Moonstruck

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film romantic comedy film

Moonstruck is a 1987 romantic comedy film starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, celebrated for its witty script, Italian-American family setting, and Cher’s Academy Award–winning performance.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture ⓘ
cinematographyBy David Watkin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Norman Jewison ⓘ
distributedBy MGM/UA Communications Co. ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editedBy Lou Lombardo ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
leadActorAwarded Cher – Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
mainCharacter Johnny Cammareri ⓘ
Loretta Castorini ⓘ
Ronny Cammareri ⓘ
musicBy Dick Hyman ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableFor Cher’s Academy Award–winning performance ⓘ
Italian-American family setting ⓘ
witty script ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Cosmo Castorini – Vincent Gardenia ⓘ
Danny Aiello ⓘ
surface form: Johnny Cammareri – Danny Aiello

Cher ⓘ
surface form: Loretta Castorini – Cher

Nicolas Cage ⓘ
surface form: Ronny Cammareri – Nicolas Cage

Rose Castorini – Olympia Dukakis ⓘ
producer Norman Jewison ⓘ
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
Star Partners ⓘ
releaseDate 1987-12-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 1987 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
screenplayAwarded John Patrick Shanley – Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
screenwriter John Patrick Shanley ⓘ
setting Brooklyn ⓘ
Italian-American community ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
starring Cher ⓘ
Danny Aiello ⓘ
John Mahoney ⓘ
Julie Bovasso ⓘ
Nicolas Cage ⓘ
Olympia Dukakis ⓘ
Vincent Gardenia ⓘ
supportingActorAwarded Olympia Dukakis – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
title Moonstruck self-link ⓘ
writer John Patrick Shanley ⓘ

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Norman Jewison → directed → Moonstruck ⓘ
Cher → notableWork → Moonstruck ⓘ
Norman Jewison → notableWork → Moonstruck ⓘ
Moonstruck → title → Moonstruck self-link ⓘ