A Walk on the Moon

A Walk on the Moon

Infobox Film
name = A Walk on the Moon


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director = Tony Goldwyn
producer = Jay Cohen
Tony Goldwyn
Lee Gottsegen
Dustin Hoffman
Neil Koenigsberg
Murray Schisgal
writer = Pamela Gray
starring = Diane Lane
Viggo Mortensen
Anna Paquin
Liev Schreiber
music = Mason Daring
cinematography = Anthony B. Richmond
editing = Dana Congdon
distributor = Miramax Films
released = 1999
runtime = 107 min.
imdb_id = 0120613

"A Walk On The Moon" is a 1999 drama film starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Anna Paquin. The movie, which was set against the backdrop of the Woodstock rock festival of 1969 and the moon landing of that year, was distributed by Miramax Films.

Plot summary

Pearl Kantrowitz (Lane) and her husband Marty (Schreiber) are a lower middle class Jewish couple in New York City, where Marty is a television repairman. The movie begins with Pearl and Marty taking their two children, a young boy and teenage girl Alison (Paquin) to a bungalow colony in the Catskills, where they go every year.

Pearl is becoming bored with her humdrum life. Marty is forced to work hard and can only come up on weekends. So Pearl is vulnearble when a young peddler Jerome (Mortensen) arrives in his old bus to sell blouses. He is a free-spirited Vietnam veteran. They begin to have an affair, which is consummated on the night men land on the moon for the first time, July 20, 1969.

Marty's mother (Tovah Feldshuh), who is staying with them, gets wind of the affair but cannot persuade Pearl to break it off. The affairs continues when the Woodstock rock festival is being held nearby. Pearl goes to the festival, and unbeknownst to her, her daughter does as well, and she is seen there consorting with Jerome.

Marty learns of the affair and confronts Pearl. Alison also confronts her mother in an emotional scene. Pearl is forced to deal with her obligations as a wife and mother as well as her yearning for freedom.

Critical reception

The movie received a generally favorable reception among critics. The Rotten Tomatoes website found that 72% of critics gave the film a positive review.

External links

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