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| studio = [[Village Roadshow Pictures]] |
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| distributor = [[Miramax Films]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Miramax, Dimension bow slates |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/miramax-dimension-bow-slates-1117492220/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 11, 1999}}</ref> |
| distributor = [[Miramax Films]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Miramax, Dimension bow slates |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/miramax-dimension-bow-slates-1117492220/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 11, 1999 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902162341/https://variety.com/1999/film/news/miramax-dimension-bow-slates-1117492220/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| released = {{Film date |
| released = {{Film date|1999|4|2}} |
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| runtime = 107 minutes |
| runtime = 107 minutes |
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| country = United States<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b809e2384|title=A Walk on the Moon|last=|first=|date=|website=BFi |
| country = United States<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b809e2384|title=A Walk on the Moon|last=|first=|date=|website=BFi|access-date=13 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131123728/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b809e2384|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2018}}</ref> |
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| language = English |
| language = English |
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| budget = $14 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Walk-on-the-Moon-A |title=A Walk on the Moon (1999) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=2022-09-02}}</ref> |
| budget = $14 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Walk-on-the-Moon-A |title=A Walk on the Moon (1999) |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902162323/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Walk-on-the-Moon-A |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| gross = $4 |
| gross = $4.8 million<ref name=mojo>{{cite web |title=A Walk on the Moon |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3715728897/ |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2022-08-28}}</ref> |
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'''''A Walk on the Moon''''' is a 1999 [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] starring [[Diane Lane]], [[Viggo Mortensen]], [[Liev Schreiber]] and [[Anna Paquin]]. The film, which was set against the backdrop of the [[Woodstock]] festival of 1969 and the United States's [[Apollo 11|Moon landing]] of that year, was distributed by [[Miramax|Miramax Films]]. Directed by [[Tony Goldwyn]] in his [[List of directorial debuts|directorial debut]], the |
'''''A Walk on the Moon''''' is a 1999 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] starring [[Diane Lane]], [[Viggo Mortensen]], [[Liev Schreiber]] and [[Anna Paquin]]. The film, which was set against the backdrop of the [[Woodstock]] festival of 1969 and the United States's [[Apollo 11|Moon landing]] of that year, was distributed by [[Miramax|Miramax Films]]. Directed by [[Tony Goldwyn]] in his [[List of directorial debuts|directorial debut]], the film was acclaimed on release. [[Diane Lane]] earned an [[Independent Spirit Award]] nomination for Best Female Lead for her performance. |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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Pearl Kantrowitz and her husband Marty are a [[lower middle class]] [[Jews|Jewish]] couple in [[New York City]]. For the summer of 1969, the couple go on their annual vacation at [[Borscht Belt|Dr. Fogler's Bungalows]] in the [[Catskill Mountains|Catskills]] with their family, which includes |
Pearl Kantrowitz and her husband Marty are a [[lower middle class]] [[Jews|Jewish]] couple in [[New York City]]. For the summer of 1969, the couple go on their annual vacation at [[Borscht Belt|Dr. Fogler's Bungalows]] in the [[Catskill Mountains|Catskills]] with their family, which includes teen daughter Alison, young son Danny, and Marty's mother Lillian. |
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Marty, who works as a television repairman back in the city, can only visit his family at the camp on the weekends. Pearl, who got pregnant with Alison at |
Marty, who works as a television repairman back in the city, can only visit his family at the camp on the weekends. Pearl, who got pregnant with Alison at 17 and quickly married Marty, feels at a crossroads in her life. She meets Walker Jerome, a free-spirited salesman who goes from resort to resort selling clothes. With Marty absent, Pearl starts spending more time with Walker and they begin an affair. |
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Meanwhile, Alison undergoes her own summer of changes and experiences teenage rites of passage—her [[menarche|first period]], her first date, and her first kiss with Ross Epstein, a boy at the camp. |
Meanwhile, Alison undergoes her own summer of changes and experiences teenage rites of passage—her [[menarche|first period]], her first date, and her first kiss with Ross Epstein, a boy at the camp. |
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=== Development === |
=== Development === |
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Playwright [[Pamela Gray]], inspired by her own experiences vacationing with her family in a [[Catskill Mountains|Catskills]] bungalow colony as a youth, first wrote the script in 1992.<ref name=jweekly>{{Cite |
