Grace of My Heart (1996)

Regisseur:

Allison Anders

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Allison Anders (written by)

Premierendatum:

13. September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Musik

Werbezeile:

For years her songs brought fame to other people. Then she found her own voice.

Plot:

An aspiring singer, Denise Waverly/Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers...

Plot Keywords:

1970s | 1960s | Funeral | Vulgarity | Suicide

Filmpreise:

3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Interesting & Nostalgic...

Besetzung

Illeana Douglas	...	Denise Waverly / Edna Buxton
Sissy Boyd	...	Dress Saleswoman
Christina Pickles	...	Mrs. Buxton
Jill Sobule	...	Singing Contestant
Jennifer Leigh Warren	...	Doris Shelley
Tegan West	...	M.C. at Talent Show
Richard Schiff	...	Audition Record Producer
Natalie Venetia Belcon	...	Betty
Kathy Barbour	...	Sha Sha
John Turturro	...	Joel Millner
Diane Robin	...	Waitress in Diner
Eric Jerome Kirkland	...	Stylette
Irving Eugene Washington III	...	Stylette
Kurt Jackson	...	Stylette
Michael Angelo Saulsberry	...	Stylette (as Michael Saulsberry)

Alternativ:

Grace of My Heart (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for language, and for some sexuality and drug content.

Länge:

116 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:15 | USA:R (certificate #34772) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | UK:15

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Cappa Production

Dies und das:

According to director Allison Anders (on her commentary sound track for the DVD) it was a first for a movie to show a woman's waters breaking (in the recording studio scene) as well as having her sweater getting wet because it was time to breastfeed her baby. Allison Anders had also asked for "child care" to be listed in the end credits.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Jay Phillips' sunglasses during TV interview.

Dialogzitate:

Cheryl: Come on girls. This is supposed to be upbeat, not uptight. Get happy.

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Soundtrack:

Chewing and Waving

Interesting & Nostalgic...

"Grace Of My Heart" is similar to "Valley Of The Dolls" because the characters, in both films, are "loosely based" on actual people showing their rise & fall in show business. Illeana Douglas plays singer/songwriter Edna Buxton who becomes Denise Waverly. She's based on Carol Klein who became Carole King. A New Yorker who churned out hit after hit in the famous Brill Building. Where some of the action in "Grace Of My Heart" also takes place. John Turturro is based on record producer Phil Spector (complete with bad toupee & the wearing of sunglasses indoors). Matt Dillon fronts "The Riptides" (The Beach Boys). "The Luminaires" are based on girl groups like The Shirelles & The Chiffons. Bridget Fonda portrays "teenaged" angst-ridden, big-haired, bubblegum idol & lesbian Kelly Porter. There's no question that she's based on Lesley Gore. Interestingly, Lesley Gore wrote the tune Bridget lip synch's in the film, "My Secret Love" (which is a homage to Lesley's "You Don't Own Me"). The music in this movie is very good & has that 60's, 70's feel to it. I just wish the soundtrack album had included the tunes "Hey There" & "Grace Of My Heart" by Kristen Vigard who did the vocals for Illeana Douglas. If you like nostalgic movies about pop music like "The Idolmaker", "Grease", "That Thing You Do" & "Hairspray" you'll like this too.