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Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; DTS Sound The pressure of stardom and life on the road have left aging country music singer Bud Parks empty and depressed. He hopes a trip home to celebrate his grandfather's 80th birthday will rejuvenate him. Instead, it proves disastrous, as Bud succeeds in destroying everything he's worked so hard for. Jetting in from Los Angeles, singer Bud Parks and his wife Alice, return to his Indiana hometown to celebrate his grandfather's 80th birthday. But once there, Bud immediately returns to the wild ways of his youth, putting his marriage in jeopardy. "Falling From Grace" marked singer/songwriter John Mellencamp's directorical debut and acting debut.
Shot in Technicolor in Mellencamp's hometown of Seymour, Indiana.
Released in USA February 1992.
Additional cast: Gary Boebinger, Toby Myers, Margie Hopper, Donna Cowles, Elizabeth Anne Bowen, Hilda Marie Bowen, Edna Tyan Booker, Matthew J. Correll, Mary Cowles, Teddi Jo Mellencamp, Thomas Judd, Kasey Robinson, Aaron White, Eric White, Terra Cowles, Derek Davis, Joe Mellencamp, Bently Austin, Craig Austin, Eric Austin and Glenn Dalton. Falling From Grace Reviews: "...[Mellencamp's] vibrantly funny and touching film plays as an extension of his music without his singing a note..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...FALLING FROM GRACE has a folksy, collaborative feeling that works well....Mellencamp's direction, like his performance in the central role, reflects an affecting earnestness..."
-- Janet Maslin, New York Times "...A movie of heart, subtlety, and dramatic zest..."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...There's a sharp, novelistic sense of observation in the way the characters bounce off each other's time-worn hostilities. The dialogue has an emotional subtext -- an undertow of feeling..."
-- Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times "...Mellencamp turns out to have a real filmmaking gift. His film is perceptive and subtle....The characters created here with McMurtry are three-dimensional and fully realized..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Falling From Grace | List Price | $14.94 (You save $4.59) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1992 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  28930  | | CD Universe Part number | 6783268 | | Catalog number | 05186 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 09, 2004 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Running Time | 100 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Processed; Widescreen |
Falling From Grace Movie Review Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars)   Little Pink Houses Hold Dark Secrets
John Mellencamp probably doesn't get the credit he deserves for his musical career and his feature film debut as star and director probably suffered a similar unjust fate. Falling From Grace is an unsparing look at how success cannot redeem a dysfunctional family and Mellencamp not only holds his own alongside veteran actors, but handles the directorial chores as well. Despite the lead man's natural charm, this is not a very happy man/family or story as writer Larry McMurtry spins a tale of southern gothic right up there with Tennessee Williams. As a movie, it would have benefited from a more R rated leash rather than the PG restrictions it works under. And it seems a little incomplete. Might there be a director's cut in John's vault? It would be worth checking out.
Submitted by wearytune (Chicago, IL USA)
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 Home From the Hill---Lite
Not a bad movie, especially when you consider Mellencamp did everything but play the female lead in the movie. A lot like real life. I know McMurtrey is too good a writer to steal a story line from a 1959-60 movie Starring Robert Mitchum, George Peppard, and George Hamilton, but you might want to check out "Home From the Hill" and see why I titled this movie review "Home From the Hill---Lite".
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