Grace is Gone

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John Cusack Aboard Grace is Gone
Source: Variety
March 2, 2006

John Cusack has signed on to star in the Plum Pictures independent drama Grace is Gone, reports Variety. The film, which Cusack is also producing through his New Crime Productions with Grace Loh, will mark the directorial debut of James C. Strouse.

Written by Strouse, Grace is Gone centers on a father who takes his two daughters on a road trip upon learning that his wife has been killed in the line of duty in Iraq. Shooting is scheduled to start in April.

In addition to Cusack and Loh, Plum Pictures' Galt Niederhoffer, Daniela Taplin Lundbergh and Celine Rattray are producing. Reagan Silber, Bruce Lunsford, Ed Hart and Paul Bernstein executive produce. Marilyn Haft and Roberta Burrows are co-producing.

 

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Grace is Gone

Release Date: December 7, 2007 (limited)
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Director: James C. Strouse
Screenwriter: James C. Strouse
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material, brief strong language and teen smoking)
Website: Grace is Gone

Starring: John Cusack, Alessandro Nivola, Shelan O'Keefe, Gracie Bednarczyk

Plot Summary: 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.

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