Moonlight Mile (2002)
Directed by Brad Silberling
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Family Drama |
Release Date - Sep 27, 2002 (USA - Limited), Sep 27, 2002 (USA) |
Run Time - 118 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur
Frequent television director Brad Silberling directs the romantic drama Moonlight Mile. Set in a Massachusetts town in the early '70s, Joe Nast (Jake Gyllenhaal) is distraught after the death of his fiancée. He moves in with her parents, Ben (Dustin Hoffman) and JoJo (Susan Sarandon), while trying to sort out all of the legal troubles and painful details of the wedding cancellations. While trying to locate the wedding invitations in the mail, Joe meets Bertie (Ellen Pompeo), whose boyfriend has been MIA in Vietnam. Despite his growing relationship with his late fiancée's parents, Joe begins to foster a romance with Bertie. Also starring Dabney Coleman and Holly Hunter. Moonlight Mile is based on Brad Silberling's real-life situation following the murder of his TV-star girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer.
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death-in-family, family-tragedy, grief, engagement, starting-over, murder-trial
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Sleeper