The Man in the Moon

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The Man in the Moon is a 1991 coming-of-age drama film set in rural Louisiana that follows a teenage girl’s first love and family turmoil.

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instanceOf coming-of-age film
film
romantic drama film
ageOfProtagonist 14
basedOn unpublished short story by Jenny Wingfield
cinematographyBy Freddie Francis
containsElement romantic tragedy
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews
director Robert Mulligan
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Trudy Ship
featuresCharacter Court Foster
Dani Trant
Maureen Trant
filmingLocation Louisiana
genre coming-of-age film
romantic drama
hasProtagonist Dani Trant
hasTheme adolescence
family conflict
first love
grief
sibling relationships
medium feature film
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy James Newton Howard
narrativeFocus family turmoil
teenage girl’s first love
narrativeForm linear narrative
notableFor feature film debut of Reese Witherspoon
originalLanguage English
producer Mark Rydell
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1991-10-04
releaseYear 1991
runtimeMinutes 99
screenwriter Jenny Wingfield
Robert Mulligan
settingLocation rural Louisiana
settingTime 1950s
starring Emily Warfield
Jason London
Reese Witherspoon
Sam Waterston
Tess Harper
targetAudience general audience

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Robert Mulligan notableWork The Man in the Moon
Robert Mulligan directed The Man in the Moon
L.A. Guns notableWork Man in the Moon
linked to: The Man in the Moon
Bentley Mitchum notableWork The Man in the Moon
Open Your Eyes hasPart Man in the Moon
linked to: The Man in the Moon
Tess Harper notableWork The Man in the Moon