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What is Moonstruck movie?

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Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley. It is about a widowed, 37-year-old, Italian-American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's estranged, hot-tempered younger brother.


Also question is, why is moonstruck a good movie?

Moonstruck is, at its core, a big, corny, stylish film about people coming to terms with themselves and the people they love. This willingness to be emotional, both in bombast (“CHRISSY BRING ME THE BIG KNIFE”) and in subtler, gentler ways (“I love him awful”), is one of Moonstruck's most endearing qualities.

Likewise, how long is the movie Moonstruck? 1h 42m

Then, how old is Nicolas Cage in Moonstruck?

IMDb Rating: 7

Actor Age then Age now
Norman Jewison 61 93
Cher 41 73
Nicolas Cage 23 56
Vincent Gardenia 67 Would've been 100

Where does the movie Moonstruck take place?

The locals know the four-story Federal-style brownstone at Cranberry and Willow Streets in Brooklyn Heights as the “Moonstruck” House because it was the setting for the 1987 movie starring Cher and Nicolas Cage.

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What style of film is Moonstruck?

Moonstruck was acknowledged as the eighth best film in the romantic comedy genre.

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Do you love him Loretta?

Do you love him, Loretta? Loretta Castorini : No. Rose : Good. Rose : When you love them they drive you crazy because they know they can.

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What do they put in champagne in Moonstruck?

Sugar cube in the champagne
It's an old Italian wives tale that the devil never wants to see you happy, and since champagne “makes you happy,” dropping a sugar cube in keeps the devil away.

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What year is Moonstruck set in?

An unconventional single mother relocates with her two daughters to a small Massachusetts town in 1963, where a number of events and relationships both challenge and strengthen their familial bonds.

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Is Moonstruck a Christmas movie?

For a more romantic Italian Christmas alternative, you can watch "Moonstruck," which was released on Christmas of 1987, but only features a few Christmas paraphernelia in the background. Nearly every Harry Potter movie has a big Christmas scene, but the first one is a beautiful display of magic and Christmas.

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What opera was in Moonstruck?

La Bohème (Opera

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What does the moon symbolize in Moonstruck?

If so, you're moonstruck! Moonstruck literally means to be affected by the moon, but moonstruck people are dreamy and in love. You can use the adjective moonstruck to mean "insane" or "loony" in general, but it's most often connected to the idea of being lovesick or romantic and irrational.

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How much was Nicolas Cage worth?

He squandered it away on a string of expensive and often eccentric purchases, eventually facing foreclosure on several properties and owing the IRS $6.3 million in property taxes. Now worth around $25 million, Cage is taking roles left and right to help pay off his debts.

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Did the movie Moonstruck win any Academy Awards?

Directed by Norman Jewison, the last film featured Cher as a widow who falls in love with her fiance's brother (played by Nicolas Cage). At the 60th annual Academy Awards ceremony, Moonstruck won in three categories, including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress (Olympia Dukakis) and Best Original Screenplay.

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Which actor has been in the most movies?

  1. Christopher Lee (+280 acting credits)
  2. Robert Loggia (+225 acting credits)
  3. James Earl Jones (+188 acting credits)
  4. Louis Gossett Jr. (+177 acting credits)
  5. Donald Sutherland (+176 acting credits)
  6. Michael Caine (+161 acting credits)
  7. Danny Glover (+161 acting credits)
  8. Samuel L. Jackson (+158 acting credits)

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Why do people put sugar cube in champagne?

It's an old Italian wives tale that the devil never wants to see you happy, and since champagne "makes you happy," dropping a sugar cube in keeps the devil away.

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Is Danny Aiello Italian?

Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was born June 20, 1933, to Italian parents. His father, a laborer, left the family of seven children, and Daniel started working at age 9 selling newspapers, working in a grocery store and bowling alley, shining shoes and loading trucks.

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What was Nicolas Cage's first Moonstruck movie?

'Fast Times at Ridgemont High,' 'Raising Arizona,' 'Moonstruck' Cage got his start in teenage comedies, with his debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982, also featuring Sean Penn), followed by a leading role as a punk rocker in Valley Girl (1983).

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Did Cher and Nicolas Cage date?

Cher and Cruise dated in the mid-1980s when he was in his early 20s, before his first marriage to actress Mimi Rogers, who reportedly introduced the actor to Scientology. Of "Moonstruck" co-star Nicolas Cage, Cher said, "Aw, I love him.

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Who wrote Moonstruck?

John Patrick Shanley

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Where was moonstruck filmed in Toronto?

One of them is the otherwise-apparently-steeped-in-New York Moonstruck. Virtually all the set interiors were shot here at the old Leslie Street Studios.