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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   8,037 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Lawrence Kasdan (written by) &
Meg Kasdan (written by)
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Release Date:
10 January 1992 (USA) more
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Tagline:
From the director of "The Big Chill." A story of friendship and other natural wonders. more
Plot:
Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(72 articles)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 12/08/2009
 (From Fangoria. 5 December 2009, 10:00 PM, PST)

For-Profit Universities Want Some Respect
 (From Fast Company. 2 December 2009, 8:30 AM, PST)

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Damned To Stay The Unheard Poem Of Our Lives more (102 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Danny Glover ... Simon

Kevin Kline ... Mack

Steve Martin ... Davis

Mary McDonnell ... Claire

Mary-Louise Parker ... Dee

Alfre Woodard ... Jane

Jeremy Sisto ... Roberto

Tina Lifford ... Deborah

Patrick Malone ... Otis
Randle Mell ... The Alley Baron
Sarah Trigger ... Vanessa
Destinee DeWalt ... Kelley
Candace Mead ... Claire's Baby
Lauren Mead ... Claire's Baby (as Loren Mead)
Shaun Baker ... Rocstar
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Additional Details

Runtime:
134 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
One of the phrases that is uttered by the alley urchin is "Beaufort, South Carolina," which was the setting for The Big Chill (1983), also directed by Lawrence Kasdan. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Simon climbs up his stairs with the groceries, two windows can be seen on his apartment. When he sits down at the TTY terminal to chat with his daughter, the windows behind him have louvers on them and do not match the windows on his building. more
Quotes:
Mack: Vanessa, why is it that when someone's successful in one field, they think they know about everything? more
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Soundtrack:
It's Only a Paper Moon more

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34 out of 37 people found the following comment useful.
Damned To Stay The Unheard Poem Of Our Lives, 14 August 2003
Author: Ulrich Fehlauer (schogger13@t-online.de) from Lemgo / Germany

This is and will stay Hollywood's most criminally underrated movie about life... and how to live with it. No smart answers. No solutions. But every worth-while question gets its honest reflection.

Sometimes sentimental. Sometimes giving up on the unsolved future. Sometimes kissing the brow of the undeserving. Always scary and beautiful.

I know, not really a logical assessment, but if you saved yourself a fraction of your... well... 'innocense'..., a fraction of your desire for a solid horizon to look at, you will love this movie without a second consideration, and you'll need a LOT more time to explain that to yourself.

A very personal confession: The soundtrack makes me cry over what I've lost and gambled away for the prize of cynical safety. Nothing will come back. I am the child of black jokes. But 'Grand Canyon' reminds me of the ever-lasting loophole into hope.

This is the movie I will never be able to praise sensibly.

'Grand Canyon' will stay my guilty pleasure.

This is a truly beautiful movie. I had almost forgotten in my hard-boiled pride what that word means..., until I watched 'Grand Canyon'..., and had to watch it again... and again...



Schogger13

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