When theres a full moon over brooklyn, anything can happen, and. World trade center 2006 this is the only nicolas cage movie to be on both netflix and amazon prime. Nicolas cage and cher were in an onscreen matchup on screen matchups. Cher is devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful as loretta. Cher and nicolas cage dating, gossip, news, photos. Ive seen this movie twice now on starz this past weekend and when cher tells nicholas cage. Moonstruck is a 1987 american romantic comedy film directed by norman jewison and written by john patrick shanley. There is the slightest touch of formality in that phrasing, and it is enough to cause loretta to let her head fall back in surrender. Revisiting the movie moonstruck, starring cher and nicolas. A pg romcom from 1987, moonstruck finds nicolas cage romancing cher, who plays a widow about to get remarried when she falls for her future brotherin.
Led by energetic performances from nicolas cage and cher, moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decades most appealing comedies. The best and worst nicolas cage movies, ranked by critics. Elvis presley, cher said, invited her to stay with him once for a weekend, and she refused, but i wish id gone, she said. Nicolas cages best and worst movies on rotten tomatoes.
Thirty years after the original moonstruck, nicholas cage and cher reprise their roles as ronny cammareri and loretta castorini. From that premise, it would sound like a harrowing drama, but make no mistake this is a heartwarming hollywood romcom if there ever was one. Previous movie clubs have been run fabulously by my esteemed. It is about a widowed, 37yearold, italianamerican woman who falls in love with her fiances estranged, hottempered younger brother. Likewise, he starred in a variety of films such as valley girl, racing with the moon, birdy, peggy sue got married, raising arizona, moonstruck, as well as in vampires kiss, wild at heart, fire birds, honeymoon in vegas, and red rock west. Led by energetic performances from nicolas cage and cher, moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love. Read the moonstruck movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. All actors cher, nicolas cage, vincent gardenia, olympia dukakis, danny aiello, julie bovasso, john mahoney. With cher, nicolas cage, olympia dukakis, danny aiello. Nicolas cage credits cher with helping him become a hollywood star because she fought to land him a role alongside her in oscarwinning movie moonstruck. Revisiting the movie moonstruck, starring cher and nicolas cage. Nicolas cage on pay the ghost and why horror movies help him relax. Such sublime abandon, by nicolas cage and cher, is part of the magic of norman jewisons 1987 romantic comedy, but it also depends on truth spoken in plain words.
All actors cher, nicolas cage, vincent gardenia, olympia dukakis, danny aiello. Nicolas cage romanced cher in moonstruck, one of the. Its also a wonderful movie and chers oscar winning performance her best to date. Nicolas cage romanced cher in one of the weirdest romcoms ever made. She has also appeared in one starring theater role, one video game role, numerous television commercials and directed a piece of the motion picture if these walls could talk in 1996 and some of her music videos of the geffenera in late 1980s. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and noninterference pact with prostitute sera. Moonstruck vhs movie, used, copyright 1987, cher, nicolas. The film was released on december 16, 1987 in new york city, and then nationally on january 15, 1988.
She has also appeared in one starring theater role, numerous television commercials and directed a piece of the motion picture if these walls could talk in 1996 and some of her music videos of. It was a romantic comedy that starred nicolas cage and cher. The ceo of an international conglomerate sends two of his most regarded executives to investigate why shipments of cocaine are being hijacked and over cut somewhere on the supply chain. Led by energetic performances from nicolas cage and cher, moonstruck is an. Of moonstruck costar nicolas cage, cher said, aw, i love him. Thats the film in a nutshella romantic comedy where life and death are intertwined, where sorrow makes joy sweeter and the other way around. An italianamerican widow cher loves her fiances brother nicolas cage.
Jennifer lawrence and chris pratt to star in passengers. Ben sanderson, a hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in las vegas to drink himself to death. Moonstruck 1987 full movie download full hd youtube. Nicolas is an american actor, director, and producer. Who knew the ethnically armenian cher or greek olympia dukakis could be so convincingly italian, or that nicolas cage in his first movie could be so passionate about opera and everything else as well as dropdeadgorgeous in a tux. Cage has appeared in over 110 films throughout his career. But my main thesis is that nic cage is a sweaty hairy snack and i would go to the opera with him anytime. Nicolas cage is an actor known for films like national treasure 2004 and faceoff 1997. Moonstruck 911 movie clip get in my bed 1987 hd youtube.
Where nicolas cages ronny is all bombast and lust, chers loretta is. Hilarious movie with loads of great quotes clever dark humor. A message to our movie fans read more gift cards offers. At the beginning of the movie, loretta played by a warm and funny cher gets engaged to a man named johnny. Nicolas is one of the most talented and respected actors in hollywood. Jun 28, 20 elvis presley, cher said, invited her to stay with him once for a weekend, and she refused, but i wish id gone, she said.
