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Grace Is Gone

Grace Is Gone SynopsisThere 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. 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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Release Date: December 7, 2007
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 85 min.
Distributor(s): The Weinstein Company
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material, brief strong language and teen smoking.

Director:
James C. Strouse

Writer(s):
James C. Strouse - Screenplay

Producer(s):
Reagan Silber - Executive Producer
Paul Bernstein (II) - Executive Producer
Jai Stefan - Executive Producer
Todd Traina (II) - Executive Producer
John Cusack - Producer
Grace Loh - Producer
Galt Niederhoffer - Producer
Daniela Taplin Lundberg - Producer
Celine Rattray (II) - Producer
Marilyn Haft - Co-Producer
Roberta Burrows - Co-Producer
Demetra Diamantopoulos - Co-Producer
Jessica Levin - Co-Producer
Riva Marker - Co-Producer
Doug Dearth - Co-Producer
Carina Alves - Associate Producer
Wesley Jones (II) - Associate Producer

Movie Casts:
John Cusack - Stanley Philipps
Nathan Adloff - Guy Driving Car
Gracie Bednarczyk - Dawn Phillips
Shélan O'Keefe - Heidi Phillips
Natalie Berg - Princess
Heather O. Craig - Cartoon Voices
Doug Dearth - Captain Riggs
Michael Thomas Dunn - Tourist
Brian Patrick Farrell - Balloon Man
Andrea Frisby - Group supporter
Dana Lynne Gilhooley - Grace
Zach Gray - Smoking Boy
Debbie Kunz - Funeral attendee
Molly Kunz - Funeral attendee
Suzanne Lang - Soldier's Wife
Olivia T. Marcukaitis - Funeral attendee
Eric Miles - Military Son
Alessandro Nivola - Stanley's brother
Mary Kay Place
Rebecca Spence - Group Supporter
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