DVD
Moonstruck
Call Number
- DVD COMEDY (CEN)
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, John Mahoney.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2020]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
Summary
A full moon, a New York City night, and love and music in the air... One of the most enchanting romantic comedies of all time assembles a flawless ensemble cast for a tender and boisterously funny look at a multigenerational Italian American family in Brooklyn, wrestling with the complexities of love and marriage at every stage of life. At the center of it all is a radiant Cher as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love bookkeeper whose feelings about her engagement to the staid Johnny are thrown into question after she meets his hot-blooded brother, Ronny, and one night at the opera changes everything.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Special features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Norman Jewison ; audio commentary from 1998 featuring Jewison, actor Cher, and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley ; introduction from 2013 featuring Cher ; new interview with Shanley ; new interview with scholar Stefano Albertini about the opera in the film ; interviews from 1987 with Cher, Jewison, and actors Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, and Olympia Dukakis ; interview from 2002 with actor Danny Aiello ; interview from 1989 with Shanley about screenwriting and developing Moonstruck ; At the heart of the Italian family, a 2006 program about the making of the film ; The music of "Moonstruck," a 2006 program featuring interviews with Jewison and composer Dick Hyman ; trailer.