Overview

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.

Cast

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

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What is "The Sky is Falling" about?

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.

When was "The Sky is Falling" released?

The Sky is Falling was released in 2001.

Who stars in "The Sky is Falling"?

The cast includes Dedee Pfeiffer, Laura Leighton, Teri Garr, Howard Hesseman.