“Getting Grace,” is all about a spunky teenaged girl with terminal cancer who decides to make her own funeral arrangements, and sets in motion a plan that affects all of those around her. The critically-praised family film from director and star Daniel Roebuck, opened in theaters across the USA on Friday, March 23; and is now playing at fifty-nine locations across the country, with another fifty locations planned for expansion over the next three weeks.
Daniel Roebuck is a widely recognized star from over one-hundred feature film roles (including “The Fugitive”, “U.S. Marshalls” and the current Christian theatrical hit “Let There Be Light“) as well as from the enormously successful TV series recurring roles in “LOST” and 8-seasons of “Matlock” with Andy Griffith. During the recently completed, multi-city Bus Tour, Roebuck was joined in different cities by other cast members, including newcomer Madelyn Dundon in the title role and film veteran Marsha Dietlein. “Getting Grace” tells the story of a teenaged girl’s unusual response to a terminal cancer diagnosis. Other stars include Dana Ashbrook, Timothy Goodwin and Duane Whitaker. The film is rated PG-13 and has already won the best picture accolade at two, major film festivals.
Audiences would be hard-pressed to find a more likable protagonist in any film. GRACE, the title character, is funny, sarcastic, empathetic and riveting. But, unfortunately, she is going to die.
Although Grace’s time is short, her positive impact on the world around her is monumental. The story is about a young girl who knows that she is dying. Grace goes into a funeral home to learn about death and ends up teaching the disenfranchised funeral director, BILL, about life.
We soon learn that while trying to “hedge the bet” about her afterlife possibilities she is also trying her best to prepare her mother, VENUS, for a future without her only child. Venus, we learn, is not dealing with the sad imminent truth well and is reverting to her old ways of drinking and “drugging.” Simultaneously, Grace humorously hijacks an ironically named “EMBRACE LIFE” class offered by her hospital for children dealing with their own fatal diseases and moves it to the funeral home. Not only does she do her best to teach the adults in her life to live their lives to the fullest, she has the same effect on her peers. And she discovers love, herself.
Grace is also desperately searching for someone to take care of her mother. Will it be Bill, REVEREND OSBURN (the hospital’s chaplain) or RON, the charismatic and successful author of a book about the afterlife. Once those around her actually “GET” Grace (meaning they finally understand her), every one of them is able to transition to their own new life.
“Getting Grace” is an extraordinary story with a lead character who affects a chain of positive events in the lives of all she comes in contact with…be they doctors or morticians or her own mother. Through Grace, her loved ones learn that life need not be lived long to be lived fully.
GETTING GRACE – March 23 Theatres
Alabama
Regal Mobile Stadium, Mobile, AL
Arizona
Harkins Arizona Mills 25, Tempe, AZ
Harkins Superstition Springs, Mesa, AZ
California
Laemmle Monica Film Center, Santa Monica, CA
Edwards Fairfield Stadium, Fairfield, CA
Regal Fresno 22, Fresno, CA
Regal Merced 13, Merced, CA
Ontario Palace Stadium 22, Ontario, CA
Regal Long Beach Stadium 26, Long Beach, CA
Conneticut
AMC Plainville Stadium, Plainville, CT
Florida
Regal Citrus Park Stadium, Tampa, FL
Cypress Creek Station, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Oveido Mall Stadium, Oveido, FL
Pointe Orlando Stadium, Orlando, FL
Regal Sawgrass Stadium, Sunrise, FL
South Beach Stadiu, Miami Beach, FL
Park Place Stadium 16, Pinellas Park, FL
Belltower Stadium 20, Fort Myers, FL
Regal Beach Blvd. Stadium, Jacksonville, FL
Georgia
Hollywood24 @ I-85, Chamblee, GA
Austell Stadium, Austell, GA
Hawaii / Pacifica
Regal Dole Cannery 18, Honolulu, HI
Guam Megaplex Stadium, Guam
Illinois
Round Lake Beach Stadium, Round Lake Beach, IL
GQT Willow Knolls 14, Peoria, IL
Indiana
New Albany Stadium 16, New Albany, IN
Village Park Stadium 17, Carmel, IN
Kansas
B&B Overland Park 16, Overland Park, KS
Kentucky
Regal Bowling Green 12, Bowling Green, KY
Minnesota
Marcus Shakopee Cinema, Shakopee, MN
Marcus Hastings Cinema, Hastings, MN
Marcus Elk River Cinema, Elk River, MN
Regal Eagan Stadium, Eagan, MN
Missouri
St. Louis Stadium, Hazelwood, MO
New York
Elmwood Center 16, Buffalo, NY
Henrietta Stadium 18. Rochester, NY
North Carolina
Stonecrest at Piper Glenn, Charlotte, NC
Crossroads Stadium 20, Cary, NC
Greensboro Grand 16, Greensboro NC
Greenville Grand Stadium, Greenville, NC
Ohio
Chakeres Springfield 10, Springfield, OH
Oklahoma
Spotlight 14, Norman, OK
Promenade Palace 12, Tulsa, OK
Oregon
Movies on TV Stadium, Hillsboro, OR
Pennsylvania
U.E.C. College 9, State College, PA
Regal Riverview Plaza, Philadelphia, PA
Regal Cinema Oaks 24, Oaks, PA
Harrisburg Stadium 14, Harrisburg, PA
AMC Allentown 16, Allentown, PA
AMC Center Valley 16, Center Valley, PA
Tennessee
Regal Opry Mills Stadium, Nashville, TN
Streets of Indian Lake Stadium, Hendersonville, TN
Pinnacle Stadium, 18, Knoxville, TN
Texas
Edwards Marq’E Stadium, Houston, TX
Regal West Oaks Mall 14, Houston, TX
Regal Metropolitan Cinemas, Austin, TX
Regal Fiesta Stadium, San Antonio, TX
Washington
Parkway Plaza Stadium, Tukwila, WA
West Virginia
Morgantown Stadium 12, Morgantown, WV
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