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The Man in the Moon ()

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A coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.
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Matthew Trant
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Abigail Trant
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Marie Foster
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Dani Trant
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Cort Foster
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Maureen Trant
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Billy Sanders
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Will Sanders
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Doc White
Earleen Bergeron ...
Mrs. Sanders
Anna Chappell ...
Mrs. Taylor
Brandi Smith ...
Missy Trant
Sandi Smith ...
Missy Trant
Derek Ball ...
Foster Twin
Spencer Ball ...
Foster Twin
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Voice (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Mulligan

Written by

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Jenny Wingfield ... (written by)

Produced by

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Bill Borden ... associate producer
William S. Gilmore ... executive producer
Jerry Grandey ... associate producer
Shari Rhodes ... executive producer
Mark Rydell ... producer

Music by

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James Newton Howard

Cinematography by

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Freddie Francis ... director of photography

Editing by

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Trudy Ship

Editorial Department

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Amy Jennings ... apprentice editor
Marty Levenstein ... first assistant editor
Nick Smith ... apprentice editor (as Nicholas J. Smith)

Casting By

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Shari Rhodes

Production Design by

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Gene Callahan

Art Direction by

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Fredda Slavin

Set Decoration by

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Daril Alder

Costume Design by

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Dawni Saldutti
Peter V. Saldutti ... (as Peter Saldutti)

Makeup Department

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Lynne Brooks ... makeup artist
Lynn Del Kail ... key hair stylist
Jeaneen Muckerman ... hair stylist
Christina Smith ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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William M. Elvin ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Bill Borden ... second unit director
William M. Elvin ... first assistant director: second unit
Grant Gilmore ... second assistant director: second unit
Jerry Grandey ... first assistant director
Melanie L. Knox ... dga trainee (as Melanie Knox)
Eric Wall ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Dan Dupre ... greensman
Emily Ferry ... property master
John Hinkle ... standby painter
Bill Iiams ... construction coordinator
Dallas Jones ... construction foreman
Dennis Jones ... standby carpenter
John Rasmussen ... property production assistant
Sharon Reed ... lead person (as Sharon A. Reed)
George Stuart Jr. ... set painter
Joy Taylor ... assistant property master

Sound Department

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Peter Bentley ... sound mixer
Elisha Birnbaum ... foley artist
Anthony J. Ciccolini III ... supervising sound editor (as Anthony 'Chic' Ciccolini III)
Pam DeMetruis-Thomas ... foley editor (as Pam Demetruis)
Lee Dichter ... re-recording mixer
Thomas A. Gulino ... sound editor (as Thomas Alphonso Gulino)
Scott Jacobs ... boom operator (as Scotty Jacobs)
Shari Johanson ... assistant sound editor (as Shari Schwartz)
Richard Q. King ... sound editor
George A. Lara ... foley recordist
Jac Rubenstein ... first assistant sound editor
Benno Schoberth ... assistant sound editor
Rick Tison ... cableman
Marko A. Costanzo ... foley artist (uncredited)
Jac Rubenstein ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Brian Vancho ... foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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LaVonne Doane ... special effects
Neil Stockstill ... special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by

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John Alagna ... opticals: The Effects House Corp.

Stunts

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Eurlyne Epper ... stunt player
Corey Michael Eubanks ... stunt player (as Corey Eubanks)
Larry Holt ... stunt coordinator
Jeremy London ... stunt player
John Moio ... stunt coordinator
Paula Marie Moody ... stunt player
Al Wyatt Jr. ... stunt player (as Allan Wyatt Jr.)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Robert Alcala ... electrician
Maurice Beesley ... electrician
George Berrios ... first assistant camera: second unit
Keith Bunting ... dolly grip (as Keith M. Bunting)
Don Cerrone ... key grip
Mark Colicci ... second assistant camera: second unit
Stephen Drinon ... grip (as Scott Drinon)
Gene Engels ... chief lighting technician
Bill Greenberg ... electrician
Gordon Hayman ... camera operator
Steven Mann ... first assistant camera (as Steven 'Manny' Mann)
Elliott Marks ... still photographer
Robert W. Moreno ... electrician
Peter Norman ... director of photography: second unit
Michael M Pagan ... electrician (as Michael M. Pagan)
Charles Quinlivan ... best boy grip (as Charlie Quinliven)
Juan Romero ... electrician (as Juan M. Romero Jr.)
John Sheeren ... second assistant camera
John E. Smith ... best boy electrician
Johnny Smith ... grip
Josh Spring ... grip
Carl D. Stitt ... grip (as Carl Stitt)
Greg Williams ... grip

Casting Department

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Alex Avelino ... location extra casting
Beverlee Dean ... casting associate
Tanya Sullivan ... location extra casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Patsy Chaney ... costumer (as Patsy A. Chaney)
Ruth Hall ... seamstress

