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    Moonstruck (1987)

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    Director Norman Jewison set out to make an old-fashioned fairy tale of love at first sight in the manner of Lubitsch or Capra.

    Moonstruck is set in the Italian section of New York and stars Cher as Loretta Castorini – a widowed accountant who accepts a proposal of marriage from dull businessman Johnny Cammareri (Danny Aiello) and then falls head over heels for his volatile baker brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage).

    Against a backdrop of steak and opera, Loretta lets Ronny carry her to bed, only to wake up the next morning, slap him in the face, tell him she’s never going to see him again, and then agree to go to the opera with him that night, so long as he doesn’t come to the wedding.

    It’s the ultimate sexy complication, with Ronny laying down his feelings and Loretta (sort of) rebuffing them immediately.

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    Cher’s accent seems more located in Little Venice, California, than Little Italy, and the relentless emphasis on pasta and vino threatens to turn this romantic comedy into a compendium of clichés – but it charms nonetheless.

    Loretta Castorini
    Cher
    Ronny Cammareri
    Nicolas Cage
    Johnny Cammareri
    Danny Aiello
    Cosmo Castorini
    Vincent Gardenia
    Rose Castorini
    Olympia Dukakis
    Rita Cappomaggi
    Julie Bovasso
    Perry
    John Mahoney
    Raymond Cappomaggi
    Louis Guss
    Mona
    Anita Gillette
    Chrissy
    Nada Despotovich
    Barbara
    Robin Bartlett
    Lotte
    Helen Hanft
    Irv
    David S. Howard
    Bobo
    Robert Weil
    Bonnie
    Amy Aquino
    Conti
    Tony Azito
    Nancy
    Ann Mcdonough
    Lowell
    John Christopher Jones
    Patricia
    Lisa Howard
    Sheila
    Cynthia Dale
    Mimi
    Martha Collins
    Rodolfo
    John Fanning
    Vesta
    Antonio Minella
    Eddie
    Nicholas Pasco
    Bob
    Al Therrien
    Mook
    Lou Pitoscia
    Rocco
    Gilberto Godoy
    Jimmy
    Louis Di Bianco
    Pietro
    Michael Barbaro
    Franco
    Antonio Pariselli

    Director
    Norman Jewison

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