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Format: Laserdisc
Jul 1992
Rated PG-13
Recording Mode: Dolby Surround
Sound: Surround, Stereo
Closed Captioned
105 min.
UPC: 027616250063 |
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Movie Description
Robert Mulligan's graceful coming-of-age drama, set in rural Louisiana in 1957, explores the relationship change two sisters experience when both fall for the handsome new boy next door, Court Foster (Jason London). The younger sister, 14-year-old Dani (Reese Witherspoon), gains Court's friendship and a brief kiss but not his romantic affections, which he delivers to college-bound Maureen (Emily Warfield). The once-close sisters turn into rivals while learning some painful lessons about growing up. But when a sudden tragedy strikes, they are forced to draw strength from their powerful familial bond. Witherspoon gives a moving performance in her film debut, and Mulligan demonstrates once again his graceful and tender knack (shown in previous films such as SUMMER OF '42 and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD) for capturing the bewilderment, awkwardness, and fresh excitement of adolescence.
Synopsis
Drama set in Louisiana circa 1957, in which a 14-year-old girl feels her first sexual stirrings after a hunky 17-year-old boy and his family become her neighbors. She does become his friend, but is devastated (and jealous) when he turns his attentions to her older sister.
Film Notes
Color by Eastmancolor.
Shown at the Boston Film Festival September 5, 1991.
Industry Reviews
"...[THE MAN IN THE MOON] has a rosy glow....Simple, colorful and neatly constructed....[Witherspoon] has no trouble carrying a lot of the film single-handedly..."
Maslin
"...[A] deeply moving film....The story unwinds with the inevitability, rigor, clarity and mysterious suggestiveness of a confession..."
Los Angeles Times - Michael Wilmington (10/03/1991)
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