Grace Is Gone (2007) on Netflix
Stanley Phillips is raising Heidi and Dawn while their mother Grace serves in Iraq. When word comes that Grace has been killed, Stanley cannot bring himself to tell his daughters.
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Plot summary
Grace is a sergeant in the U.S. Army, posted to Iraq, while her husband Stanley keeps a home for their daughters, Heidi and Dawn. He runs a store that sells home supplies. Two casualty notification officers come to the house one morning with word that Grace was killed in combat. Stanley cannot make himself say the words to Heidi and Dawn. When they come home from school, he takes them out for a drive instead, which becomes a journey to Enchanted Gardens, a theme park in Florida that Dawn has wanted to visit. On the way they stop at his mother's house. She is out, and his younger brother John is staying there. Heidi sleeps badly, and Dawn stays cheerful.
Cast
- Doug Jamesas Chaplain Johnson
- Jennifer Tyleras Third Woman
- Susan Messingas Fourth Woman
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Grace Is Gone (2007)
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- Of all the films Clint Eastwood has scored, Grace Is Gone is the only one that he did not also direct.
- The film's score was originally done by Max Richter, then re-done by Clint Eastwood, who offered to compose a new score after seeing the film.
- The script reached John Cusack through the producer Grace Loh, his producing partner, at a time when he was looking for a political project to do after the Bush administration banned photos of soldiers' coffins in the media.
- Strouse wrote the role of Stanley Phillips with John Cusack in mind, and said the story was partly inspired by a trip he took with his two nieces to a theme park after his brother's divorce.
