A Slipping Down Life
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Director Toni Kalem Initial DVD release October 19, 2004 Duration Country United States | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Music, Romance Music director Peter Himmelman Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Toni Kalem , Anne Tyler Release date January 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) (Sundance)
May 14, 2004 (2004-05-14) (US: limited) Cast Lili Taylor (Evie Decker), Guy Pearce (Drumstrings Casey), Sara Rue (Violet), Irma P. Hall (Clotelia), John Hawkes (David Elliot), Shawnee Smith (Faye-Jean Lindsay)Similar movies Fish Tank , Factory Girl , Jupiter Ascending , The Last Witch Hunter , The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things , At the Edge of the Abyss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Slipping-Down Life is a 1999 romantic drama film directed by Toni Kalem. Based on a novel by Anne Tyler, it stars Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce.
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Plot
Shy loner Evie (Taylor) hears musician Drumstrings Casey (Pearce) on the radio one night and becomes infatuated with him. She pursues him, carving his name (sadly, backwards) in her forehead with broken glass, and eventually they meet and then marry. They both still struggle to make something of their lives.
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Distribution
A Slipping-Down Life premiered on January 22, 1999, at the Sundance Film Festival, distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment. It was given limited theatrical release in the United States on May 14, 2004.
Awards
The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1999 Sundance Festival. In 2004 it won the Special Jury Prize at the Indianapolis International Film Festival and Lili Taylor won the Achievement Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival. In that year it was also nominated for a Golden Trailer Award.
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