Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into the Mojave Desert, where her mother ...
See full summary »
"Veep" star Anna Chlumsky reminisces about the show and picks the Disney movie that always makes her cry during our Take 5 challenge.
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: Mojave Moon (1996)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Learn more
More Like This
Foxfire
(1996)
Drama
Director:
Annette Haywood-Carter
Stars:
Hedy Burress,
Angelina Jolie,
Jenny Lewis
Love Is All There Is
(1996)
Comedy
|
Romance
Directors:
Joseph Bologna,
Renée Taylor
Stars:
Lainie Kazan,
Joseph Bologna,
Barbara Carrera
Hell's Kitchen
(1998)
Crime
|
Drama
Director:
Tony Cinciripini
Stars:
Rosanna Arquette,
William Forsythe,
Angelina Jolie
Playing by Heart
(1998)
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Willard Carroll
Stars:
Gillian Anderson,
Ellen Burstyn,
Sean Connery
Pushing Tin
(1999)
Comedy
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Mike Newell
Stars:
John Cusack,
Billy Bob Thornton,
Cate Blanchett
Without Evidence
(1995)
Thriller
|
Drama
Director:
Gill Dennis
Stars:
Scott Plank,
Anna Gunn,
Andrew Prine
True Women
(TV Movie 1997)
Action
|
Adventure
|
Biography
Director:
Karen Arthur
Stars:
Dana Delany,
Annabeth Gish,
Angelina Jolie
Hackers
(1995)
Comedy
|
Crime
|
Drama
Director:
Iain Softley
Stars:
Jonny Lee Miller,
Angelina Jolie,
Jesse Bradford
Gia
(TV Movie 1998)
Biography
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Michael Cristofer
Stars:
Angelina Jolie,
Faye Dunaway,
Elizabeth Mitchell
Beyond Borders
(2003)
Adventure
|
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Martin Campbell
Stars:
Clive Owen,
Angelina Jolie,
Linus Roache
Life or Something Like It
(2002)
Comedy
|
Romance
Director:
Stephen Herek
Stars:
Angelina Jolie,
Edward Burns,
Tony Shalhoub
Edit
Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Danny Aiello | ... | Al | |
| Anne Archer | ... | Julie | |
| Michael Biehn | ... | Boyd | |
| Angelina Jolie | ... | Ellie | |
| Alfred Molina | ... | Sal | |
| Jack Noseworthy | ... | Kaiser | |
| Zack Norman | ... | Terry | |
| Peter MacNicol | ... | Tire Repairman | |
| John Getz | ... | Police Officer | |
| Mary Joy | ... | Waitress | |
| Lee Arenberg | ... | Friendly Motorist | |
 |
Mark Anderson | ... | Gunman #1 |
|
|
Gary Lee Davis | ... | Gunman #2 |
| Corin Nemec | ... | Car Thief | |
| Leonard Termo | ... | Shorty | |
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
Storyline
Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into the Mojave Desert, where her mother lives. Little does he know that while Ellie is falling in love with him, he is falling for her mother (Julie), despite the nearby presence of Julie's boyfriend who seems likely to go berzerk at any moment. Even more strange, hilarious events follow and it's up to Al to find some explanation. His life may never again be the same. Written by Neil Wick <neil@wick.net>
Taglines:
A Roadtrip, a Romance, and a Not-So-Dead Body.Parents Guide:
View content advisory »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
November 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Desert Moon See more »Company Credits
Show more on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
Color
Edit
Al: Six months in...
See more »
Did You Know?
Goofs
When Julie and Ellie are in the truck, shots taken from the left show Ellie's dress covering her left shoulder. In shots from the right, the dress is off the shoulder. See more »Quotes
Al: [first lines - narration] Ever get so bored with your life, you're afraid your gonna do something stupid? And then you get afraid you're so far gone you can't even think up something stupid to do any more? Well last year when my wife and I split up, I decided to leave New York, thought I'd go to Seattle. Then I remembered, Seattle has even more serial killers than Long Island. Add that to the big coffee house scene, and you got a town filled with psychopaths - who are always awake.Al: Six months in...
See more »
Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
Explore popular action and adventure titles available to stream with Prime Video.
Before Angelina Jolie blew up front and centre, she got her start in some wild and wacky b movies and genre stuff, the weirdest of which has to be Mojave Moon. It's one of those low rent flicks where not much of anything happens, the characters meander in and out of a non-story and almost everyone is completely nuts. 'B movie dramedy' I suppose would be the specific sub-genre. The 'story', as it were, follows drifter Al (Danny Aiello), who meets pretty young Ellie (Jolie) in a diner and hitches a ride out to the desert for seemingly no reason at all. As Ellie takes a shine to him, he begins to fall for her mother (Anne Archer). Only problem is, her mom has a boyfriend played by Michael Biehn who is quite possibly one of the weirdest characters I've ever seen in a film. Volatile, berserkly unstable and constantly in near hysteria mode, it's an odd performance that off-sets the quirky tone straight into the twilight zone. That seems to be the idea here though, the dreamy desert climate having a strange effect on these folks, causing all kinds of outrageous behaviour and scenarios. The town offers a rogue's gallery of characters including Michael Berryman, Alfred Molina, Jack Noseworthy, Peter Macnicol, John Getz, Michael Massee and others, all of whom don't really do much other than show up, act weird for a bit and then wander off again. I like this type of film though, purposeless other than to languish about with characters who don't want much, their arcs sputtering in a flatline of small town doldrums and behaviour that only makes sense to them. It's not for everyone, which is why no one really gives credit to this stuff, but it's enjoyable once in a while, when you're in as strange a mood as the residents of this one horse sideshow of a town.