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The Man in the Moon

138 statements
26 feature instances
7 referencing feature instances

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The Man in the Moon	label	The Man in the Moon
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The Man in the Moon	comment	A 1991 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Robert Mulligan.In rural Louisiana in the summer of 1957, 14-year-old Danielle "Dani" Trant (Reese Witherspoon, in her film debut) burgeons into womanhood while growing up with her rigid, old-school father Matthew (Sam Waterston); her mom Abby (Tess Harper), who's pregnant for the fourth time; and her oldest sister Maureen (Emily Warfield), who's spending her last summer at home before leaving for college in the fall.Dani's life changes when she meets 17-year-old Court Foster (Jason London), who just moved back along with his widowed mother Marie (Gail Strickland) and twin brothers, and falls in love with him. Soon her summer of first love turns tragic and her life changes.Not to be confused with the trope of the same name, or with the film Man on the Moon.
The Man in the Moon	fetched	2023-04-14T20:42:13Z
The Man in the Moon	parsed	2023-04-14T20:42:13Z
The Man in the Moon	isPartOf	DBTropes
The Man in the Moon / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
The Man in the Moon / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: In the opening scene when Maureen reminisces about their mom telling them what they should do if they have a problem:
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The Man in the Moon / int_211c82f5	type	Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off!
The Man in the Moon / int_211c82f5	comment	Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off!: Matt beats Dani with a belt when she comes home in the middle of the night after going swimming with Court, only to later apologize by saying he did so out of fear for Abby dying of childbirth complications.
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The Man in the Moon / int_21718ffc	type	Deep South
The Man in the Moon / int_21718ffc	comment	Deep South: Set in rural Louisiana.
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The Man in the Moon / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
The Man in the Moon / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Court's father's died in an oil rig explosion sometime before moving back.
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The Man in the Moon / int_2d364c81	type	Tomboy and Girly Girl
The Man in the Moon / int_2d364c81	comment	Tomboy and Girly Girl: Maureen is the girly girl to Dani's tomboy.
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The Man in the Moon / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
The Man in the Moon / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Court dies in a tragic tractor plowing accident, leaving Dani and Maureen heartbroken. Despite her grief, Dani learns to forgive Maureen and comforts her as she weeps on Court's fresh grave. The film ends with Dani and Maureen talking on the porch at night as the summer draws to a close, becoming close again as they promise that they will always have each other.
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The Man in the Moon / int_506bf16a	type	Sex Signals Death
The Man in the Moon / int_506bf16a	comment	Sex Signals Death: Court dies soon after Maureen and he lose their virginity to one another.
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The Man in the Moon / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Man in the Moon / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: In the movie's opening scene and at the end of the movie Maureen and Dani look up at the moon and talk on the porch.
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The Man in the Moon / int_735b3587	type	Naked First Impression
The Man in the Moon / int_735b3587	comment	Naked First Impression: Happens when Court sees Dani swimming in his family's pond.
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The Man in the Moon / int_798a9e41	type	Auto Erotica
The Man in the Moon / int_798a9e41	comment	Auto Erotica: Averted. When Maureen says that she wants to leave the dance early, Billy assumes that this was what she had in mind. Actually, she just wanted to get away from his creepy father.
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The Man in the Moon / int_7a82c3d2	type	All Love Is Unrequited
The Man in the Moon / int_7a82c3d2	comment	All Love Is Unrequited: Dani falls in love with Court. While she does receive her first kiss from him, he doesn't love her back. This becomes even more pronounced when he falls in Love at First Sight with her older sister Maureen.
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The Man in the Moon / int_83a30cd3	type	Middle Child Syndrome
The Man in the Moon / int_83a30cd3	comment	Middle Child Syndrome: Dani is the daughter between older sis Maureen and younger sister Missy. With her mother expecting another child, Dani is sometimes lost in the shuffle, and she takes advantage of this by shirking her chores to swim at the creek.
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The Man in the Moon / int_856a425a	type	TheFifties
The Man in the Moon / int_856a425a	comment	The '50s: The movie takes place in 1957.
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The Man in the Moon / int_9a6990	type	Skinny Dipping
The Man in the Moon / int_9a6990	comment	Skinny Dipping: Dani does this after church as a way of getting out of doing chores.
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The Man in the Moon / int_a00fb5fd	type	First Love
The Man in the Moon / int_a00fb5fd	comment	First Love: Dani develops a crush on Court, who replaces her love for Elvis. After becoming close, Court agrees to be Dani's first kiss. She later confesses she's in love with him, though it's not requited.
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The Man in the Moon / int_a09f3a65	type	Sibling Triangle
The Man in the Moon / int_a09f3a65	comment	Sibling Triangle: Dani and Maureen are both in love with Court up until his death.
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The Man in the Moon / int_b1e8a3b3	type	Coming of Age Story
The Man in the Moon / int_b1e8a3b3	comment	Coming of Age Story: Dani is in the early stages of adolescence and experiences first love, sibling rivalry, and heartbreak.
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The Man in the Moon / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Man in the Moon / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: Court, while plowing the field on a tractor, daydreams about Maureen and stands up to reach for his hanging hat on a tree branch, which causes him to fall off and get run over by the tractor.
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The Man in the Moon / int_b61b755f	type	Tomboy
The Man in the Moon / int_b61b755f	comment	Tomboy: Dani is implied as this, even questioning why she's required to wear a dress. Reese Witherspoon, being a Girly Girl in real life, initially struggled to play the character, but it came to her after director Robert Mulligan told her to chew gum.
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The Man in the Moon / int_b75b35ac	type	Forgiveness
The Man in the Moon / int_b75b35ac	comment	Forgiveness: This becomes a major theme in the film when Dani initially doesn't want to forgive Maureen for being with Court. Matthew reasons with Dani that being angry won't bring Court back, and that Maureen will be Dani's sister for life.
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The Man in the Moon / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
The Man in the Moon / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Dani is in love with Court but he and Maureen fall in love near instantly, leaving poor Dani feeling as the odd man out.
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The Man in the Moon / int_ca81eae7	type	Hollywood Darkness
The Man in the Moon / int_ca81eae7	comment	Hollywood Darkness: The scene in which Dani and Court go to the pond at night was obviously filmed in broad daylight.
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The Man in the Moon / int_d5eed41c	type	Cry into Chest
The Man in the Moon / int_d5eed41c	comment	Cry into Chest: Dani does this to her father after she sees from his face that Court is dead, though it's played with as in she beats his chest with her tiny fists first.
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The Man in the Moon / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
The Man in the Moon / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Billy Sanders, especially when he tries to take advantage of Maureen.
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The Man in the Moon / int_f8600b	type	Cool Big Sis
The Man in the Moon / int_f8600b	comment	Cool Big Sis: Maureen in most scenes, even teaching Dani to kiss.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

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The Man in the Moon	hasFeature	Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off! / int_5bc28a4a
The Man in the Moon	hasFeature	Films of 1990â€“1994 / int_5bc28a4a
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The Man in the Moon	hasFeature	Skinny Dipping / int_5bc28a4a
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