An absent-minded-professor father and his son bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S. while his wife tries to overcome her neuroses to save the family.
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Title: Pontiac Moon (1994)
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Cast
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| Ted Danson | ... | Washington Bellamy | |
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | Katherine Bellamy | |
| Ryan Todd | ... | Andy Bellamy | |
| Eric Schweig | ... | Ernest Ironplume | |
| Cathy Moriarty | ... | Lorraine | |
| Max Gail | ... | Jerome Bellamy | |
| Lisa Jane Persky | ... | Alicia Frank | |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Bartender | |
| John Schuck | ... | Officer | |
| Don Swayze | ... | Local | |
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Gene Borkan | ... | Trucker with Cigarettes |
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Ron Burke | ... | Ranger |
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Ramsey Ellis | ... | School Kid |
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Frank Carl Fisher Jr. | ... | Fred Frook |
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Suzanne Ircha | ... | Waitress |
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An absent-minded-professor father and his son bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S. while his wife tries to overcome her neuroses to save the family. Written by Steve Derby <sderby@sdeco.com>
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fear | road trip | on the road | mother son relationship | husband wife relationship |Taglines:
Sometimes the journey of becoming a family can be as difficult as going to the moon.Genres:
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Written by Cert Powers
Performed by The Youngbloods
Courtesy of RCA Records label of BMG Music
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Whoopi Goldberg was originally set to star as Katherine Bellamy. At the time, Goldberg was dating Ted Danson who would later marry her replacement in the film Mary Steenburgen. See more »Goofs
When the police officer is trying to run Andy and Washington off the road, Washington mistakenly quotes Galileo as being the scientist who devised Newton's Third Law of motion. To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It was Newton not Galileo who stated this law of physics. See more »Soundtracks
Let's Get TogetherWritten by Cert Powers
Performed by The Youngbloods
Courtesy of RCA Records label of BMG Music
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18 November 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$5,128, 6 November 1994Gross USA:
$11,669Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$11,669Company Credits
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A beautiful, poignant film. An agoraphobic's imaginative but troubled husband takes off with their son in a 1949 Pontiac to mark the 1969 lunar mission with a 'perfect act:' To match the mileage on the Pontiac and their arrival at a national park 'moon' crater to coincide with the distance to the moon and the astronauts' landing at 'Tranquility Base.' The agoraphobic wife overcomes her self-imposed, seven-year confinement in their house to pursue them in another unusual vehicle from her husband's collection. Various misadventures ensue. Watch for 'cameos.'