Location Management

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Mark Cottrell ... location manager

Music Department

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Sandy De Crescent ... music contractor
Brad Dechter ... orchestrator
Joachim H. Hansch ... music supervisor
Blake Lewin ... music coordinator
Michael Mason ... scoring coordinator
Shawn Murphy ... music recording mixer
Marty Paich ... orchestra conductor
Robert Schaper ... music recording mixer
Ted Whitfield ... music editor
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Tom Brown ... music preparation (uncredited)
Jim Hoffman ... music preparation (uncredited)
James Newton Howard ... music producer (uncredited) / musician: piano (uncredited)
Steven L. Smith ... music preparation (uncredited)
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Sydney Gilner ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Eugene B. Arthur ... driver
Joann Evans ... driver
Terry Hester ... driver
Freda Howard ... driver (as Freda Lou Howard)
Robert Hunter Jr. ... driver (as Robert Hunter)
Michael C. McEntyre ... driver (as Michael McEntyre)
Russell McEntyre ... transportation coordinator (as Russ McEntyre)
Frank Neel ... driver
Charles W. Rice ... driver (as Charlie Rice)
Wayne Stone ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Marlene Canfield ... production assistant
Roy Ceaser ... first aid
Dan David DeBlieux ... production assistant
Al Ebner ... publicist
Paula Gilmore ... assistant: Mr. William S. Gilmore
Clay Goodwin ... film runner
Jim Hale ... production accountant
Elaine Hastings Edell ... Executive in charge of production finance
Allen Heil ... security supervisor
Stacy Kay ... production assistant
Alan Ladd Jr. ... presenter
Bob Lankin ... catering assistant
Debbie Leonard ... assistant: Mr. Mark Rydell
Terry Lewis ... catering assistant
Elizabeth Lindner ... craft service
Denise Marciel ... catering assistant (as Denise A. Marciel)
Lori Martin ... production assistant
Jon C. Maynard ... projectionist
Steven McCormick ... production assistant (as Steven R. McCormick)
Harold W. Melder ... production assistant
Phil J. Minsky ... caterer (as Phil Minsky)
Daniel Nyiri ... producer and director: tv publicity videos, interviews
Keith Patterson ... craft service
Frankie Rogers ... production assistant
Fran Roy ... production administrator
Joice Stewart ... assistant production accountant
Gwen Taylor-Stacy ... payroll (as Gwen Taylor Stacy)
Peggy Tison ... production secretary
Leonard A. Williams ... production assistant
David Youngblood ... first aid
Jim Jaffe ... product placement (uncredited)
Joseph Kittrell ... stand-in (uncredited)
David H. Kramer ... adr loop group (uncredited)

Thanks

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Ann Brittain ... the producers wish to thank
Jack Brittain ... the producers wish to thank
Gene Callahan ... in memory
Tom Fair ... the producers wish to thank: The U.S. Forest Service
Luther Lee ... the producers wish to thank
Jerry Pierce ... the producers wish to thank
Bob Welch ... the producers wish to thank
Tom Whitehead ... the producers wish to thank
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Rural Louisiana, summer of 1957, Elvis is King. At 14, Dani is coming of age. Her older sister is beautiful, smart, and off to Duke in the fall; her mom's pregnant with number four (Dad wants a son), and Dad's pretty strict. Life gets sweeter when 17-year-old Court Foster, his widowed mom, and two little brothers move into the vacant farm next door. Court likes Dani's high spirits and direct way, and though he has a man's responsibilities on the farm, they go off swimming sometimes. The waters of adolescence are deeper than Dani realizes as hers and Court's feelings get jumbled. Then Mother Nature throws wrenching surprises at Dani, and she must come to terms with new emotions. Written by

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Taglines Remember when you couldn't wait for your life to begin... and then, one day, it did? See more »
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Also Known As
  • Un été en Louisiane (France)
  • Der Mann im Mond (Germany)
  • L'estiu de la meva vida (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Verano en Louisiana (Spain)
  • Sommermåne (Denmark)
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Runtime
  • 99 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United States $109,935, 06 Oct 1991

Did You Know?

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Trivia Reese Witherspoon was 14 years old, the same age as her character, when the film was shot. See more »
Goofs When Dani is sitting on the bed, on the wall behind her is an older photo of Elvis that was not taken before 1957 (when the movie took place), but taken in the mid to late 1960s. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Shout/The Man in the Moon/The Super/Stepping Out/Whore (1991). See more »
Soundtracks Loving You See more »
Crazy Credits The Producers wish to thank: The LADIES of "JUST FRIENDS" See more »
Quotes Matthew Trant: She's getting too big to be running around wild as a jack rabbit.
Abigail Trant: It used to be she was too little, and now she's too big. I guess she passed up just right when nobody was lookin'.
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