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'''''Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon''''' is a 2007 [[Lifetime Television]] movie based off author [[Nora Roberts]] Novel, ''Carolina Moon''. It is directed by [[Stephen Tolkin]] and starring [[Jacqueline Bisset]], [[Josie Davis]], Oliver Hudson, and Claire Forlani.
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'''''Carolina Moon''''' is a 2007 American [[television film]] directed by Stephen Tolkin and starring [[Claire Forlani]] and [[Oliver Hudson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/nora-roberts-carolina-moon-159189/|title=Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Marilyn|last=Moss|date=February 15, 2007|access-date=August 5, 2021}}</ref> Based on the 2000 [[Nora Roberts]] novel ''[[Carolina Moon (novel)|Carolina Moon]]'', the film is about a woman with psychic visions who returns to her hometown to exorcise her demons and finds both danger and love.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cinemagazine.nl/carolina-moon-2007-recensie/|title=Carolina Moon (2007)|language=nl|work=Cinemagazine|access-date=August 5, 2021}}</ref> ''Carolina Moon'' is part of the Nora Roberts 2007 movie collection, which also includes ''[[Angels Fall (film)|Angels Fall]]'', ''[[Blue Smoke (2007 film)|Blue Smoke]]'', and ''[[Montana Sky]]''. The movie debuted February 19, 2007 on [[Lifetime Television]].


== Plot ==
==Plot==
Young Tory Bodeen (Forlani) is blessed - or maybe cursed - with [[clairvoyance]]. Her childhood best friend, Hope, is murdered and she leaves town. Years later she returns to open a retail store. Tory's father, an abusive religious fanatic and ex-con remains the prime suspect in the unsolved [[murder]]. Her mother is a weak enabler, believing her husband is a good man, and that Tory is evil due to her [[paranormal]] abilities.
Tory Bodeen returns to her hometown in South Carolina, a place that holds violent memories of her childhood friend Hope Lavelle's murder. Coming back revives Tory's psychic visions of what happened that fateful night, and she becomes determined to unearth the truth, enlisting the help of Hope's hunky older brother. However, the murderer has been waiting all these years for her return -- and it may be someone closer to her than she realizes!

As the anniversary of Hope's death approaches, Tory resolves to face her demons, with the help of her childhood friends—Tory's cousin Wade (Willett), Hope's twin sister Faith (Davis), and the twins' older brother Cade (Hudson), who realizes his childhood crush on Tory hasn't ended. Will her friends be enough to save Tory?

==Cast==
* [[Claire Forlani]] as Victoria 'Tory' Bodeen
* [[Oliver Hudson]] as Cade Lavelle
* [[Josie Davis]] as Faith Lavelle
* [[Jonathan Scarfe]] as Dwight Collier
* [[Chad Willett]] as Wade Mooney
* [[Jacqueline Bisset]] as Margaret Lavelle
* [[Shaun Johnston]] as Han Bodeen
* [[Greg Lawson (actor)|Greg Lawson]] as Police Chief Carl Russ
* [[Gabrielle Casha]] as Young Tory Bodeen
* [[Kade Phillips]] as Young Cade Lavelle
* [[Shae Keebler]] as Young Faith Lavelle/Hope Lavalle
* [[Taison Gelinas]] as Young Dwight Collier
* [[Connor Robinson]] as Young Wade Mooney

==Production==
The film was executive produced by Stephanie Germain and [[Peter Guber]], who also 'e.p.-ed' seven other [[Nora Roberts#Lifetime Movie Channel|Roberts]] films for Lifetime in 2007 and 2009.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0840787|Carolina Moon}}
* {{TCMDb title|658807|Carolina Moon}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes| m/nora_roberts_carolina_moon | Carolina Moon}}

{{Nora Roberts}}

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Latest revision as of 18:55, 21 December 2024

Carolina Moon
DVD cover
Genre
Based onCarolina Moon
by Nora Roberts
Screenplay byStephen Tolkin
Directed byStephen Tolkin
Starring
Theme music composerSteve Porcaro
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
CinematographyDerick Underschultz
EditorGib Jaffe
Running time95 minutes
Production companyMandalay TV
Original release
NetworkLifetime
ReleaseFebruary 19, 2007 (2007-02-19)

Carolina Moon is a 2007 American television film directed by Stephen Tolkin and starring Claire Forlani and Oliver Hudson.[1] Based on the 2000 Nora Roberts novel Carolina Moon, the film is about a woman with psychic visions who returns to her hometown to exorcise her demons and finds both danger and love.[2] Carolina Moon is part of the Nora Roberts 2007 movie collection, which also includes Angels Fall, Blue Smoke, and Montana Sky. The movie debuted February 19, 2007 on Lifetime Television.

Plot

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Young Tory Bodeen (Forlani) is blessed - or maybe cursed - with clairvoyance. Her childhood best friend, Hope, is murdered and she leaves town. Years later she returns to open a retail store. Tory's father, an abusive religious fanatic and ex-con remains the prime suspect in the unsolved murder. Her mother is a weak enabler, believing her husband is a good man, and that Tory is evil due to her paranormal abilities.

As the anniversary of Hope's death approaches, Tory resolves to face her demons, with the help of her childhood friends—Tory's cousin Wade (Willett), Hope's twin sister Faith (Davis), and the twins' older brother Cade (Hudson), who realizes his childhood crush on Tory hasn't ended. Will her friends be enough to save Tory?

Cast

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Production

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The film was executive produced by Stephanie Germain and Peter Guber, who also 'e.p.-ed' seven other Roberts films for Lifetime in 2007 and 2009.

References

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  1. ^ Moss, Marilyn (February 15, 2007). "Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Carolina Moon (2007)". Cinemagazine (in Dutch). Retrieved August 5, 2021.
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