Norman Jewison's film of John Patrick Shanley's FIRST EVER screenplay was a little movie that nobody, even the studio and the actors and filmmakers, ever thought would enter the culture like a couple of well-delivered slaps to that face, that FACE!
In this episode, Chris and Jason jump into 'Moonstruck' like a big apizza pie:
Read Nic Cage's amazing NY Times INTV cited in the pod (2:00).
Cher is amazing (15:00)
Nic Cage's 'Beauty And The Beast' accent attempt. (19:00)
Moonstruck screenplay origin story (20:00)
The Bride & The Wolf kitchen scene b/t Nic Cage and Cher (21:00)
"Where's my wedding?" speech (22:00)
Anatomy of a deleted scene w/ Shanley & Jewison (24:00 Shanley speaks first).
Watch 'Moonstruck' on Amazon Prime or on iTunes with all the extras we watched for this episode.
Watch Cher's Academy Award Acceptance Speech for Best Actress presented by Paul Newman and Chevy Chase.
Watch Olympia Dukakis' Academy Award Acceptance Speech for Best Supporting Actress.
Watch John Patrick Shanley's Academy Award Acceptance Speech for Best Original Screenplay.
Read the Moonstruck Wiki Page.
Check out the Moonstruck IMDB Page.
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