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Clint Eastwood Rescores John Cusack Indie Grace is Gone
In the nick of time for an Oscar.
by Sara Schieron | August 09, 2007
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For the last two years Clint Eastwood has released heavy-hitting dramas (Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima) in the final voting moments of the Oscar season. This year his last minute submission isn’t one he directed; rather it’s one he’s scoring.

Grace is Gone was bought by Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s Weinstein Group at Sundance for $4 million. An indie tearjerker starring John Cusack, the film tells the story of a father who loses his soldier wife in Iraq. Before telling his two daughters their mother is gone, he heroically decides to take them on a road trip –- one last happy memory before their world changes.

According to the LA Times' Gold Derby, Clint Eastwood’s score is set for delivery right before the film plays the New York Film Festival in September. Eastwood's score is replacing that of relative newcomer Max Richter. Eastwood has scored many of his own directorial projects, including Mystic River, and Million Dollar Baby, both of which were favored by the Academy.

Written and directed by James C. Strouse (writer of the Steve Buscemi-directed Lonesome Jim), Grace is Gone won the Sundance Audience Award and Scriptwriter’s prize. Now with Eastwood’s score, Weinstein Co. is hoping Grace is Gone will offer them another shot at their first Oscar since they split with Miramax.

Sources: LA Times' Gold Derby

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arendr
arendr writes:
on Aug 09 2007 07:39 PM

Interesting. I bet many of you guys didn't know Clint Eastwood has composed music for his own films several times before.

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hattori hanzo
hattori hanzo writes:
on Aug 09 2007 08:41 PM

I did

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Kudos Mooney
Kudos Mooney writes:
on Aug 10 2007 12:27 AM

oh god no! come on! screw clint eastwood! max richter is absolutely fabulous! his album the blue notebooks is one of the most amazing albums of the last decade! what the hell is wrong with miramax? **** the oscars.

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MMacKK
MMacKK writes:
on Aug 10 2007 12:34 AM

I did also.

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Product_of_You
Product_of_You writes:
on Aug 10 2007 02:36 AM

Hell yeah I did, Eastwood's scores are great, that man is remarkably talented in so many fields. It does suck that a newcomer is getting thrown in the dust for a name though.

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Five Steps
Five Steps writes:
on Aug 10 2007 09:28 AM

According to some of the early reviews of Grace Is Gone the music score by Max Richter is incredibly unsubtle & heavy handed. The Hollywood Reporter described it as 'sappy' & 'button pushing.' Is it any wonder then that Weinstein is looking around for a new score? Composers get replaced all the time, there's nothing new in that & it's pretty stupid to suggest this is a case of Eastwood muscling in. It's nothing of the kind. The original composer produced a score that wasn't judged to have worked so the producer got another composer in. Simple as that.

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grahampercy
grahampercy writes:
on Aug 12 2007 03:00 PM

Which early reviews? I can only find one which mentions Richter's score (The Hollywood Reporter) the same review that hated EVERYTHING about the movie. I liked the score actually - it was a muted, indie affair which gave an otherwise conventional, but nice film some cool. Eastwood is an oscar magnet though. Composers get replaced all the time - Richter probably wasn't the first on the gig, though I guess Eastwood will be the last.

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