Falling from Grace (film)
Falling from Grace is a 1992 American drama film directed by and starring John Mellencamp; it was met with more positive reviews than not.
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| Directed by | John Mellencamp |
| Story by | Larry McMurtry |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Box office | $231,826 (US) |
The 100-minute drama film is the acting and directorial debut of rock singer John Mellencamp.[1] It also stars Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Kay Lenz, and Larry Crane.[2] The story, by Larry McMurtry, closely follows one of Mellencamp's own: following a country-music celebrity who returns to Indiana with his wife (Hemingway), but cheats with a hometown lover (Lenz), repeating the spiraling lifestyle of his father (Atkins).[1]
The Motion Picture Association of America rated Falling from Grace as PG-13.[3] It was released in the US by Columbia Pictures on February 21, 1992 to 22 theaters. There it earned US$49,708 at the box office on opening weekend, with an overall 45-week return of $231,826 (respectively equivalent to $90,564 and $422,366 in 2019).[1] At 96 minutes, the film was released in the United Kingdom on October 1, 1992.[2] As of December 2020, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes showed a 78-percent positive view of the film, based on nine film critics.[4]
References
- Falling from Grace at Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- "Falling from Grace (1992)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- Gleiberman, Owen (March 13, 1992). "Falling From Grace (1992)". Entertainment Weekly. ISSN 1049-0434. OCLC 21114137. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- Falling from Grace at Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
