Moonstruck
1988
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Feodor Jr. was a character actor featured in Western motion pictures including Moonstruck and The Name of the Rose opposite Sean Connery. Boris was a well-known graphical artist, who painted the portraits used on 414 covers of the Time magazine between 1942 and 1970.
He is probably best known for his role as the loony dog-walking grandfather in Moonstruck (1987), living in a world of his own and greeting the Moon with his funny cries "La Luna! La Luna!" He also enjoyed a fine part as Leonides Cox, 'Robert De Niro''s father in Stanley & Iris (1990).
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Chaliapin is perhaps most remembered by modern audiences for the film The Name of the Rose (1986), in which he played the venerable Jorge de Burgos. He had a major role in Inferno (1980). One of his most memorable roles was as the grandfather in Moonstruck (1987), starring Cher .
- THE ORIGINAL TITLE WAS THE BRIDE AND THE WOLF. An earlier draft of Shanley’s script had it named The Bride and the Wolf, but the title perplexed Jewison.
- JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY BASED THE STYLIZED DIALOGUE ON REAL PEOPLE. Shanley admitted to Bomb Magazine that Moonstruck’s language has a certain affectation and poetry to it.
- NICOLAS CAGE WANTED TO MAKE PUNK FILMS, NOT MOVIES LIKE MOONSTRUCK. When Cage was in his early 20s, he “wanted to make the kind of movies that are essentially punk gestures,” he told The Baltimore Sun.
- CHER WAS AFRAID TO TAKE ON LORETTA. In 1987, Cher wasn’t new to the acting world—she had been nominated for an Oscar in 1984, for Silkwood—but she was worried fans still wouldn’t take her seriously as an actress.
Showing all 9 items. Jump to: Photos (6) Quotes (3) Photos. Quotes. [Loretta accepts to marry Ronny instead of Ronny's brother Johnny, her ex-fiancé, in front of her family. Loretta's grandfather, the Old Man, starts to cry] Cosmo Castorini : What's the matter, Pop? Old Man : [crying] I'm confused! Old Man : La bella luna!
Apr 20, 2022 · A lot has changed since "Moonstruck" came out in 1987. Many of the cast are no longer with us. But these ones are alive, and some are still active.
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Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley. It stars Cher as a widowed Italian American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's hot-tempered, estranged younger brother, played by Nicolas Cage .