Playwright [[Pamela Gray]], inspired by her own experiences vacationing with her family in a [[Catskill Mountains|Catskills]] bungalow colony as a youth, first wrote the script in 1992.<ref name=jweekly>{{Cite news |last=Gloster |first=Rob |date=2018-05-24 |title=ACT's sexy 'Walk on the Moon' a Jewish tour de force |url=https://jweekly.com/2018/05/24/acts-sexy-walk-moon-jewish-tour-de-force/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California|J.]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902162324/https://jweekly.com/2018/05/24/acts-sexy-walk-moon-jewish-tour-de-force/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Gray said, "I remember sitting by the pool in Dr. Locker’s bungalow colony and watching the hippies walk by on the way to [[Woodstock]]. And it was this time warp. We’ve got women playing [[Mahjong|mah-jongg]] and [[canasta]] and the guys are playing [[pinochle]]. We are this little ‘50s enclave, and everything outside was in the 1960s."<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Milvy |first=Erika |date=1999-03-25 |title=The Dawning of Aquarius |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-25-ca-20696-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902145339/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-25-ca-20696-story.html |archive-date=2022-09-02}}</ref> The script was originally titled "The Blouse Man" and won the national [[Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards|Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Gold |first=Sylviane |date=1999-03-28 |title=FILM; A Goldwyn on the Way Up in the Family Business |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/28/movies/film-a-goldwyn-on-the-way-up-in-the-family-business.html |url-status=live |access-date=2022-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212090302/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/28/movies/film-a-goldwyn-on-the-way-up-in-the-family-business.html |archive-date=2013-02-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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Gray was unsuccessful in getting the script produced, as financiers told her the story was "too small, too soft, not universal, and too [[Jews|Jewish]]."<ref name=":0" /> Years later, actor [[Tony Goldwyn]], the grandson of [[Samuel Goldwyn]], came across the script by coincidence and was immediately drawn to the story's themes of midlife identity crises and [[Coming of age|coming-of-age]] against the backdrop of the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|1960s counterculture]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=1999-04-09 |title='A Walk on the Moon' has Goldwyn walking in ancestors' shoes |url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/4/9/19439017/a-walk-on-the-moon-has-goldwyn-walking-in-ancestors-shoes |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=[[Deseret News]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Said Goldwyn, <nowiki>''</nowiki>You suddenly see your life laid out in front of you. And you say, 'Is this the life I dreamed of having? Am I the person I wanted to become?' If the answer's no, that's a very scary moment. And sometimes what it takes to deal with that is very risky: it requires shattering the status quo."<ref name=":1" /> |
Gray was unsuccessful in getting the script produced, as financiers told her the story was "too small, too soft, not universal, and too [[Jews|Jewish]]."<ref name=":0" /> Years later, actor [[Tony Goldwyn]], the grandson of [[Samuel Goldwyn]], came across the script by coincidence and was immediately drawn to the story's themes of midlife identity crises and [[Coming of age|coming-of-age]] against the backdrop of the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|1960s counterculture]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=1999-04-09 |title='A Walk on the Moon' has Goldwyn walking in ancestors' shoes |url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/4/9/19439017/a-walk-on-the-moon-has-goldwyn-walking-in-ancestors-shoes |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=[[Deseret News]] |language=en |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902162323/https://www.deseret.com/1999/4/9/19439017/a-walk-on-the-moon-has-goldwyn-walking-in-ancestors-shoes |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Said Goldwyn, <nowiki>''</nowiki>You suddenly see your life laid out in front of you. And you say, 'Is this the life I dreamed of having? Am I the person I wanted to become?' If the answer's no, that's a very scary moment. And sometimes what it takes to deal with that is very risky: it requires shattering the status quo."<ref name=":1" /> |
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Goldwyn originally intended to only produce, but after not finding a director who shared his passion for the story, decided to direct the film himself.<ref name=":1" /> |
Goldwyn originally intended to only produce, but after not finding a director who shared his passion for the story, decided to direct the film himself.<ref name=":1" /> |
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=== Filming === |
=== Filming === |
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The film was shot in the [[Laurentian Mountains]] in eastern Canada over a period of 36 days in the summer of 1997.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=A Walk on the Moon {{!}} Miscellaneous Notes |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/453784/a-walk-on-the-moon/#notes |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=[[Turner Classic Movies|Turner Classic Movie Database]]}}</ref> Liev Schreiber based his character Marty on his own grandfather.<ref name=":0" /> |
The film was shot in the [[Laurentian Mountains]] in eastern Canada over a period of 36 days in the summer of 1997.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=A Walk on the Moon {{!}} Miscellaneous Notes |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/453784/a-walk-on-the-moon/#notes |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=[[Turner Classic Movies|Turner Classic Movie Database]] |archive-date=3 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903034505/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/453784/a-walk-on-the-moon/#notes |url-status=live }}</ref> Liev Schreiber based his character Marty on his own grandfather.<ref name=":0" /> |
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==Soundtrack== |
==Soundtrack== |
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The soundtrack for the film was released March 23, 1999 through [[Sire Records]]. It contains sixteen tracks.<ref name=allmusic/>{{Album ratings |
The soundtrack for the film was released March 23, 1999 through [[Sire Records]]. It contains sixteen tracks.<ref name=allmusic/>{{Album ratings |
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|rev1Score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-on-the-moon-mw0000048828 |title=A Walk on the Moon |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref> |
