Gracie

Gracie - 2007

일요일 영화 한편...

영화의 스토리가 엄마역으로 나오는 Elisabeth Shue의 실제 이야기에 기반 (loosely based on) 했다고 해서 더욱 호기심이 생기고 보고 싶었던 영화.

(실제로 Elisabeth Shue는 9살부터 13살까지 남자 축구팀에서 축구를 했다고 함)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_%28film%29

The film is loosely based on life events concerning the Shue family. Former Melrose Place star, Andrew Shue (who developed, produced, and had a small role in the film) initially conceived of it as a story about his late brother William (William was the oldest Shue sibling and was captain of the Columbia High School soccer team that won the New Jersey state championship in 1978; he died in an accident in 1988). ^[1] As Andrew developed the idea with his brother-in-law (the director of An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim) the storyline began to shift towards Guggenheim's wife, Elizabeth Shue, Andrew's older sister. Elizabeth became the model for Gracie and William the model for Johnny. Andrew Shue noted in an interview that,

“

It was going to be about my older brother, originally. It was really Davis, my sister's husband, who pointed out to me that my sister was the real underdog in our family. I didn't know the emotional turmoil of a girl in an all-boys family trying to get some credit for the fact that she had this courage to play with boys. She has gone from being a girl who was scared, to being this brave girl who could stand up and play with boys, and [went] into acting before any of us and inspired all of us in many ways. So I wanted to celebrate her and her journey.[8]

”

This refers to Elisabeth's Shue's decision at the age of nine (in 1972) to play soccer on an all-boys team, making her the first girl in the South Orange and Maplewood areas of New Jersey to do so. ^[9] Shue stated in a 2007 interview that she did this because, "There was no other choice back then. There was no girls team to play on." ^[10] Shue continued to play on the team until 1976, when she turned 13. Of her decision to leave the team, Shue stated, "the movie is really what would have happened if I hadn’t quit [playing soccer]. I quit because of what people would think of me. The pressure from the boys. The awkward development of my body. I really, really regret it. I wish I’d been brave enough."^[1]

Andrew, Elizabeth, and their brother John (who was also a producer on the film) along with Guggenheim then engaged in an extensive search to find the right actress to portray fifteen year old Gracie. The search was promoted via the website, findinggracie.com. ^[11][12] The role eventually went to athlete - actress Carly Schroeder. Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat argue that Schroeder "puts in a stellar performance as the teenager who becomes a warrior when most of her peers are cheering from the sidelines."^[13]

Filming partly took place at Columbia High School, both the setting of the events of the film as well as the actual high school attended by the Shue family. ^[14]