PG-13 | 1 h 45 min | Drama | Comedy

IMDB 6.3 / 10 (380 votes)

The Sky is Falling (1999)

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A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to take a powder, her best friend moves to Mexico for an acting job, and her mother announces that her long presumed dead father is actually a hippie photographer who has come to town to meet her. Sinking into a depression at being a total failure at 28, she starts fantasizing about suicide. In her depths of despair she meets various eccentric characters including a chain-smoking Santa Claus and an obnoxious literary agent. But her belief in herself is only restored when she meets a patient in a hospital where she does volunteer work.

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A young woman, struggling to become a novelist, has her life go into a tailspin. Her first novel is rejected, her non-committal boy friend decides to take a powder, her best friend moves to Mexico for an acting job, and her mother announces that her long presumed dead father is actually a hippie photographer who has come to town to meet her. Sinking into a depression at being a total failure at 28, she starts fantasizing about suicide. In her depths of despair she meets various eccentric characters including a chain-smoking Santa Claus and an obnoxious literary agent. But her belief in herself is only restored when she meets a patient in a hospital where she does volunteer work.

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Director

Florrie Laurence

Stars

Dedee Pfeiffer

Dedee Pfeiffer

Laura Leighton

Laura Leighton
Amber Lee

Teri Garr

Howard Hesseman

Howard Hesseman

Bert Remsen

Bert Remsen

Lorraine Toussaint

Lorraine Toussaint

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer
Nurse #2

Fran Bennett

Fran Bennett
Mrs. Quinn

Merrin Dungey

Merrin Dungey
Sheila

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Production

Viewfinder Films, Inertia Entertainment Partners, StellarQuest Productions

Actor

Dedee Pfeiffer, Laura Leighton, Teri Garr, Howard Hesseman, Bert Remsen, Lorraine Toussaint, Octavia Spencer, Fran Bennett, Merrin Dungey

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Creators

Florrie Laurence (Director)

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Alternative titles

Au bout du désespoir (FR)
Le ciel à l'envers (BE)

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Release dates

07.06.2001 (AU)
20.07.2002 (US)
04.06.1999 (US)

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