Thursday, October 11, 2007

Gracie - Available on DVD

“Gracie” is a fairly predictable film about a girl dealing with her grief over her brother’s death and overcoming odds to play on the boys’ soccer team. What adds another dimension to this movie is that it is based on many elements of actress Elizabeth Shue’s life: Shue played soccer on the boys’ soccer team for three years, starting in the sixth grade and her beloved older brother William, a soccer star himself, died at age 26 in an accident. Shue plays Gracie’s mother and her brother Andrew has a small role as the varsity soccer assistant coach. They, along with their other brother John, produced “Gracie.”

"It is a personal film, and the memories in it are a little bit sacred to us. But it was a family decision, and it is important for us to tell the story," [Andrew] Shue, who lives in Princeton Township, told The Times of Trenton for Monday's newspapers.

Elizabeth Shue has been in many of my favorite movies. Among them:
  • Opposite Ralph Macchio in “Karate Kid”
  • Starred in “Adventures in Babysitting”
  • Opposite Michael J. Fox in “Back to the Future”
  • Won an Academy Award for “Leaving Las Vegas”
  • Opposite Val Kilmer in “The Saint”

(6/3/07)

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