Box of Moonlight

1996
R
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

6.2K

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Comedy Drama

An engineer finds his first gray hair, takes 6 days off from wife, son and work, rents a car and meets different people.An engineer finds his first gray hair, takes 6 days off from wife, son and work, rents a car and meets different people.An engineer finds his first gray hair, takes 6 days off from wife, son and work, rents a car and meets different people.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

6.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

Trivia
Appeared on Entertainment Weekly's list of The 50 Best Movies You've Never Seen in the Jul 16, 2012 issue.

Goofs
When watching wrestling and eating hot dogs with the Kid, Al's hot dog goes from half-eaten to him taking the first bite of it back to half-eaten depending on the camera angle.

Quotes
Al Fountain: I can't believe it. I've been looking all over for this place. I don't know why, really. I spent a couple of days there when I was a kid, and, and I just remember having a really good time.
Old Motel Clerk: Me, too. My brother and I drowned a cat there once.
Al Fountain: Is that right?

Alternate versions
In a cut scene right before reaching Bambi's Bar, Kid tells Al that he wanted to join the Air Force after high school because they wanted him to be a test pilot. Al then sees a man walking backwards across the street. He asks Kid what he sees, and Kid confirms it. Kid pulls alongside the man at a stop sign, and asks why he's walking backwards. The man replies because he feels like it. Kid then tells him that if he does it in front of his car, he'll run over him. Kid screeches away from the stop sign and almost hits the man.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Air Force One/Good Burger/Cafe Society/In the Company of Men/Box of Moonlight (1997)

Soundtracks
Wayward Nile
Written by Tony Asher
Performed by The Chantays
Courtesy of MCA Records

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Featured review

10/10

Superb

One of my favourite Films of all time. Top notch performances all round especially turturro and Sam rockwell.

Sad,funny,inspiring and always entertaining this is a film that stays in your mind forever and one to watch over and over again.

The Cinematography is sublime, while the screenplay is spot on.

For Film fans who like their films with a great story .

Not for the blockbuster merchants.

In short : A Classic.

Do yourself a favour and rent this movie out.

Tom dicillio at his best.