Moonstruck

Director: Norman Jewison

1987 / 102min / 35mm

Presenting Italian American New York family life at its most unapologetically and operatically emotional, the magically madcap romantic comedy Moonstruck stars Cher as a 37-year-old Brooklyn Heights widow who, not long after accepting a marriage proposal from solid, stolid lunkhead boyfriend Danny Aiello, finds herself drawn as if by tractor beam towards his estranged younger brother (Nicolas Cage), a fiery tempered baker with a wooden prosthetic hand and a massive chip on his shoulder. The woman born Cheryl Sarkisian, earlier nominated for her role in 1983’s Silkwood, took home an Academy Award for her performance in Jewison’s sleeper hit, and in the same year had a certified Platinum-seller with her first album in five years.

Distributor: Park Circus