Moonstruck (Deluxe Edition) |  | Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  232 reviews
Sales Rank: 1195
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D14312D
UPC: 027616143129
EAN: 0027616143129
ASIN: B000EHRVOW
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1987
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Remember the outfit Cher wore to the Oscars when she won an Academy Award for her performance in this 1987 film? Ay-yi-yi. The actress' more retiring character in this infectious comedy leaps several psychological hurdles just giving her hair a permanent. But then the original screenplay by John Patrick Shanley (Joe Versus the Volcano) is a wonderful, gently satirical tale of an Italian-American family dealing with repression and dissatisfaction against a backdrop of cultural expectations. Cher is focused and funny as a widow who feels she should marry an older fellow (Danny Aiello), but then falls for his black-sheep brother (Nicolas Cage). Olympia Dukakis and Vincent Gardenia are perfect as her parents, and John Mahoney (of TV's Frasier) has a memorable, small role as a middle-aged man on the make who gets a lecture from Dukakis's character. Shanley's dialogue is comically stylized in a way that makes one appreciate how much words can inform an actor's performance. Taking its cues from him and director Norman Jewison (And Justice for All), the cast immerse themselves in a pool of hilariously operatic emotion. The special-edition DVD release has a full-screen presentation, Dolby sound, commentary by Cher, Jewison, and Shanley, theatrical trailer, closed captioning, booklet, optional French soundtrack, and optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish. --Tom Keogh
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 La Boheme March 21, 2010
Brother Wolf of Gubbio (California)
This cutsey New York Italian-American love story is really nothing more than a modern non opera version of La Boheme. While the production, acting, direction, and writing all work very well, touching a nerve with me - an Italian-American, it is obviously La Boheme. I liked it to say the least, but as in all love stories I have seen, it is clearly not original.
 Moonstruck February 23, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Loretta Castorini, a Brooklyn bookkeeper in her late 30s whose husband died several years earlier in a bus accident, decides it's time to get married again. So she accepts the proposal of a nice, middle-aged fellow named Johnny Cammareri. Loretta is convinced her first marriage was cursed because she and her husband had gotten married at City Hall; this time, she's determined to do things right, even as she admits to her mother, Rose, that she's not really in love with Johnny. Rose speaks from rueful experience; she suspects, with good reason, that her husband, Cosmo, is cheating on her. Loretta is convinced that marrying Johnny is the safe and sure thing to do - until she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, who tends the ovens in a neighborhood bakery. Loretta discovers that in startling contrast to the pleasant, mild-mannered Johnny, Ronny is moody and passionate; what follow are complications worthy of a comic opera. So wonderful, so quirky, so romantic, so Italian. This movie is so feather -light you float off into its refracted reality and you never want to return to the humdrum again. This movie has something for everyone with a heart and leaves you filled with joy in the end.
In a pinch January 31, 2010
T. Mead
I was in a pinch, but the item got to me in time for Xmas. Great!
Moonstruck January 30, 2010
Michelle Calaba (Newbury Park, CA)
An upbeat love story, super musical scoring, gifted acting by Cher, Olympia Dukakis
and Vincent Gardenia. What a treat to watch Cher move from frump to glam.
Moonstruck January 17, 2010
W. Satterfield (Texas)
An older movie but enjoy watching it over and over. Very funny one of Cher's best roles.
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