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Moonstruck (Deluxe Edition) 
Actors : Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello
Director : Norman Jewison
Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
by MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date : 2006-04-18
Publisher : MGM (Video & DVD)
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0027616143129
UPC : 027616143129
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 200 reviews)
List Price : $14.98
Our Price : $5.76
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Fall under the delightful spell of Moonstruck, the mesmerizing romantic comedy from director Norman Jewison (Fiddler on the Roof) and OscarÂ(r) winner* John Patrick Shanley. Academy AwardÂ(r) winners** Cher, Nicolas Cage and Olympia Dukakis excel in this explosively funny tale which also features flawless performances by Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia and Frasier's John Mahoney. Cher is "devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful" (Pauline Kael) as Loretta, an unlucky in love Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she meets and falls hopelessly in love with his younger brother (Cage)! Her dilemma and her equally passionate and hilariously eccentric family make for an unforgettable film you'll find "beguiling" (Time), "enchanting" (Newsweek) and "irresistible" ("Today Show"). |
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Americancivilwar.com essential video |
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Remember the outfit Cher wore to the Oscars when she won an Academy Award for her performance in this 1987 film? Ay-yi-yi. The actress' more retiring character in this infectious comedy leaps several psychological hurdles just giving her hair a permanent. But then the original screenplay by John Patrick Shanley (Joe Versus the Volcano) is a wonderful, gently satirical tale of an Italian-American family dealing with repression and dissatisfaction against a backdrop of cultural expectations. Cher is focused and funny as a widow who feels she should marry an older fellow (Danny Aiello), but then falls for his black-sheep brother (Nicolas Cage). Olympia Dukakis and Vincent Gardenia are perfect as her parents, and John Mahoney (of TV's Frasier) has a memorable, small role as a middle-aged man on the make who gets a lecture from Dukakis's character. Shanley's dialogue is comically stylized in a way that makes one appreciate how much words can inform an actor's performance. Taking its cues from him and director Norman Jewison (And Justice for All), the cast immerse themselves in a pool of hilariously operatic emotion. The special-edition DVD release has a full-screen presentation, Dolby sound, commentary by Cher, Jewison, and Shanley, theatrical trailer, closed captioning, booklet, optional French soundtrack, and optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish. --Tom Keogh |
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I DON'T GET MOONSTRUCK! |
I know that this is a very popular film, but I never understood why. To me this tale of infidelity and ethnic caricatures, borders on offensive! I would love to see how people would react if African American families were handled the same way. Yeah, I can see it now everyone in the film is picking cotton, eating fried chicken, watermelon and talking with a speech impediment! Or maybe Asian families with everyone running laundry up and down the street with a rickshaw and.......... talking with a speech impediment!
Please don't start hitting me with hate comments, I am not a bigot, but I like equality for all people and the Italian's are taking it pretty hard in "this-a dull-a un-a-romantic comedy". There are a few good scenes scattered through this film, but overall it baffles me why people love it so. This film didn't offend me, but I don't see any difference between doing a caricature of Italians or any other stereotype! .....except that it seems you can get away with it, if it's done to Italians???? It just doesn't seem fair to me. I only bring this to reader's attention because with all the censoring being done, it just seems to me only certain groups are taboo!
OK now about the DVD, I have the older edition and the transfer seems fine as far as full screen being the correct ratio, I didn't notice anything missing or looking off center. My rating for this film is 2 1/2 star...... translation "The film-a is-a mediocre-a at-a best-a!" ....Now that's Italian!.....Yeah right! ;-b |
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A great all-around movie especially if you're Italian or an Italian wannabe like my husband. We watch this movie several times a year. Cher is great in it and so is the ensemble cast. I highly recommend it! |
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This is an awesome movie. True, a romantic comedy, but also a truthful and entertaining view of life in the United States from the Italian-American perspective. Cher and Nicholas Cage spark up the screen, and the score is wonderfully chosen to fit perfectly in the genre as well....5 stars... Love to watch it. |
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Finally the widescreen! |
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At long last, the widescreen DVD as we saw it in the theatres. This American classic is a must for all DVD libraries! No one could have filled the roles better. "La Boheme" is a create metaphor throughout that parallels the ill-matched people. Norman Jewison has an acute eye for narrative and photography. Food and the street scenes of Brooklyn (including the Twin Towers) serve as another "character" much as Vincente Minelli did in "The Clock." This is a more positive characterization of Italian-Americans to balance "The Sopranos." "Moonstruck" will warm the coldest of hearts! The Roeblings would be proud how their bridge serves as a magnificent backdrop too! |
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Moonstruck |
MOONSTRUCK is a fabulous film.
However, both copies I ordered from AMazon got stuck at the same scene, skipping the following scene if I was able to fast forward it.
I returned both copies with paperwork for each order in the same box, but received credit back for only one copy.
I'm still ordering from Americancivilwar with the hope that this was just a bad batch of Moonstruck copies and a human oversight that there were two bad copies returned.
So == The film is great, but there is a batch of them that are badly flawed.
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