Falling from Grace is a 1992 drama film, produced by Little B and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his acting and directorial debut in this story by Lonesome Dove author, Larry McMurtry. The story contains many similarities to Mellencamp's real life. It is Mellencamp's sole directing credit.
Music superstar Bud Parks (played by John Mellencamp), along with his modelesque wife, Alice (Mariel Hemingway) and their ...
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Falling from Grace is a 1992 drama film, produced by Little B and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his acting and directorial debut in this story by Lonesome Dove author, Larry McMurtry. The story contains many similarities to Mellencamp's real life. It is Mellencamp's sole directing credit.
Music superstar Bud Parks (played by John Mellencamp), along with his modelesque wife, Alice (Mariel Hemingway) and their approximately eight-year old daughter, Terri Jo (Melissa Ann Hackman), returns to his small hometown, fictional Doak City, Indiana, for his paternal grandfather's (Dub Taylor) 80th birthday. Initially, the visit is mostly light hearted and Bud receives a hero's welcome from many of his relatives and fans. But what is supposed to be a three-day visit of fun quickly turns into much more.
At the birthday party, Bud's high school sweetheart and now sister-in-law, P.J. (Kay Lenz), invites Bud out for a walk, which is met with curious suspicion by...
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