Gracie (film)
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| Directed by | Davis Guggenheim |
| Produced by |
Davis Guggenheim Andrew Shue Elisabeth Shue John Shue |
| Written by | (screenplay): Lisa Marie Petersen Karen Janszen (story): Andrew Shue Davis Guggenheim Ken Himmelman |
| Starring |
Elisabeth Shue Carly Schroeder Dermot Mulroney Jesse Lee Soffer Andrew Shue Trevor Heins |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography | Chris Manley |
| Edited by | Elizabeth Kling |
| Distributed by | Picturehouse Entertainment |
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Release date
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June 1, 2007 |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $3,826,568 |
Gracie is a 2007 American historical sports drama film directed by Davis Guggenheim. It stars Carly Schroeder as Gracie Bowen, Dermot Mulroney as Bryan Bowen, Elisabeth Shue as Lindsay Bowen, Jesse Lee Soffer as Johnny Bowen, and Andrew Shue as Coach Owen Clark.
Gracie takes place in New Jersey, United States in 1978, before 1972's Title IX had taken much effect in women's college sports and when organized women's soccer was still very rare in the United States. Gracie, the film's central protagonist, overcomes the loss of her brother by convincing her family and school to allow her to play varsity soccer on an all-boys team. The story is very loosely based on the childhood experiences of Elisabeth Shue.
The novelization Gracie, written by Suzanne Weyn, was released in June 2007.
It is 1978 and 15-year-old tomboy Gracie Bowen, who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers and their former soccer star father. Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and neighbor Kyle in the nightly practices her father runs, she is discouraged by everyone except her older brother, Johnny.
Johnny, Gracie and Kyle attend Columbia High School, where Johnny is the captain and star player for the varsity soccer team. After missing a shot at the end of a game, the despondent Johnny drives off with a friend's car and dies in a traffic accident.
Struggling with grief, Gracie decides that she wants to replace her brother on the team. Her father does not believe that girls should play soccer, telling her she is neither tough nor talented enough. Her mother is a nurse who lacks the competitive drive of the rest of her family and fears for Gracie's safety. Her mother later tells Gracie that she would have liked to become a surgeon, but that option had not been available to her as a woman.
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