IN THE
ROOM AGAIN.
AND I REALLY MISS IT.
Reporter: LAURA SAYS TO
REMEMBER, THE MOVIE IS BASED ON
HER BOOK.
SOME EVENTS ARE PULLED TOGETHER
OR ENHANCED AS PART OF MOVIE
MAGIC.
BUT, THE ESSENCE OF THEIR LIVES
AND THE STORY IS THERE.
AND WHAT'S REAL IS HOW ZACH
MADE PEOPLE FEEL.
AND THE IMPACT HIS LIFE
CONTINUES TO HAVE.
Reporter: ZACH WAS, I LOVE
HIM SO MUCH.
HE WAS THE BIGGEST GOOFBALL,
THE SWEETEST GUY.
HE GAVE GREAT HUGS.
Reporter: THIS GOOD FRIEND
IS A RESEARCHER AT THE U OF M
WORKING ON A CURE FOR
OSTEOSARCOMA.
IT'S RESEARCH ENABLED BY WORKS
ZACH STARTED, BY CONTINUES WITH
THE CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH
FUND IN HIS NAME.
SEEING INCREASINGLY HOW THIS
HAS ENCOMPASSED SO MANY PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD, IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT ASPECTS, IT'S NOT
JUST A ONE NOTE STORY.
Reporter: SO THESE LOVED
ONES HOPE AUDIENCES WILL TRULY
SEE ZACH IN CLOUDS.
I HOPE PEOPLE WILL SEE THEIR
OWN HEARTS, THEIR OWN LOSS, AND
FEEL COMFORTED BY IT.
I WANT OUR STORY TO BE THAT
SPARK OF HOPE.
Reporter: A LIFE AND LEGACY
THAT LIVES ON.
I WISH WE COULD EXPERIENCE
THIS WITH HIM, AND JUST BE
LIKE, LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID.
Reporter: JENNIFER MAYERLE
E, WCCO 4 NEWS.
HERE IS SOMETHING TO WATCH
FOR EVERYONE YOU JUST MET, IS
IN THE MOVIE AS AN EXTRA.
SAMMY AND MITCH WEAR WIGS SO
THEY MAY BE HARDER TO SPOT.
CLOUDS IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM
ON THE DISNEY PLUS SUBSCRIPTION
SERVICE THIS FRIDAY.
THE FILM IS ALSO A WAY TO RAISE
AWARENESS FOR ZACKS MOVEMENT,
RAISING MONEY FOR OSTEOSARCOMA