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Moonstruck

  • 19871987
  • PGPG
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
60K
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POPULARITY
2,343
10
Cher in Moonstruck (1987)
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ComedyDramaRomance
Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
60K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,343
10
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    • Director
      • Norman Jewison
    • Writer
      • John Patrick Shanley
    • Stars
      • Cher
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Olympia Dukakis
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Norman Jewison
    • Writer
      • John Patrick Shanley
    • Stars
      • Cher
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Olympia Dukakis
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 196User reviews
    • 86Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
    • Won 3 Oscars
      • 18 wins & 19 nominations total

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    Trailer 1:50
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    Cher and Vincent Gardenia in Moonstruck (1987)
    Cher in Moonstruck (1987)
    Nicolas Cage and Cher in Moonstruck (1987)
    Nicolas Cage and Cher in Moonstruck (1987)
    Feodor Chaliapin Jr. in Moonstruck (1987)
    Danny Aiello in Moonstruck (1987)
    Danny Aiello and Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck (1987)
    Nicolas Cage and Cher in Moonstruck (1987)
    Olympia Dukakis, Julie Bovasso, and Louis Guss in Moonstruck (1987)
    Nicolas Cage in Moonstruck (1987)
    Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck (1987)
    Nicolas Cage in Moonstruck (1987)

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    Cher
    Cher
    • Loretta Castorini
    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Ronny Cammareri
    Olympia Dukakis
    Olympia Dukakis
    • Rose Castorini
    Danny Aiello
    Danny Aiello
    • Mr. Johnny Cammareri
    Vincent Gardenia
    Vincent Gardenia
    • Cosmo Castorini
    Julie Bovasso
    Julie Bovasso
    • Rita Cappomaggi
    John Mahoney
    John Mahoney
    • Perry
    Louis Guss
    • Raymond Cappomaggi
    Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
    Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
    • Old Man
    • (as Feodor Chaliapin)
    Anita Gillette
    Anita Gillette
    • Mona
    Leonardo Cimino
    Leonardo Cimino
    • Felix
    Paula Trueman
    Paula Trueman
    • Lucy
    Nada Despotovich
    • Chrissy
    Joe Grifasi
    Joe Grifasi
    • Shy Waiter
    Gina DeAngeles
    • Old Crone
    Robin Bartlett
    Robin Bartlett
    • Barbara
    Helen Hanft
    Helen Hanft
    • Lotte
    David S. Howard
    • Irv
    • Director
      • Norman Jewison
    • Writer
      • John Patrick Shanley
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Nicolas Cage's screen test didn't impress the studio, and they wanted to get someone else to play Ronny. But Cher insisted that Cage was the one to play that role, and threatened to quit unless he was hired. After a few days, the studio relented.
    • Goofs
      Loretta says "ti amo" to her father, and he answers "ti amo." "I love you" is the accepted English translation, but "ti amo" refers only to romantic love, and would never be used between father and daughter. They would say "ti voglio bene" instead.
    • Quotes

      Ronny Cammareri: Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, but love don't make things nice - it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and *die*. The storybooks are *bullshit*. Now I want you to come upstairs with me and *get* in my bed!

    • Crazy credits
      As the rest of the end credits roll, the moon is on the left side of the screen.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Clock (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      That's Amore
      Performed by Dean Martin

      Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.

      Music by Harry Warren (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Jack Brooks (uncredited)

    User reviews196

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    I didn't get this film until I married a New Yorker...
    ...because as a native and life long resident of Dallas watching this in 1988 the ways of Italian Americans living in New York were completely unfamiliar to me. Now I watch it and go - oh yeah, I get it!

    Cher is playing Loretta, a 37 year old widow of 7 years who married late for her culture - age 28 - holding out for love only to have her husband get run over by a bus. So when a long time date/friend Johnny Cammareri asks her to marry him, she accepts. As she tells her mother (Olympia Dukakis), she doesn't love him, but she does like him. Then Johnny has to leave town and tells Loretta that he wants her to help him make things right between himself and his brother (Nicholas Cage) who have not spoken for years. And then when these two meet lightning strikes - in a good way - except it's a bad way since Loretta is engaged to Johnny.

    Loretta's family has problems too. Her mom knows her dad is having an affair although he has no intention of leaving her. A misunderstanding causes Loretta's extended family to think that she embezzled some money, and a professor in a restaurant who is always getting slapped and left by young girls throws some romantic attention the way of Dukakis' character.

    This sounds like it could be serious, but it is just a sweet romantic comedy and at the same time a family comedy very much steeped in the culture of Italian Americans who never left New York after migrating here and thus retain much of the history of their original homeland in their daily life. There is a hilarious confession, great one liners, a hand lost in some machinery years ago, the opera, and ultimately a woman who decides she is too young at age 37 to go around with the hair of a 50 year old. I think it has aged well.
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    • Oct 14, 2018

    FAQ3

    • What does Loretta drop into the glasses of wine/champagne after it is poured?
    • I've seen this movie twice now on Starz this past weekend and when Loretta tells Ronny after they spent the night together "You and I are going to take this to our grave." The word "grave" is either bleeped out or silent. I have the original movie on VHS and it's not bleeped out on the tape. I thought it was a fluke so I watched it again and it happened again. What's wrong with that phrase?

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    • Release date
      • January 15, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • The Bride & the Wolf
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Star Partners
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $80,640,528
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $127,599
      • Dec 20, 1987
    • Gross worldwide
      • $80,642,217
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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