Falling from Grace

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Falling from Grace (1992)

02/21/1992 (US) Drama, Romance 1h 40m

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Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separated from Mellencamp's real life, finds him as a country music star whose meanderings and philandering has thrown his life into turmoil. Returning to his native Indiana to try to reestablish a normal life. Instead he takes up with an old lover (Lenz), ignoring his loving wife (Hemingway), and duplicating the lifestyle of his womanizing father (Akins).

John Mellencamp

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Larry McMurtry

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John Mellencamp

Bud Parks
Mariel Hemingway

Alice Parks
Claude Akins

Speck Parks
Dub Taylor

Grandpa Parks
Kay Lenz

P.J. Parks
Larry Crane

Ramey Parks
Kate Noonan

Linda
Deirdre O'Connell

Sally Cutler
John Prine

John Prine
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on August 25, 2021

Returning to your hometown after making it big...

...that's what "Falling from Grace" is about. Released in 1992, John (Cougar) Mellencamp plays a country star, Bud, who tries to come home to Indiana, bringing his tall blond wife (Mariel Hemingway) and daughter. Unfortunately, his dad's a total jerk (Claude Akins) and his high school sweetheart (Kay Lenz) is married to his brother and having an affair with someone linked to both. It seems like the star just wants to take a break from the show business and hang with his buds and family, like in the old days, but melancholy settles in an... read the rest.

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Status Released

Original Language English

Budget $231,826.00

Revenue $3,000,000.00