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 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $231,826 (US) |
The 100-minute drama film is the on-screen and directorial debut rock singer John Mellencamp.[1] It also stars Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Kay Lenz, and Larry Crane.[2] Larry McMurtry's story 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]
Falling from Grace was released in the US by Columbia Pictures on February 21, 1992 to 22 theaters where the Motion Picture Association of America rated it as PG-13.[3] At 96 minutes, the film was released in the United Kingdom on October 1, 1992.[2]
In the US, the film earned US$49,708 at the box office on opening weekend, with an overall 45-week return of $231,826 (respectively equivalent to $103,660 and $483,443 in 2022).[1] As of July 2022, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes showed a 78-percent positive view of the film, based on nine film critics.[4]
Soundtrack
The movie's 13-track soundtrack is 49 minutes and 43 seconds long, was recorded at the Belmont Mall Studio, and released in 1991. AllMusic rated the album at 4.5 out of 5 stars.[5]
| No. | Title | Music | Performer | Length |
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| 1. | "Bud's Theme" | Lisa Germano | Lisa Germano | 2:22 |
| 2. | "Cradle of the Interstate" | Nanci Griffith | Nanci Griffith | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Whiskey Burnin'" | Larry Crane | Larry Crane | 4:48 |
| 4. | "Common Day Man" | George Green and John Mellencamp | Dwight Yoakam | 3:52 |
| 5. | "It Don't Scare Me None" | Larry Crane | John Mellencamp | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Searchin' for the Perfect Girl" | Bentley Austin, Craig Austin, Eric Austin, and John Mellencamp | Pure Jam | 3:13 |
| 7. | "All the Best" | John Prine | John Prine | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Hold Me Like You Used to Do" | Dale Fisher and Joey Karsten | Qkumbrz | 3:06 |
| 9. | "Sweet Suzanne" | John Mellencamp | Buzzin' Cousins (Joe Ely, James McMurtry, Mellencamp, Prine, and Yoakam)[6] | 4:01 |
| 10. | "Nothing's for Free" | Larry Crane | John Mellencamp | 3:30 |
| 11. | "Little Children" | Lisa Germano | Lisa Germano | 4:55 |
| 12. | "Days Like These" | Janis Ian | Janis Ian | 3:48 |
| 13. | "Falling from Grace" | Larry Crane | Larry Rollins | 5:06 |
References
- "Falling from Grace". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- "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 July 23, 2022.
- "Falling from Grace Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
- Hudak, Joseph (April 8, 2020). "That Time John Prine Joined the Supergroup the Buzzin' Cousins". Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
Little-known collab featured John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Joe Ely, and James McMurtry on the song 'Sweet Suzanne'