|rev1Score={{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-on-the-moon-mw0000048828 |title=A Walk on the Moon |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-date=28 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828125124/https://www.allmusic.com/album/walk-on-the-moon-mw0000048828 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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== Critical reception == |
== Critical reception == |
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''A Walk on the Moon'' received positive reviews among critics. [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of |
''A Walk on the Moon'' received positive reviews among critics. [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of 73% based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's consensus states: "An impressive showcase for Diane Lane and an assured debut from director Tony Goldwyn, ''A Walk on the Moon'' finds absorbing period drama within a family at a crossroads."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Walk_on_the_moon|title=A Walk on the Moon|work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=[[Flixster]]|access-date=August 4, 2023|archive-date=4 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004150233/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/walk_on_the_moon|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Walk on the Moon Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-walk-on-the-moon |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[Fandom, Inc.]] |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228031502/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/a-walk-on-the-moon |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Michael Wilmington of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote that the film "becomes something larger and deeper as we watch" and that the character of Allison is an obvious surrogate for screenwriter Pamela Gray.<ref name="Wilmington">{{cite web |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |date=1999-04-02 |title='A Walk on the Moon' Makes '60s Palpable in Its Own Quiet Way |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-04-02-9904020024-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= |
Michael Wilmington of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote that the film "becomes something larger and deeper as we watch" and that the character of Allison is an obvious surrogate for screenwriter Pamela Gray.<ref name="Wilmington">{{cite web |last=Wilmington |first=Michael |date=1999-04-02 |title='A Walk on the Moon' Makes '60s Palpable in Its Own Quiet Way |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-04-02-9904020024-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210813003851/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-04-02-9904020024-story.html |archive-date=August 13, 2021 |access-date=2021-08-12 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> He added that what makes ''A Walk in the Moon'' interesting is its refusal to take sides or villainize any one person given that it "is about that old '60s polarity -- the hip and the square, the trapped and the free."<ref name="Wilmington" /> [[Stephen Hunter]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' praised Diane Lane's "capacity to express the yearning that Pearl feels as authentically as the guilt she suffers."<ref name=Hunters>{{cite web|last=Hunter|first=Stephen|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/walkonthemoonhunter.htm|title=Taking Stock at Woodstock|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=1999-04-02|access-date=2021-08-12|archive-date=10 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510101902/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/walkonthemoonhunter.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He also described Marty as a "schlumph".<ref name=Hunters/> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Even when it turns turbulent, the film sustains its warm summer glow, and makes itself a conversation piece about the moral issues it means to raise."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=1999-03-26 |title='A Walk on the Moon': A Giant Leap for a New York Housewife |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/032699moon-film-review.html |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902162327/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/032699moon-film-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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[[Ty Burr]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave a more mixed review and criticized the film's ending, but noted "'''A Walk on the Moon''<nowiki/>' still nails the cultural crosscurrents of 1969 — the way that a woman who has been walking the straight and narrow for years could suddenly give in to all the freedom rushing by around her."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Burr |first=Ty |date=1999-05-26 |title=One film's lesson about Woodstock, adultery, and creative dishonesty |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/05/26/one-films-lesson-about-woodstock-adultery-and-creative-dishonesty/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> |
[[Ty Burr]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave a more mixed review and criticized the film's ending, but noted "'''A Walk on the Moon''<nowiki/>' still nails the cultural crosscurrents of 1969 — the way that a woman who has been walking the straight and narrow for years could suddenly give in to all the freedom rushing by around her."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Burr |first=Ty |date=1999-05-26 |title=One film's lesson about Woodstock, adultery, and creative dishonesty |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/05/26/one-films-lesson-about-woodstock-adultery-and-creative-dishonesty/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902162323/https://ew.com/article/1999/05/26/one-films-lesson-about-woodstock-adultery-and-creative-dishonesty/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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[[Desson Thomson|Desson Howe]], also of the ''Washington Post'', found the film "a little too perfect and symbolically signposted for its own good".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Desson |date=2 April 1999 |title='A Walk' Toward a Dead End |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/walkonthemoonhowe.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave a mixed review but singled out Anna Paquin’s performance, saying her plot line “as a teenage girl struggling with new ideas and raging hormones” is the film’s most compelling story.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=1999-04-02 |title=A Walk on the Moon movie review (1999) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-walk-on-the-moon-1999 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en}}</ref> |
