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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 .
- $15 million
- Dick Hyman
- December 18, 1987 (United States)
- 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.
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Apr 20, 2022 · A lot has changed since "Moonstruck" came out in 1987. Many of the cast are no longer with us. ... Among the colorful secondary characters in "Moonstruck" is a crew of waitstaff at the Neapolitan ...
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples ...
Jan 15, 1988 · Moonstruck: Directed by Norman Jewison. With Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis. Loretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.
- Norman Jewison
- 2 min
Jun 22, 2003 · Such sublime abandon, by Nicolas Cage and Cher, is part of the magic of Norman Jewison's 1987 romantic comedy, but it also depends on truth spoken in plain words. When Rose Castorini, Loretta's mother, discovers that her husband Cosmo is cheating on her, she asks her daughter's fiance Johnny why men cheat.
Oct 4, 2022 · Lev Radin/Shutterstock. A longtime stage and character actor, Olympia Dukakis became a star at age 56 as the world-weary matriarch of the eccentric Castorini family in "Moonstruck." Her ...
