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Box of Moon Light (1996) 7.0
Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking ... See full summary » Director:Tom DiCilloWriter:Tom DiCillo |
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Bobby Fountain
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Lyle
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Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. But his wandering takes him into the life of Kid, a free-spirited young man who helps Al escape from the routine of everyday life and find freedom to enjoy himself. Written by Mike Myers <mmyers@ucsd.edu>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 July 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Caixa do Luar See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$13,500 (USA) (25 July 1997)Gross:
$720,717 (USA) (19 September 1997)Company Credits
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Old Motel Clerk: Me, too. My brother and I drowned a cat there once.
Al Fountain: Is that right?
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Written by Tom DiCillo (as T. "Nacho" DiCillo)
Performed by Tom DiCillo (as T. "Nacho" DiCillo) and Camilla Toniolo
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Features wrestling from Smokey Mountain Wrestling. See more »Quotes
Al Fountain: I can't believe it. I've been looking all over for this place. I don't know why, really. I spent a couple of days there when I was a kid, and, and I just remember having a really good time.Old Motel Clerk: Me, too. My brother and I drowned a cat there once.
Al Fountain: Is that right?
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"Cerveza"Written by Tom DiCillo (as T. "Nacho" DiCillo)
Performed by Tom DiCillo (as T. "Nacho" DiCillo) and Camilla Toniolo
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Sam Rockwell is an excellent actor. He also does not shy away from quirky roles that require liberal use of nudity. Just as in "Lawn Dogs," Sammy shows it all in "Box of Moonlight." The film is really an actor's showcase for John Tuturro too. He is perfect as the socially inept engineer who is "shown the (moon) light" by Rockwell. One can quibble about the choices the two characters make on their road to emotional "freedom," but the movie is charming none-the-less, and a nice companion film to "Lawn Dogs" in its depiction of life in south central America. This is an "Adult Fable," So suspend your need for action, and discover you have new needs: for character development, for dialog, for symbolism, for magic.