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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   5,486 votes
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Director:

Robert Mulligan

Writer (WGA):

Jenny Wingfield (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

4 October 1991 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

Remember when you couldn't wait for your life to begin... and then, one day, it did?

Plot:

Rural Louisiana, summer of 1957, Elvis is King. At 14, Dani is coming of age. Her older sister is beautiful... more | full synopsis

Awards:

2 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(2 articles)

DVD Playhouse--November 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 9 November 2009, 7:05 PM, PST)

Mockingbird Director Mulligan Dies
 (From WENN. 21 December 2008, 11:53 PM, PST)

User Comments:

Heartbreaking Story About First Love more (95 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Sam Waterston ... Matthew Trant

Tess Harper ... Abigail Trant
Gail Strickland ... Marie Foster

Reese Witherspoon ... Dani Trant

Jason London ... Court Foster

Emily Warfield ... Maureen Trant
Bentley Mitchum ... Billy Sanders

Ernie Lively ... Will Sanders
Dennis Letts ... Doc White
Earleen Bergeron ... Mrs. Sanders
Anna Chappell ... Mrs. Taylor
Brandi Smith ... Missy Trant
Sandi Smith ... Missy Trant
Derek Ball ... Foster Twin
Spencer Ball ... Foster Twin
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Additional Details

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:R (Canadian Home Video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Germany:6 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (No. 30935) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Kisatchie, Louisiana, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Reese Witherspoon was 14 years old, the same age as her character, when the film was shot. more

Goofs:

Continuity: In the last scene of movie, where Dani and Maureen are sitting on her bed. Maureen is braiding Dani's hair, Dani's hair is completely braided all the way down to the end. Then in the very next shot, Dani's hair is all brushed out and sectioned into three parts as though Maureen is just beginning to braid her hair. more

Quotes:

Dani: I want you to be the first boy I ever kiss.
Court Foster: I thought you'd been kissed "so many times."
[Long, awkward pause, then Court leans over and they kiss]
Court Foster: How was that?
Dani: Perfect.
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Soundtrack:

Only You more


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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Heartbreaking Story About First Love, 16 July 2003
8/10
Author: livingdeadgirl_13 from vancouver

Dani(Reese Witherspoon) has always been very close with her older sister Maureen(Emily Warfield) until they both start falling in love with their neighbor Court(Jason London). But it is not after a terrible tragedy strikes that the two sisters realize that nothing can keep them apart and that their love for each other will never fade away.

This was truly a heartbreaking story about first love. Probably the most painful story about young love that I have ever seen. All the acting is amazing and Reese Witherspoon gives a great performance in her first movie. I would give The Man in the Moon 8.5/10

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i didn't get why......*spoilers* macy_purplesoap
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I believed Court loved Dani. samanthagirl911
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