Grace Is Gone (2007)

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The contemplative, understated tearjerker Grace Is Gone dramatizes the quiet crisis that befalls Stanley (John Cusack), a young Midwestern husband of a female marine stationed in Iraq, and a father of two girls. Suddenly and unexpectedly widowed when his wife, Grace, is killed on the battlefield, Stanley cannot bring himself to share the devastating news with his two young daughters. In lieu of speaking to them immediately about their mother's death, Stanley internalizes his devastation and takes the girls on a road trip while he attempts to sort through a myriad of conflicted and tumultuous internal feelings about the war itself and contemplates how to break the shattering news. Inevitably, the road trip will end with Grace's funeral. This film represents the brainchild of producer/star Cusack and writer/director James C. Strouse. It began with Cusack's fury about the Bush administration's policy banning footage of caskets returning from the Iraq and Afghani wars, and his desire to see those events played out onscreen, in the lives of American citizens. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

84 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

James C. Strouse

Writer(s):

James C. Strouse

Producer(s):

Daniela Taplin Lundbergh, Daniela Taplin-Lundberg, Galt Niederhoffer

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

PG13

Categories:

Drama

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• 2007 - Grace Is Gone - Sundance Film Festival - Audience Award
• 2007 - Grace Is Gone - Sundance Film Festival - Best Screenplay