[[Desson Thomson|Desson Howe]], also of the ''Washington Post'', found the film "a little too perfect and symbolically signposted for its own good".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Desson |date=2 April 1999 |title='A Walk' Toward a Dead End |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/walkonthemoonhowe.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=13 August 2021 |archive-date=10 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510102342/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/walkonthemoonhowe.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave a mixed review but singled out Anna Paquin’s performance, saying her plot line “as a teenage girl struggling with new ideas and raging hormones” is the film’s most compelling story.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=1999-04-02 |title=A Walk on the Moon movie review (1999) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-walk-on-the-moon-1999 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en |archive-date=30 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830102422/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-walk-on-the-moon-1999 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Readers of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked the film as #9 on the magazine's "50 Sexiest Movies Ever" poll in 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine|title = 50 Sexiest Movies Ever |magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20241796_17,00.html |access-date=22 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204054734/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20241796_16,00.html |
Readers of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked the film as #9 on the magazine's "50 Sexiest Movies Ever" poll in 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine|title = 50 Sexiest Movies Ever |magazine = [[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20241796_17,00.html |access-date=22 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204054734/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20241796_16,00.html |
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== Musical adaptation == |
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Pamela Gray adapted her script into a stage musical, with music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman and AnnMarie Milazzo.<ref name=jerseystage/> The musical was first staged by the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco in June 2018.<ref name=jweekly/> The musical was set to debut at the [[George Street Playhouse]] in New Jersey in 2020 but was delayed due to [[COVID-19]] restrictions.<ref name=jerseystage>{{cite news |last1=Paolino |first1=Charles |title=Author Pamela Gray talks about "A Walk on the Moon" |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles2/2022/04/25/author-pamela-gray-talks-about-a-walk-on-the-moon/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |work=New Jersey Stage |date=2022-04-25}}</ref> The play ultimately opened on April 26, 2022 presented by the George Street Playhouse.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Walk on the Moon |url=https://georgestreetplayhouse.org/shows/show/walk-moon/ |website=[[George Street Playhouse]] |access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref> |
Pamela Gray adapted her script into a stage musical, with music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman and AnnMarie Milazzo.<ref name=jerseystage/> The musical was first staged by the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco in June 2018.<ref name=jweekly/> The musical was set to debut at the [[George Street Playhouse]] in New Jersey in 2020 but was delayed due to [[COVID-19]] restrictions.<ref name=jerseystage>{{cite news |last1=Paolino |first1=Charles |title=Author Pamela Gray talks about "A Walk on the Moon" |url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles2/2022/04/25/author-pamela-gray-talks-about-a-walk-on-the-moon/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |work=New Jersey Stage |date=2022-04-25 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902162341/https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles2/2022/04/25/author-pamela-gray-talks-about-a-walk-on-the-moon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The play ultimately opened on April 26, 2022 presented by the George Street Playhouse.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Walk on the Moon |url=https://georgestreetplayhouse.org/shows/show/walk-moon/ |website=[[George Street Playhouse]] |access-date=2 September 2022 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902162342/https://georgestreetplayhouse.org/shows/show/walk-moon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 21 December 2024
A Walk on the Moon | |
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Directed by | Tony Goldwyn |
Written by | Pamela Gray |
Produced by | Jay Cohen Tony Goldwyn Lee Gottsegen Dustin Hoffman Neil Koenigsberg Murray Schisgal |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
Edited by | Dana Congdon |
Music by | Mason Daring |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Miramax Films[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States[2] |
Language | English |
Budget | $14 million[3] |
Box office | $4.8 million[4] |
A Walk on the Moon is a 1999 American drama film starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Anna Paquin. The film, which was set against the backdrop of the Woodstock festival of 1969 and the United States's Moon landing of that year, was distributed by Miramax Films. Directed by Tony Goldwyn in his directorial debut, the film was acclaimed on release. Diane Lane earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for her performance.
