Grace of My Heart R
For years her songs brought fame to other people. Then she found her own voice.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 17, 1999
- Originally Released: 1996
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Illeana Douglas, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz & John Turturro | |
Performer: | Bruce Davison, Patsy Kensit, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda, Amanda De Cadenet & Peter Fonda | |
Directed by | Allison Anders | |
Edited by | James Kwei, Harvey Rosenstock & Thelma Schoonmaker | |
Screenwriting by | Allison Anders | |
Music Performer: | Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello | |
Produced by | Daniel Hassid & Ruth Charney | |
Director of Photography: | Jean-Yves Escoffier | |
Voice: | Kristen Vigard | |
Executive Production by | Martin Scorsese |
Entertainment Reviews:
...GRACE marvelously re-creates that atmosphere of sweatshop creativity, both the pressure and the joy, and Douglas' portrayal of a woman fighting for her own identity and a piece of the action gives the story a solid emotional footing...
Los Angeles Times
...Anders has great fun re-creating the shadow world of pre-counterculture pop... -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: C+ --
The lead, Ileana Douglas, is good, but the musical film suffers from repetitive structure and lack of sufficiently interesting ideas.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 3.5/4 --
An intelligent, engaging comedy-drama that will have audiences tapping their toes and running off to buy the soundtrack.
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TheMovieReport.com
Illeana Douglas grabs onto her first starring role with passion and conviction.
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Pean to creativity and a celebration of one woman's indomitable creativity.
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Spirituality and Practice
Rating: 4/5 --
Charming tale of songwriter finding her voice has profanity.
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Common Sense Media
Product Description:
GRACE OF MY HEART is larger in scale than many of writer-director Allison Anders's films, but the film bears her unmistakable signature, focusing the same attention on the intimate details of a woman's life that her smaller films do. As the film opens in the 1950s, Edna Buxton (Illeana Douglas) wins a singing contest; she's promised a recording contract, but when she arrives to New York to collect her prize, she finds out it was really a scam: the labels don't want female singers. After many frustrating auditions, she runs into a manager, Joel Millner (John Turturro), who convinces her to change her name, put her singing ambitions on hold until the market is right, and focus on writing songs for other singers. This leads her through creative and romantic collaborations with several unreliable men, played by Eric Stoltz, Bruce Davison, and Matt Dillon. The film is a heartfelt tribute to the art of songwriting and features an impressive array of songwriting talent, including Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and Los Lobos, collaborating on songs reflecting several eras of pop music. Singers Chris Isaak and Shawn Colvin, among other musical talent, appear in small roles.
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- UPC: 025192043826
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