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Moonstruck
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Moonstruck is a 1987 romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison, starring Cher and Nicolas Cage.The story centers around your typical Italian-American family living in Brooklyn. Loretta Castorini (Cher), a widow in her late thirties who has moved back in with her parents since the death of her husband, accepts a proposal from her bumbling boyfriend Johnny (Danny Aiello), who suddenly has to leave in order to visit his dying mother in Sicily. While he's away, Loretta tries to convince Johnny's estranged brother Ronny (Cage) to give up their feud and come to the upcoming wedding, but accidentally falls for him. At the same time, Loretta's father (Vincent Gardenia) is having a secret affair while her mother (Olympia Dukakis) ponders the skirt-chasing mentality of men. Hilarity Ensues.Notable for getting Cher, Dukakis and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley (the future playwright of Doubt) Academy Awards. Notable further for the fact that the acting awards, for a spot-on depiction of a big Italian family, all went to the non-Italian actors and screenwriter.note Cher's heritage is Armenian, Irish and Cherokee: Dukakis was second generation Greek; Shanley is Irish-American. The Italian actors were Vincent Gardenia, a Neapolitan; he did get nominated, but didn't win; Italian-Americans Nick Cage and Danny Aiello. | |
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Cool Old Guy | |
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Cool Old Guy: Grandpa. (Also played by a non-Italian.) | |
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Frequently Full Moon | |
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Frequently Full Moon: Every time the moon is shown it is in its full phase, which should be impossible since the film takes place over the course of a few days. But hey, a waning gibbous wouldn’t have quite the same effect… | |
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Sibling Rivalry | |
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Sibling Rivalry: Summed up in one exchange between Johnny and Ronny towards the end of the film: | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Martin Scorsese's mother Catherine is one of Ray's customers. | |
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I Need a Freaking Drink | |
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I Need a Freaking Drink: When Perry gets drinks splashed in his face by his dates,, he orders vodka. The waiter says he deserves one. Loretta asks for whisky when she meets with Ronny and they have dinner. | |
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Unreveal Angle | |
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Unreveal Angle: When Ronny first appears, the audience sees just his back. The priest in the confessional. Only his hands are seen. | |
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Italians Talk with Hands | |
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Italians Talk with Hands: They all gesticulate heavily. | |
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Brutal Honesty | |
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Brutal Honesty: Loretta and Ronnie, which hints they really are made for each other. | |
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As the Good Book Says... | |
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As the Good Book Says...: When Rose asks Johnny "why do men chase women?", his first response is to relate the tale of Adam's rib. It doesn't explain to Rose why a man would need more than one, however. | |
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She Cleans Up Nicely | |
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She Cleans Up Nicely: When Loretta takes the grays out and gets the full beauty treatment, she goes from a nice middle-aged pretty to stunning. | |
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Extremely Short Timespan | |
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Extremely Short Timespan: The entire story takes place over little over two days. | |
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Oblivious to Love | |
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Oblivious to Love: Ronny in regard to Crissy who confesses to another worker at Ronny's bakery that she's in love with him. It's never mentioned again. | |
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Better as Friends | |
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Better as Friends: Strongly implied about Loretta and Johnny. | |
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Strange Minds Think Alike | |
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Strange Minds Think Alike: When Johnny proposes: | |
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Anguished Declaration of Love | |
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Anguished Declaration of Love: Ronny to Loretta. | |
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Italian-American Caricature | |
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Italian-American Caricature: Centering around the Italian-American Castorini family, the entire cast displays these traits to varying degrees, with the Multigenerational Household, superstitions, going to church to pray for one's sins, Johnny Camareri spending most of the film with his dying mother in Sicily, Ronny Camareri being operatically passionate and hot-tempered, and Loretta being able to give it right back to Ronny. The soundtrack even features Italian American singer Dean Martin. | |
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Happily Ever After | |
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Happily Ever After: Everyone has a happy ending, even Johnny. | |
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Win-Win Ending | |
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Win-Win Ending: Everyone gets what they want. Johnny is initially depressed, but Grandpa points out he is now a part of the family, and that perks Johnny right up, who joins in on the toasting of Ronnie and Loretta. | |
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Distinguishing Mark | |
