Grace Is Gone

Drama

John Cusack	Stanley Philipps
Gracie Bednarczyk	Dawn Phillips
Natalie Berg	Princess
Doug Dearth	Captain Riggs
Dana Lynne Gilhooley	Grace
Emily Churchill	First Woman
Rebecca Spence	Second Woman
Jennifer Tyler	Third Woman
Susan Messing	Fourth Woman
Shélan O'Keefe	Heidi Phillips
Doug James	Chaplain Johnson
Alessandro Nivola	John Phillips

Director	James C. Strouse
Producer	John Cusack; Carina Alves; Paul Bernstein; Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Writer	James C. Strouse

When Stanley Phillips (John Cusack) receives word that his wife has died on duty in Iraq he is distraught. He is also determined, at least for a time, to not tell his two daughters, Dawn (Gracie Bedarnczyk) and Heidi (Shelan O'Keefe), what has transpired, especially since he simply does not know how to tell them that their mother, whom they love and miss deeply, has died. To this end he decides that the three should embark on a road trip to the amusement park Enchanted Gardens. All of this is simply a postponement of what Stanley must eventually confront and relate to his daughters, and they must get there together.