The Man in the Moon
The Man in the Moon is a 1991 American coming of age drama film. It was the final film directed by Robert Mulligan before his death in 2008, from a screenplay written by Jenny Wingfield. It stars Reese Witherspoon in her film debut, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Emily Warfield, and Jason London.
Plot
In the summer of 1957, Danielle "Dani" Trant is a 14-year-old girl in Louisiana who, according to her father Matthew, is "too small to be running off by herself." Dani and her older sister Maureen, who is going off to college in the fall, are very close. Maureen helps take care of their younger sister, Missy, while their mother Abigail is pregnant.
More details
| author | Jenny Wingfield |
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| contentLocation | Louisiana |
| director | Robert Mulligan |
| editor | Trudy Ship |
| genre | drama romance |
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| musicBy | James Newton Howard |
| producer | Mark Rydell |
| productionCompany | AFI Catalog of Feature Films MGM-Pathé Communications |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | coming-of-age romantic drama teen romance |