Box of Moonlight (1996)

An engineer finds his first gray hair, takes 6 days off from wife, son and work, rents a car and meets different people.

Director:

Tom DiCillo

Writer:

Tom DiCillo

Stars:

John Turturro, Sam Rockwell, Catherine Keener

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Turturro	...	Al Fountain
Sam Rockwell	...	The Kid
Catherine Keener	...	Floatie Dupre
Lisa Blount	...	Purlene Dupre
Annie Corley	...	Deb Fountain
Alexander Goodwin	...	Bobby Fountain
Dermot Mulroney	...	Wick
Mike Stanley	...	Doob
Rica Martens	...	Doris
Ray Aranha	...	Soapy
Robert Wightman	...	Dex
James Richardson	...	Taco
Stephen Dupree	...	Elwood
Eugene Wolf	...	Lyle
Reathel Bean	...	Luvven Coddle

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

pubic hair | male pubic hair | hairy chest | bare chested male | nudity | 

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Taglines:

Discover something incredible...

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some nudity

Details

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 July 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Box of Moonlight

Filming Locations:

3005 Alcoa Hwy, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920, USA

Box Office

Gross USA:

$782,641

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$782,641

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lakeshore Entertainment, JVC Entertainment Networks, Largo Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Features wrestling from Smokey Mountain Wrestling.

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Goofs

When watching wrestling and eating hot dogs with the Kid, Al's hot dog goes from half-eaten to him taking the first bite of it back to half-eaten depending on the camera angle.

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Quotes

The Kid: You used to be a cheerleader, didn't you?
Purlene Dupre: Yeah, in the fourth fuckin' grade.
The Kid: And your hair's not really blonde, is it?
Purlene Dupre: Yes, it is.
Floatie Dupre: No it's not, her hair's red, she's a redhead, she's got a bright red bush.

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Alternate Versions

In a cut scene right before reaching Bambi's Bar, Kid tells Al that he wanted to join the Air Force after high school because they wanted him to be a test pilot. Al then sees a man walking backwards across the street. He asks Kid what he sees, and Kid confirms it. Kid pulls alongside the man at a stop sign, and asks why he's walking backwards. The man replies because he feels like it. Kid then tells him that if he does it in front of his car, he'll run over him. Kid screeches away from the stop sign and almost hits the man.

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Connections

Version of Wann ist der Mond eigentlich rund? (1999)

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Soundtracks

Wheels Over Me
Written by Die Haut
(Christoph Dreher (as Dreher), Stecclczyk, Thomas Wydler (as Wyler), Rainer Lingk (as Lingk))
Performed by Die Haut
Courtesy of What's So Funny About

User Reviews

little jewel of a film

Due of my obsession for Sam Rockwell i found this wonderful piece of film, knowing absolutely nothing about it, and...what can I say....it's well as we would say it in German: einfach wunderbar.....

Tom DiCillos Film describes in very brilliant scenes how a boring typical American father and husband discovers what life meant to be.... This film has several great scenes in it...the all-American-way of life is present throughout the whole story, showing for example this really fat boy jumping around the pool, or the incredible friendly woman of the car-renal-station....

John Turturro is brilliant as this empty man, who seems to never had any joy in his whole life, accept as a kid at this lake where he travels to, as the had some days off after work.... On his way he meets Buck alias The Kid, a young man who lives deep in the woods far away from every society..For seven days now these very different people get together...and it's so inspiring to see them become...well....some kind of friends.

Sam Rockwell is absolutely gorgeous as The Kid, i had this weird feeling - whenever he's in – i have to embrace this grown-up kid ever and ever again, never let him go.... His face in this scene when Turturro's Character wants to get back the key for his car.... indescribable...wow.... Well....surely i only want to intimate that this film is acting at it's purest.... In the end Turturro's Character as changed, in a little not so obvious way...an me to.