Grace of my Heart

Grace of my Heart is a feature film by American film director Allison Anders from the year 1996. The independent film based on an original screenplay by Anders, loosely inspired by the biography of American musician Carole King.

Action

The film is about the difficult path of a young woman in the tough American music business of the 1950s to the 1970s. The millionaire's daughter Edna Buxton dreams of a career as a singer, but must first of all - among whom you forced upon from producer Joel Millner stage name Denise Waverly - content with the role as songwriter. Finally, it can still, after many successes of their songs, but also prevail setbacks and human losses, with the support of Millner with their debut album Grace of my Heart as a singer.

Reviews

  • " Allison Anders (" Gas Food Lodging " ) puts in her film entirely on the action of the sympathetic main character, an illustrious ensemble cast and a diverse soundtrack to be, among other things, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello participated. Unfortunately, none of the above plus points the basic mistake of the film, an exuberant story, not quite correct. " ( Filmdienst )

Awards

Allison Anders was nominated in 1996 for the Golden Spike Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid. The song God Give Me Strength was nominated in 1997 for a Golden Satellite Award. John Turturro was nominated in 1997 for the Chlotrudis Award.

Background

The film was shot in Los Angeles and in New York City gedreht.Seine production amounted to an estimated 5 million U.S. dollars. The world premiere took place on September 8, 1996 at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film played in selected cinemas in the United States an approximately 618 thousand U.S. dollars.

1996 in film Film score Larry Klein Jean-Yves Escoffier Thelma Schoonmaker Fictional film Seminci
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