The Man in the Moon Page #2

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Robert Mulligan
Production: MGM
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG-13
Year:
1991
99 min
Website
1,739 Views


I thought I made it clear

it's time you start taking some

responsibility around here.

Yes, sir.

I hope I don't have

to bring it up again.

Yes, sir.

Your mama saved you

some lunch.

Probably cold by now.

All right.

You making a cake?

Mm-hmm,

and ice cream.

Must be having company.

Just some old friends of

your daddy's and mine.

Go take a bath.

You smell like a pond.

# I will spend #

# My whole life through #

# Loving you #

# Just loving you #

# Winter, summer #

# Springtime, too #

# Loving you #

# Loving you #

# Makes no difference #

I hope Im not

interrupting anything.

# Where I go #

I hope you're

finally done

hogging

the bathroom.

What time you say

that dance's

going to be over?

It's how many miles

from the country club

back here?

You should have Maureen

home by 11:
20 then.

Yes, sir, about.

Not about.

Yes, sir, 11:
20.

Hello, Mrs. Trant.

Maureen.

I'm ready.

Not until you go get

a jacket, you're not.

I don't have one that

goes with this dress.

Then put on

a different dress.

You got

a full tank of gas?

Yes, sir.

No detours, no

back roads, no liquor.

What time you got?

You're responsible

for my daughter

for the next 5 hours

and 7 minutes.

Yes, sir, Mr. Trant.

You don't have a thing

to worry about.

Then neither will you.

Abby:
Have a nice time.

She'll be fine.

I remember his father

at his age.

What?

I said, I remember

his father at his age.

Mama, do I have

to wear a skirt?

Mm-hmm.

Who's so important that

I have to wear a skirt?

When your mama tells you

to do something,

you don't stand around

asking her reasons.

You smell good.

You mean I don't

stink anymore?

[Horn honking]

They're here.

You boys

come back here.

I warned you

what would happen

if you two

didn't behave.

Them two is

as mean as snakes.

You haven't

changed a bit.

Neither have you.

Come here to me,

girl.

Oh.

You was in

the same shape

last time I saw you.

I know.

Matt, don't you know

what keeps causing this?

Matt's after that boy

he's wanted all these years.

If you wanted a boy,

you never should have

throwed me over

for Abby.

Court, let Matt

and Abby look at you.

They haven't seen you

since you was

in diapers.

Those heathens

are my last efforts.

Rob, say hello.

Dennis, quit

scratching yourself

in front of people.

This is Danielle.

We call her Dani.

That little bundle

is Missy.

She rules the roost.

I'm sure she does.

Your kids turned out

prettier than you,

Matt.

You really that shy,

or you putting on?

Court, come here.

Quit moseying.

Hello, Court.

Mr. Trant.

Ma'am.

Those are some

fine-looking boys

you got, Marie.

I hope to tell you.

Court, tie those two

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Jenny Wingfield

Jenny Wingfield is an American screenwriter and novelist. Born in Fountain Hill, Arkansas, Wingfield spent much of her childhood in Louisiana, where her father was a preacher. She attended Southern State College (now Southern Arkansas University) in Magnolia, and after graduating taught languages for several years. Her screenwriting credits have included the films The Man in the Moon and The Outsider, as well as Hallmark Hall of Fame's A Dog Named Christmas, which was the winner of the 2010 Genesis Award. Her debut novel, The Homecoming of Samuel Lake was published in 2011. more…

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