The Man in the Moon

Infobox Film
name = The Man in the Moon


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director = Robert Mulligan
producer = Mark Rydell
writer = Jenny Wingfield
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starring = Sam Waterston
Tess Harper
Gail Strickland
Reese Witherspoon
Jason London
music = James Newton Howard
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distributor = MGM
released = October 4, 1991
runtime = 99 minutes
country = United States
language = English
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imdb_id = 0102388

"The Man in the Moon" is a 1991 drama film directed by Robert Mulligan. It was the film debut for both Reese Witherspoon and Jason London.

Plot summary

The story tells of a fourteen-year-old girl named Dani (Reese Witherspoon) who falls in love with a boy three years older than her, a senior named Court Foster (Jason London). As their relationship begins to develop, however, Foster becomes more attracted to Dani's older sister, Maureen (Emily Warfield). The film focuses on the pain of the two sisters infatuated with the same boy, and the way their relationships with family and friends are affected.

Cast

See also

* Man in the Moon

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102388/ "The Man in the Moon"] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://members.aol.com/MG4273/mulligan.htm The Films of Robert Mulligan]
* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19911004/REVIEWS/110040304/1023| Roger Ebert's four-star review of the film]