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Alabama Moon is a 2009 American coming-of-age film directed by Tim McCanlies and starring Jimmy Bennett and John Goodman, based on the book Alabama Moon by Watt Key. The story takes place in the forests of Alabama.
After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven-year-old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world. Moon Blake is raised by his loving but government-paranoid father Oliver in a hidden cave in the Alabama forests.
Mar 18, 2011 · Alabama Moon: Directed by Tim McCanlies. With Jimmy Bennett, Gabriel Basso, Uriah Shelton, Clint Howard. After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven-year-old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
- (1.7K)
- Drama, Family
- Tim McCanlies
- 2011-03-18
After the death of his father, ten-year-old Moon leaves their forest shelter home and is sent to an Alabama institution, becoming entangled in the outside world he has never known and making good friends, a relentless enemy, and finally a new life.
"Alabama Moon," written by Watt Key in 2006, follows the struggles of a boy named Moon Blake. Moon grew up surviving in the woods of Alabama with his father, and had little contact...
May 17, 2011 · When Pap dies of an infected broken leg, a mean constable (Clint Howard) nabs Moon and throws him in a penitentiary for boys. There Moon befriends an older bully, Hal (Gabriel Basso), and a younger, sickly kid, Kit (Uriah Shelton), and escapes with them, planning to head to Alaska.
Jan 4, 2004 · In this compelling, action-packed book, Watt Key gives us the thrilling coming-of-age story of the unique and extremely appealing Moon. Alabama Moon is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
