Falling from Grace is a 1992 American drama film directed by and starring John Mellencamp; it was met with more positive reviews than not. The 100-minute drama film is the on-screen and directorial debut rock singer John Mellencamp. It also stars Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Kay Lenz, and Larry Crane. Larry McMurtry's story closely follows one of Mellencamp's own: following a country-music celebrity who returns to Indiana with his wife (Hemingway), but cheats with a hometown lover (Lenz), repeating the spiraling lifestyle of his father (Akins). Falling from Grace was released in the US by Columbia Pictures on February 21, 1992 to 22 theaters where the Motion Picture Association of America rated it as PG-13. At 96 minutes, the film was released in the United Kingdom on October 1, 1992. In the US, the film earned at the box office on opening weekend, with an overall 45-week return of (respectively equivalent to $ and $ in ). , review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes showed a 78-percent positive view of the film, based on nine film critics. Soundtrack The movie's 13-track soundtrack is 49 minutes and 43 seconds long, was recorded at the Belmont Mall Studio, and released in 1991. AllMusic rated the album at 4.5 out of 5 stars. Buzzin' Cousins was a one-off group consisting of Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Joe Ely, and James McMurtry. References External links 1990s American films 1990s English-language films 1992 directorial debut films 1992 drama films 1992 films American drama films Columbia Pictures films country music films films directed by John Mellencamp films set in Indiana films with screenplays by Larry McMurtry