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Distinguishing Mark: Nic Cage's character has a wooden hand after an accident in the bakery. (He still has the palm of his hand, so presumably he lost all of his fingers.) | |
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Big "WHAT?!" | |
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Big "WHAT?!": An epic one given by Johnny at the climax. | |
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Pan and Scan | |
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Pan and Scan: Averted. The film was shot in 4:3, but in a way that would allow for widescreen in theaters. This means that the 4:3 ratio has no Pan And Scan. | |
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Not What It Looks Like | |
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Not What It Looks Like: When Grandpa sees Rose walking with Perry, he gives a disgusted look. He gives the same one to her when he comes home. Rose has to explain to Johnny: "My father-in-law has some wrong idea in his head." | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: The film begins and ends with Dean Martin crooning "That's Amore". | |
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Women Are Wiser | |
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Women Are Wiser: Played with. Loretta is a mess, but Rose, when given an opportunity to have a fling herself, declines politely, saying, "I know who I am." However, when Johnny chuckles at Perry for not being able to control his date, Loretta (accurately) states she's too young for him. | |
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Central Theme | |
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Central Theme: Love and death. (Well, Food Porn, too. You'll be hungry for Italian after the film.) | |
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Multigenerational Household | |
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Multigenerational Household: It's in jeopardy, however, when it seems Loretta is going to marry Johnny, since Rose says she might as well sell the house because Johnny won't move in because Cosmo hates him. That doesn't seem to be an issue when Ronny is going to marry her, however. | |
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At the Opera Tonight | |
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At the Opera Tonight: Ronny takes Loretta to La Bohème. They're both dressed up and enjoy the performance a lot. | |
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Gigantic Moon | |
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Gigantic Moon: It's unnaturally large after Ronny sleeps with Loretta. Raymond calls it "Cosmo's moon" (the last time he saw it so huge was when Cosmo was courting Rose.) | |
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UnrequitedLove | |
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Unrequited Love: Crissy is in love with Ronnie, but he doesn't notice her. | |
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Better Partner Assertion | |
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Better Partner Assertion: Even before realizing he's attracted to Loretta, Ronny lambasts her for choosing to marry his brother Johnny, since Johnny inadvertently caused Ronny to lose his hand in an accident years before and they are clearly marrying each other for convenience rather than love. He claims he is the better option because he actually wholeheartedly loves her. | |
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Arc Words | |
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Arc Words: "Why do men chase women?" | |
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Percussive Therapy | |
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Percussive Therapy: Ronny violently smacks some stuff to relieve stress when he tells Loretta his backstory. | |
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Establishing Character Moment | |
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Establishing Character Moment: Oh, Nic Cage. "Crissy, bring me the BIG KNIFE! I'm gonna cut my throat!" | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: One of the best examples in all of filmdom, though it's more like Littering, Murder and Jaywalking. Loretta in confession. | |
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Large Ham | |
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Cage just nearly borders on this during his first scene where he explains his hatred for his brother, but slides back into being genuine. It helps that the characters react to him in a similar way as the audience would, giving the character just a more Large Ham persona. It's been noted that Ronny is operatic - he loves opera, and literally performs his life (see Insistent Terminology). He has plenty of more human, quiet moments. | |
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Reality Is Unrealistic | |
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Reality Is Unrealistic: Well, when you're awoken by two family members in the middle of the night for important news, wouldn't your first reaction be, "Who's dead?" | |
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'80s Hair | |
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'80s Hair: Loretta leaves the hairdresser's with typical 80s big hair. | |
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Momma's Boy | |
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Momma's Boy: Johnny ("Johnny Camareri? He's a big baby.") | |
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One True Love | |
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One True Love: Loretta had it once, lost it, and has settled with Johnny. She unexpectedly and inconveniently finds a Second Love with her fiancé's brother. | |
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Foreshadowing | |
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Foreshadowing: The opening scenes show trucks delivering props to The Met for La Bohème, the same performance that Loretta, Sonny, Cosmo and Mona attend. | |
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Suspiciously Apropos Music | |
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Suspiciously Apropos Music: Vicki Carr's singing "It Must Be Him", with the lyrics, "Or I must die," something death-obsessed Cosmo sings along to. | |
