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Gracie is a american film of genre Drama directed by Davis Guggenheim released in USA on 1 june 2007 with Elisabeth Shue
Gracie (2007)
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Add to a movie listGracie 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.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Elisabeth Shue
(Lindsay Bowen)
Carly Schroeder
(Grace Bowen)
Dermot Mulroney
(Bryan Bowen)
Jesse Lee Soffer
(Johnny Bowen)
Andrew Shue
(Coach Owen Clark)
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