Plot
[edit]Pearl Kantrowitz and her husband Marty are a lower middle class Jewish couple in New York City. For the summer of 1969, the couple go on their annual vacation at Dr. Fogler's Bungalows in the Catskills with their family, which includes teen daughter Alison, young son Danny, and Marty's mother Lillian.
Marty, who works as a television repairman back in the city, can only visit his family at the camp on the weekends. Pearl, who got pregnant with Alison at 17 and quickly married Marty, feels at a crossroads in her life. She meets Walker Jerome, a free-spirited salesman who goes from resort to resort selling clothes. With Marty absent, Pearl starts spending more time with Walker and they begin an affair.
Meanwhile, Alison undergoes her own summer of changes and experiences teenage rites of passage—her first period, her first date, and her first kiss with Ross Epstein, a boy at the camp.
The impending Moon landing has kept Marty busy at his job, as customers are anxious to have their TV sets ready for the historic event. While the whole town celebrates Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon, Pearl and Walker have sex. Marty's mother Lillian learns of the affair and tries to persuade Pearl to break it off. But the affair continues when Marty cannot visit on the weekend because of the traffic jams caused by the huge Woodstock festival, which is taking place within walking distance of the bungalow colony.
Pearl goes to the festival with Walker. Alison goes to the festival as well with her friends, although her mother had explicitly forbidden her to do so. When Alison happens to see Pearl in the festival crowds carousing with Walker while on LSD, she becomes upset and leaves with Ross.
Marty learns of his wife's affair and confronts Pearl. Alison also confronts her mother in an emotional scene. Pearl is forced to deal with her love of her family and her conflicting yearning for marital freedom.
Pearl decides to stay with Marty and tells Walker she can’t go away with him. Walker says he understands. The final scene shows Pearl and Marty dancing together, first to Dean Martin's "When You're Smiling" and then to Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze", after Marty changes the radio station.
Cast
[edit]- Diane Lane as Pearl Kantrowitz
- Viggo Mortensen as Walker Jerome
- Liev Schreiber as Marty Kantrowitz
- Anna Paquin as Allison Kantrowitz
- Tovah Feldshuh as Lillian Kantrowitz
- Bobby Boriello as Danny Kantrowitz
- Julie Kavner as P.A. Announcer
- Mahée Paiement as Mrs. Dymbort
- Star Jasper as Rhoda Leiberman
- Ellen David as Eleanor Gelfand
- Lisa Bronwyn Moore as Norma Fogler
- Lisa Jakub as Myra Naidell
- Joseph Perrino as Ross Epstein
- Stewart Bick as Neil Leiberman
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]Playwright Pamela Gray, inspired by her own experiences vacationing with her family in a Catskills bungalow colony as a youth, first wrote the script in 1992.[5] Gray said, "I remember sitting by the pool in Dr. Locker’s bungalow colony and watching the hippies walk by on the way to Woodstock. And it was this time warp. We’ve got women playing mah-jongg and canasta and the guys are playing pinochle. We are this little ‘50s enclave, and everything outside was in the 1960s."[6] The script was originally titled "The Blouse Man" and won the national Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award.[7]
Gray was unsuccessful in getting the script produced, as financiers told her the story was "too small, too soft, not universal, and too Jewish."[6] Years later, actor Tony Goldwyn, the grandson of Samuel Goldwyn, came across the script by coincidence and was immediately drawn to the story's themes of midlife identity crises and coming-of-age against the backdrop of the 1960s counterculture.[8][6] Said Goldwyn, ''You suddenly see your life laid out in front of you. And you say, 'Is this the life I dreamed of having? Am I the person I wanted to become?' If the answer's no, that's a very scary moment. And sometimes what it takes to deal with that is very risky: it requires shattering the status quo."[7]
Goldwyn originally intended to only produce, but after not finding a director who shared his passion for the story, decided to direct the film himself.[7]
Filming
[edit]The film was shot in the Laurentian Mountains in eastern Canada over a period of 36 days in the summer of 1997.[7][9] Liev Schreiber based his character Marty on his own grandfather.[6]
Soundtrack
[edit]A Walk on the Moon | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | March 23, 1999 |
Genre | Rock, folk rock |
Length | 54:40 |
Label | Sire Records |
The soundtrack for the film was released March 23, 1999 through Sire Records. It contains sixteen tracks.[10]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [10] |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Sunlight" (The Youngbloods) | 3.08 |
2. | "Town Without Pity" (Mandy Barnett) | 2:53 |
3. | "Wishin' and Hopin'" (Dusty Springfield) | 2:54 |
4. | "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" (Damnations TX) | 3:21 |
5. | "Summertime" (Big Brother and the Holding Company) | 3:59 |