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Sibling Triangle | |
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Sibling Triangle: Loretta is set to marry Johnny out of loneliness but unexpectedly falls for his brother Ronny. | |
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My Beloved Smother | |
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My Beloved Smother: Johnny's mother. She's dying — til she finds out Johnny's found a Parental Substitute in Loretta. She then has a miraculous recovery, gets up and starts cooking for everybody (just like in the Gospel story of Christ healing Peter's mother-in-law!), and shares with them a dinner "that could choke a pig". Johnny breaks off his marriage with Loretta because she'll die if he gets married. Ronnie scoffs, "You're 42 and she's still running your life!" | |
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Dull Surprise | |
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Dull Surprise: Played for Laughs. When Loretta tells Cosmo then Rose that she is engaged to be married, they both ask in a bored tone, "Again?" | |
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Bait-and-Switch Comment | |
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Bait-and-Switch Comment: Grandpa late in the film announces he has something important to say. One might think for a moment he was about to call out Rose for cheating with Perry (which she didn't) or for Cosmo cheating on Rose with Mona (which he did), but instead he forcefully tells Cosmo that he must pay for the wedding of his only daughter, which he mentioned briefly he intended to do at his friend's burial. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: Rose quips, "It ain't over til it's over!", a reference to one of Yogi Berra's quotes. | |
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Get a Hold of Yourself, Man! | |
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Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: When Ronny tells Loretta he loves her, she slaps him and yells "Snap out of it!" | |
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Damned by Faint Praise | |
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Damned by Faint Praise: When Al tells Loretta that he's a genius, she retorts that if he's such a genius, why are his receipts and taxes a complete and utter mess? She eventually admits he makes good coffee. | |
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Good Shepherd | |
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Good Shepherd: The Priest Loretta confesses her affair to never once condemns her or judges her as one would expect from this type of scene. Instead he advises her, in a friendly manner, to simply think about her life and the choices she's making and gives her rather light penance. | |
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"Eureka!" Moment | |
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"Eureka!" Moment: "Thank you! Thank you for answering my question!" (Not that she didn't always know the answer.) | |
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Slap-Slap-Kiss | |
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Slap-Slap-Kiss: Ronny & Loretta (reportedly an example of Enforced Method Acting). | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys | |
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All Girls Want Bad Boys: | |
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Something We Forgot | |
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Something We Forgot: Ray and Rita during the climax arrive at the house, very worried, asking Loretta if there's something she wants to tell them. She's confused for a moment, then realizes she never deposited the store's money to the bank. | |
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Animal Motifs | |
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Animal Motifs: Ronny resembles a wolf before he cleans up for the opera, which makes sense since Loretta calls him a wolf and the original title of the film was The Bride and the Wolf. | |
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Ambiguously Gay | |
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Ambiguously Gay: Al the mortician. His actor, Tim Koetting, is openly gay. | |
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Insistent Terminology | |
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Insistent Terminology: Listen carefully to Ronny. For example, he doesn't take Loretta to bed - he takes her to THE bed, as if it were a ritual or a meaningful part of an opera. | |
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Once per Episode | |
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Once per Episode: Perry seems to have a disillusioned student getting up, throwing a drink in his face and storming off every time he goes to his favorite restaurant with them. | |
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Food Porn | |
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Food Porn: The Italian dishes seen in the film look scrumptious. | |
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Romantic Runner-Up | |
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Romantic Runner-Up: Johnny. | |
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Love Makes You Crazy | |
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Love Makes You Crazy: Practically the Trope Codifier. Rose is pleased when Loretta tells her she doesn't love Johnny, but likes him. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: "You're got a love bite on your neck." | |
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Lady in Red | |
| Moonstruck / int_fdf7d23d | comment |
Lady in Red: Loretta during her opera date with Ronny. Mona also goes in a similar outfit, driving home to Loretta she's no different from her, though while she's still single (albeit engaged), Cosmo is married. (Also, while Loretta looks elegant in her outfit, Mona looks ever so slightly trashy.) | |
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Moral Luck | |
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Moral Luck: Loretta is deeply superstitious. For example, she blames the death of her first husband for not having a proper church wedding. She gets it from Cosmo. | |
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