Movie

Falling from Grace (1992)

• February 21, 1992
• 1h 40m

• Drama
• Romance

Overview

Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separated from Mellencamp's real life, finds him as a country music star whose meanderings and philandering has thrown his life into turmoil. Returning to his native Indiana to try to reestablish a normal life. Instead he takes up with an old lover (Lenz), ignoring his loving wife (Hemingway), and duplicating the lifestyle of his womanizing father (Akins).

Director

John Mellencamp

Writers

Larry McMurtry

Starring

John Mellencamp, Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins