Episode 177: MOONSTRUCK (1987)

MOONSTRUCK is a perfect film made in 1987 by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley. Loretta (played by Cher), a neurotic Italian woman in her mid-30s, is set to marry Johnny (Danny Aiello), a neurotic Italian man in his mid-40s, even though she doesn’t really love him. She meets his brother Ronny (Nic Cage) and falls into a whirlwind romance that starts to crumble her idea of what she wants from her life. MOONSTRUCK was acclaimed at release and is considered a classic romantic comedy, having won three Academy Awards (Best Actress for Cher as Loretta; Best Supporting Actress for Olympia Dukakis as Rose, Loretta's mother; and Best Screenplay for John Patrick Shanley). Kick off the Trylon’s Nic Cage: National Treasure series with MOONSTRUCK and our accompanying episode – the best discussion you’ll find on the internet! Links: - “Moonstruck: Life in the In-Between” by Emily VanDerWerff for The Criterion Collection: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7192-moonstruck-life-in-the-in-between - Buy tickets to EDDIE MURPHY (June 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/eddie-murphy/ - “NIC CAGE, NATIONAL TREASURE” (June - Aug 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/national-treasure/ - “GENE TIERNEY” (July 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/gene-tierney/ - “YAPHET KOTTO” (Aug 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/yaphet-kotto/ Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at https://www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Closing song: “That’s Amore” written by Harry Warren and Jack Brooks and performed by Dean Martin from the MOONSTRUCK soundtrack. Timestamps 0:00 - Episode 177: MOONSTRUCK (1987) 4:40 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary (under exclusive license from AG Enterprises) 6:11 - The ridiculous, romantic tightrope MOONSTRUCK walks 24:57 - Practical emoti