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Grace of My Heart |  | Director: Allison Anders
Actors: Illeana Douglas, Sissy Boyd, Christina Pickles, Jill Sobule, Jennifer Leigh Warren
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
Buy New: $18.96
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Seller: helvic55
Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 24779
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD20438D
ISBN: 078323645X
UPC: 002519204382
EAN: 9780783236452
ASIN: B00000JMOE
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 1996
Release Date: August 17, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
For years her songs brought fame to other people. Then she found her own voice. From the late 1950s doo-wop era to the psychedelic 70s songwriting sensation denise waverly struggles to escape the shadow of pop music icons and ultimately emerges as a singer in her own right. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/01/2004 Starring: Illeana Douglas Eric Stolz Run time: 116 minutes Rating: R Director: Allison Anders
Amazon.com
The traditions of old-fashioned melodrama are given a hip facelift in this homage to the Brill Building era (the late 1950s to the early 1970s) of pop-music glory, providing a perfect match between writer-director Allison Anders and her excellent cast. Illeana Douglas plays a singer-songwriter (loosely modeled after Brill recording artist Carole King) whose life runs emotionally parallel to popular music trends. John Turturro is a stand-in for "wall of sound" producer Phil Spector and Matt Dillon is a thinly disguised version of maverick Beach Boy Brian Wilson. It's a bit too schematic in the way the central character is always in the right place at the right time, but as a tale of fame and romantic highs and lows in the '50s and '60s the movie is funny, touching, and sincere. It's a lively and loving tribute to timeless music and the colorful characters who created it. --Jeff Shannon
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 Sleeper Movie Boomers Will Love September 9, 2009
B. Formund
This is the story of a female singer/songwriter making her way through the maze of the late early 1960s music scene, first in NYC and then in LA. Not a biopic, but close similarity to Carole King's rise to fame.
 Beautiful sensitive film June 4, 2009
J. Silvestri (Poughkeepsie, NY)
This is one of my favorite films ever! The sensitivity of the coming of age for female singers in the music industry seems so real.
My whole family has loved this movie for years!
Flick of my heart February 16, 2009
Dominique Gonzales (texas)
I love this movie, this is one that goes on my top 50, maybe even 20. This story about a songwriter who wants to be a singer, is so great. I love Ileana Douglas, she's such a great actress and is wonderful in this film. I'm not sure if this would be a movie I would watch often due to some heavy subject matter like suicide and mental illness, but it ends great, Denise Waverly finally becomes a successful singer. The costumes are beautifull and Ileana Douglas looks amazing in them. My only criticism is the lip-synch work, it's not so great. Ileana Douglas should have sang herself I've heard her sing in other movies, and I think she could have sang well. Other than that it's a definite buy.
Excellent movie to watch over and over May 27, 2008
L. Hughes (Novi, Michigan)
The first time we watched this movie was probably over 10 years ago - loved it then and love it now. The music is fabulous as is the story line and acting. It's a great one to own!!!
Illeana Douglas Rocked! May 3, 2008
Kelly Jo Golden (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL)
A very long time ago I was looking at Moooovies for a new film when I see one copy of this movie--I pick it up read- Rent For the rest of my life I will wonder what is wrong with the movie biz that a compelling story like this has been over looked by more than 1/2 the world. If only I had a loudspeaker! And the songs. Love them. This movie is the story of a wonderful singer who can't break in to the biz So she works her way up writing songs for other people. We follow her on this journey examining life and death. Love and heartbreak. And a life time of strength.
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