Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/21/07 Home Video 05/27/08 MPAA Rating PG-13 for thematic material, brief strong language, and teen smoking Running Time 1 hour 25 minutes Genre Drama Director James C. Strouse Writer James C. Strouse Cast John Cusack, Alessandro Nivola, Gracie Bednarczyk, Shélan O'Keefe, Mary Kay Place Studio Weinstein Company |
GRACE IS GONE (2007)
SYNOPSIS
There was a time when Stanley Phillips (John
Cusack) could see his entire life clearly. He
dreamed of patriotic service and was destined for a
military career. He came close to that dream until it
was cut short simply because of his poor eyesight.
Now he’s serving customers at a home supply store
while his Sergeant wife is fighting in Iraq.
Equally as awkward at home as he is at work, he’s
raising Heidi, their twelve-year-old daughter and her
8-year-old sister Dawn. Although a loving father,
Stanley is unable to conform to a more affectionate
role and the girls miss their mother deeply.
While tolerating his job and stumbling through
parenting he is abruptly awakened when tragedy
strikes. Ill prepared to deal with it himself, he is at a
complete loss contemplating how to tell his
children. Desperate to delay telling the children they
embark on a spontaneous road trip. Grasping to
give them their last moments of innocence, Stanley
reveals a softer side as they travel to Dawn’s
chosen destination – Enchanted Gardens Theme
Park.
The farther they drive the closer they become yet
Stanley knows he must face the inevitable task of
changing their lives forever.
.-- ©Weinstein Company
There was a time when Stanley Phillips (John
Cusack) could see his entire life clearly. He
dreamed of patriotic service and was destined for a
military career. He came close to that dream until it
was cut short simply because of his poor eyesight.
Now he’s serving customers at a home supply store
while his Sergeant wife is fighting in Iraq.
Equally as awkward at home as he is at work, he’s
raising Heidi, their twelve-year-old daughter and her
8-year-old sister Dawn. Although a loving father,
Stanley is unable to conform to a more affectionate
role and the girls miss their mother deeply.
While tolerating his job and stumbling through
parenting he is abruptly awakened when tragedy
strikes. Ill prepared to deal with it himself, he is at a
complete loss contemplating how to tell his
children. Desperate to delay telling the children they
embark on a spontaneous road trip. Grasping to
give them their last moments of innocence, Stanley
reveals a softer side as they travel to Dawn’s
chosen destination – Enchanted Gardens Theme
Park.
The farther they drive the closer they become yet
Stanley knows he must face the inevitable task of
changing their lives forever.
.-- ©Weinstein Company
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