A SLIPPING DOWN LIFE

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• Release Year: 1999
• Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
• Plot: Evie (Lili Taylor), a dull wallflower in a dead-end job, is obsessed with struggling musician Drumstrings Casey (Guy Pearce). Through a fanatic event, Evie comes into focus and Casey capitalizes on the attention she has drawn. Then it turns personal.; In this adaptation of Anne Tyler's novel, Lili Taylor is Evie Decker, a young woman in a small North Carolina town whose empty life revolves around keeping her father company and selling hot dogs at a local amusement park. While listening to an evening radio performance by charismatic local rock musician Drumstrings Casey (Guy Pearce), she feels a strong connection to the music she hears. Upon attending Drumstrings' next performance, she carves 'Casey' into her forehead with a piece of glass, both as a means of getting his attention and a way to shake up her humdrum life. The result is a local media storm, which eventually sparks a relationship with Drumstrings. But after getting involved with Evie, his creative drive dissipates, thus endangering the storybook life she had envisioned with him.;
• Cast: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, John Hawkes, Veronica Cartwright, Marshall Bell, Shawnee Smith, Sara Rue, Bruno Kirby, Tom Bower, Jo Ann Farabee, Harv Morgan, Jason Russell Waller, Lew Temple, Jason Kavalewitz, Jeff McMillioan, Brian Stack, Kevin Stack, Billy Harvey, Mike Hynes, Michael Ramos, Eric Tatuaka, Jamie Dickerson, Tony Frank, James N. Harrell, Clea DuVall, Keith McDermott, Topher Glenn, Dan Bennett, Mike Keller, Johnny Goudie, Floyd Freeman, Vincent James Prendergast, Gary Ragland, Kirk Watson, Stacy Bellew, Norman Bennett, Margaret Bowman, Greg Corner, James Douglas, Dan Eggleston, Johanna Goldsmith, Michael Gottschall, Doris Gramm, David Houston, Alicia McCutcheon, Brian Prendergast, Brad Schreiber, Scott Teeters, Chris Warner, Toni Kalem
• Director: Toni Kalem
• Runtime: 1:49
• Company: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie