Starring:
Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Tom Bower, Bruno Kirby, Irma P. Hall.
Director:
Toni Kalem.
Release Date:
May 14, 2004.
MPAA Rating:
R for language including sexual references.
Distributor:
Lions Gate Films.
Producer:
Richard Raddon.
Description:
Adapted from the Anne Tyler novel, "A Slipping Down Life" is a portrait of a very different kind of heroine. Infused generously with poignancy and humor, it tells the tale of a woman lost in her own isolation as she embarks on a journey of self-awareness. Drumstring Casey (Guy Pearce) is a musician who rants his own brand of rock poetry. Sexy and brooding, he is every adolescent girl's dream. However Evie Decker (Lili Taylor) is not a teenager but a grown woman, sensible, responsible, working at Circusland amusement park on the edge of her small southern town. Late one night she hears Drum on the radio and is drawn to him like a moth on flame. She and her best friend track him down to a club where his set is interrupted by a blood-curdling scream from the ladies room. Evie has carved CASEY into her forehead. When the event makes the local papers, the two are brought together. As if fate has played its hand these two outsiders must now deal with the cards dealt to them.