Cage has been nominated for numerous major cinematic awards, and won an academy award, a golden globe, and screen actors guild award for his performance in leaving las vegas 1995. Moonstruck is a 1987 american romantic comedy film directed by norman jewison and written. Jan 14, 2014 a swooning ronny nicolas cage tries to convince loretta cher that playing it safe wont make her happy. Watching him scream in anguish about all the dead people, though, is absolutely wonderful. There is also a list of films he has produced and his appearances in television. Cage changed his name early in his career to make his. Ranking every nicholas cage movie on amazon prime the. The academy award winner has given countless successful movies including birdy 1996, racing with the moon 1996. Supporting actress olympia dukakis and screenwriter john patrick shanley also won oscars in this comedy classic. With nicolas cage, leslie bibb, cole hauser, laurence fishburne.
The first scene of moonstruck takes place in a funeral home and the final scene takes place around a crowded kitchen table. When romance met comedywith when romance met comedy, caroline siede examines the history of the romcom through the years, one happily ever after or not at a time. Or, as nicolas cage bellows at cher while trying to seduce her, love dont make things nice, it ruins everything. Cher reminisces about her most memorable movie roles. Loretta castorini, a bookkeeper from brooklyn, new york, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry. Nicolas cage is pretty funny in this, and even if cher is a bit annoying, she isnt too bad, although looks wise, shes a far cry from her younger days in the 60s. Nicolas cage was born nicolas kim coppola in long beach, california, the son of comparative literature professor august coppola whose brother is director francis ford coppola and dancerchoreographer joy vogelsang. Rank of nicolas cage s movies by box office performance. Into the spiderverse 2010 and love, antosha 2019 were adored by critics. In her academy award winning role, cher, while waiting for her timid fiance to decide between her and his mother, falls in love with her fiances estranged brother nicolas cage, a bakery worker with a love of opera and life. Sharp picture, deep colour pallett and very little grain actually what little there is is barely noticable. A mildmannered chemist and an excon must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from alcatraz against san francisco. She has appeared in eighteen films, including two as a cameo.
Roger ebert, who later added the film among his great movies list, said. In the romantic comedy moonstruck, a widowed bookkeeper named loretta castorini cher falls for roughandtumble ronny cammareri cage right after she agrees to marry his older brother johnny cammareri. Moonstruck dvd, 1998 cher, nicolas cage, not a scratch. Cher looks adorable and was very pretty in her dress and nicolas cages sob story of how he lost his hand and why he hates his brother is so. Cher and nicolas cage present best supporting actor oscar 1988 by chereverywhere. Rank of nicolas cages movies by box office performance. I think about cher yelling at nicolas cage in moonstruck a lot, especially the wolf without a foot and bride without a head lines.
Throughout her acting career, cher has mainly starred in comedy, drama, and romance films. The film holds an approval rating of 92% on rotten tomatoes, with the sites consensus reading, led by energetic performances from nicolas cage and cher, moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decades most appealing comedies. Mar 18, 2009 nicolas cage credits cher with helping him become a hollywood star because she fought to land him a role alongside her in oscarwinning movie moonstruck. With sean connery, nicolas cage, ed harris, john spencer. Nicolas cages 10 best movies, according to rotten tomatoes. He is of italian father and polish, german, and english mother descent. According to av club, famous movie critic roger ebert wrote this about the film. Cher, nicolas cage, vincent gardenia, olympia dukakis en danny aiello. The cheekbones on nicolas cage in 1987 are worth losing ones morals. Mar, 2020 the consensus notes that the movie features a mustachioed nicolas cage acting from under a wig and behind a prosthetic nose, only to insist. The filmography of american actor, director and producer, nicolas cage includes the year the film was or will be released, the name of his character, the director, and other related notes.
While you probably dont feel the same way, cher and nicolas cage are both amongst my favorite icons and this was them at their very best. First, loretta agrees to marry a man she does not love, johnny cammareri danny aiello, simply because he knows how to propose properly. Do you remember when nicolas cage and cher were in a movie. He wears lust and agony in earnest, screams with anguish, and delivers every line in moonstruck as if he is hamlet in. Watching cage spastically whirl around with a knife pretending to kill people may be among the most unintentionally funny things to be put on screen. Moonstruck is the morbid spaghetti romcom we all need now. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. Moonstruck on blu ray is definately the best looking version of the movie i have seen and far surpasses the standard dvd version. Nicolas cage starred alongside pop sensation cher in this romantic comedy about a widowed woman who falls for her fiances distant, angry younger brother.
Born nicolas kim coppola on 7th january, 1964 in long beach, california, usa, he is famous for moonstruck 1987, leaving las vegas 1995, con air 1997. Nicolas cage romanced cher in moonstruck, one of the weirdest. Cher slaps nicholas cage, snap out of it, from moonstruck. Reviews of the movie tend to make it sound like a madcap ethnic comedy, and that it is. Nicolas cage and cher were in moonstruck 1987 together about. Louis aguirre sat down with cher where she reminisced and shared fun facts about some of her biggest films such as moonstruck and mask.
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