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Grand Canyon (1991) -- Open-ended Trailer from 20th Century Fox
Grand Canyon (1991) -- "CBS News RAW": Hoping to save ecosystems living on sandbars in the Grand Canyon, the government has opened Glen Canyon Dam, creating a manmade flood for the 3rd time in the past 12 years.
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Grand Canyon (1991) -- Efforts to save Grand Canyon wildlife with flooding are called into question, while some people say it's better than doing nothing. Ben Tracy reports.

Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   7,989 votes
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Director:
Lawrence Kasdan
Writers (WGA):
Lawrence Kasdan (written by) &
Meg Kasdan (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 January 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
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
User Comments:
Screenwriting at it's best... more (101 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
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Arizona, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The scene where Mack is nearly killed by a bus, was taken from writer/director Lawrence Kasdan's own life. 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:
Simon: You ever been to the Grand Canyon? Its pretty, but thats not the thing of it. You can sit on the edge of that big ol' thing and those rocks... the cliffs and rocks are so old... it took so long for that thing to get like that... and it ain't done either! It happens right there while your watching it. Its happening right now as we are sitting here in this ugly town. When you sit on the edge of that thing, you realize what a joke we people really are... more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Big Lebowski (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Only in America more

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25 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Screenwriting at it's best..., 20 March 2003
8/10
Author: kdryan

This highly underrated film is (to me) what good writing in a movie should be all about. Kasdan takes the search for meaning in our lives and lays it out for all to see and wonder at. The movie is about the divides people create to insulate themselves from the violence and hatred and bigotry of everyday life.

Along the way we are asked question after question about life. Davis (Steve Martin with a great beard) asks himself 'Is my making a violent movie (and by extension our enjoyment of it) causing the violence in society?' Claire asks "What kind of world throws away something as precious as a human life?' Mack is not immune as he asks 'Is it possible to pass beyond the bounds of race and (an even harder step) finance? These are of course not quoted from the film, but generalities. Others ask their questions too, and to be honest it raises more than it answers.

But that is the nature of life. We strive all our lives to find answers to questions we will never totally answer, and in certain cases have to make answers fit to our own needs and desires. As humans we thrive on questions we cannot answer. Some answers are real. Claire and Mack come to realize that even though they could take the easy road and let the state take the baby, their finding it placed the responsibility for her life in their hands. Some answers are not. Davis `Sees the Light' and decides not to make violent films, but the next day turns around and dismisses his epiphany as subordinate to his art.

We all seek answers. This movie does not answer them for; it simply reminds you to keep looking for the answers.

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