6. | "Crystal Blue Persuasion" (Morcheeba) | 3:53 |
7. | "Today" (Jefferson Airplane) | 3:02 |
8. | "Embryonic Journey" (Jefferson Airplane) | 1:51 |
9. | "Cactus Tree" (Joni Mitchell) | 4:37 |
10. | "Ripple" (The Grateful Dead) | 4:11 |
11. | "Helplessly Hoping" (Taxiride) | 2:21 |
12. | "No Matter What You Do" (Mojave 3) | 2:13 |
13. | "Who Knows Where the Times Goes" (Judy Collins) | 4:46 |
14. | "White Bird" (It's a Beautiful Day) | 3:09 |
15. | "Follow" (Richie Havens) | 4:45 |
16. | "Crimson & Clover" (Elijah Blue Allman and Cher) | 3:37 |
Total length: | 54:40 |
Release
[edit]Before its release, the film secured distribution from Miramax.[8] It was first shown at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, where an enthusiastic reception convinced Miramax to release the film theatrically that spring.[8]
A Walk on the Moon went into limited release on March 26, 1999, and expanded nationwide through the month of April.[9] Its worldwide box office total was $4,750,660.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]A Walk on the Moon received positive reviews among critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 73% based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's consensus states: "An impressive showcase for Diane Lane and an assured debut from director Tony Goldwyn, A Walk on the Moon finds absorbing period drama within a family at a crossroads."[11] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[12]
Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the film "becomes something larger and deeper as we watch" and that the character of Allison is an obvious surrogate for screenwriter Pamela Gray.[13] He added that what makes A Walk in the Moon interesting is its refusal to take sides or villainize any one person given that it "is about that old '60s polarity -- the hip and the square, the trapped and the free."[13] Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post praised Diane Lane's "capacity to express the yearning that Pearl feels as authentically as the guilt she suffers."[14] He also described Marty as a "schlumph".[14] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote, "Even when it turns turbulent, the film sustains its warm summer glow, and makes itself a conversation piece about the moral issues it means to raise."[15]
Ty Burr of Entertainment Weekly gave a more mixed review and criticized the film's ending, but noted "'A Walk on the Moon' still nails the cultural crosscurrents of 1969 — the way that a woman who has been walking the straight and narrow for years could suddenly give in to all the freedom rushing by around her."[16]
Desson Howe, also of the Washington Post, found the film "a little too perfect and symbolically signposted for its own good".[17] Roger Ebert gave a mixed review but singled out Anna Paquin’s performance, saying her plot line “as a teenage girl struggling with new ideas and raging hormones” is the film’s most compelling story.[18]
Readers of Entertainment Weekly ranked the film as #9 on the magazine's "50 Sexiest Movies Ever" poll in 2008.[19]
Accolades
[edit]Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Chlotrudis Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Liev Schreiber | Nominated | |
Independent Spirit Awards | Best Female Lead | Diane Lane | Nominated | |
National Board of Review Awards | Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking | Won | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Screenplay – Original | Pamela Gray | Nominated | |
Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress | Anna Paquin | Nominated | |
YoungStar Awards | Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film | Nominated |
Musical adaptation
[edit]Pamela Gray adapted her script into a stage musical, with music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman and AnnMarie Milazzo.[26] The musical was first staged by the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in June 2018.[5] The musical was set to debut at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey in 2020 but was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.[26] The play ultimately opened on April 26, 2022 presented by the George Street Playhouse.[27]
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- ^ a b Hunter, Stephen (2 April 1999). "Taking Stock at Woodstock". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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- ^ "A Walk on the Moon". George Street Playhouse. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- A Walk on the Moon at IMDb
- A Walk on the Moon at Rotten Tomatoes
- A Walk on the Moon at Box Office Mojo
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- American romantic drama films
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- Films directed by Tony Goldwyn
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- Films set in 1969
- Films set in New York (state)
- Films shot in Montreal
- Miramax films
- Village Roadshow Pictures films
- Borscht Belt
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- Films about puberty
- Films about adultery in the United States
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