Falling from Grace (film)
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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) |
Falling from Grace is a 1992 American drama film directed by and starring John Mellencamp; it was met with more positive reviews than not.
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 .[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 (Akins).[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 $91,672 and $427,534 in 2020).[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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Falling from Grace". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "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". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
External links[]
- 1992 films
- 1992 directorial debut films
- 1992 drama films
- American drama films
- American films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films directed by John Mellencamp
- Films set in Indiana
- Films with screenplays by Larry McMurtry