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Dani and Court go swimming during the hot days and become close friends.

Man on the moon movie reese witherspoon soundtrack how to#

Maureen goes on a date to a dance with her boyfriend Billy Sanders (Bentley Mitchum), but when Billy wants to park his car and have sex, Maureen breaks up with him, based on her belief that “love should be beautiful.”ĭani asks Maureen for advice on how to kiss a boy, and Maureen demonstrates by practicing on her hand. Court perceives and calls Dani “a little girl.” When Dani’s father tells Dani to accompany Court into town for groceries, Dani and Court drive into town and start to get along. Foster (Gail Strickland) with her three sons Court, Dennis, and Rob. The Trants’ old friend turns out to be a widow, Mrs. When Dani goes home, her mother tells her to wash up because an old friend is coming for dinner with her children. She is immediately smitten upon meeting her new neighbor, Court Foster (Jason London), who’s 17. Maureen helps take care of their younger sister, Missy, while their mother Abigail (Tess Harper) is pregnant.ĭani however prefers to run off into the neighbor’s pond, swimming in the nude. Set in the summer of 1957 in rural Louisiana, it’s a classic coming of age, centering on a romantic triangle of two sisters in love with the same boy.ĭani Trant (Reese Witherspoon) an adolescent of 14, is told by her sensitive father Matthew (Sam Waterston) that she is “too big to be running off by herself.”ĭani and older sister Maureen (Emily Warfield), who is going off to college in the fall, are very close. It’s the final film of director Robert Mulligan, perhaps best known for his 1962 masterpieces, To Kill a Mockingbird. not had a huge hit with "Man On The Moon", thereby keeping the name of a mediocre (very sad and insulting) comic in the public conscience? Hmmm… If you believe….The Man in the Moon marks the stunning acting debut of a 14-year old Reese Witherspoon, who would become a major star a decade later. The film, and therefore the soundtrack, beg this question of this reviewer: Would it have been made had R.E.M. If you like R.E.M., go out and get "Fables of the Reconstruction" or "Monster", or any of their albums for that matter, as they are far, far superior to this offering. I really don't have much to say on this one. Tony Clifton's (Andy Kaufman's insult-laden alter ego for those of you who haven't seen the film) rendition of "I Will Survive" is humorous, but pointless without the visual. I must admit I saw the movie expecting to see some surreal shots of a man "pushing an elephant up the stairs," a "piano crashing," etcetera. "The Great Beyond" is decent, with very strong stream of consciousness imagery. Other highlights? Well, "Man On The Moon" is a good song - and a big hit for R.E.M. The instrumental version of "Man On The Moon", on the other hand, does travel dynamically and features a nice string arrangement (with a couple of horns thrown in for padding). My complaint on this one is that it doesn't go anywhere dynamically. "Miracle" was a nice surprise in that it has a very dissonant string arrangement accompanying the piano. (They also have two songs on here - "The Great Beyond" and "Man On The Moon".) For my money, two of the score numbers, "Miracle" and the instrumental treatment of "Man On The Moon", hold promise. (There are one or two decent moments on the disc.) The 'score' was penned by R.E.M. I do have some highlights to tell you about. Well, the film was far superior to the soundtrack. What the hell is Courtney Love doing in films? Did the filmmakers intentionally throw out all ideas of structure and pacing? Okay, okay… so I thought the film left a little to be desired (a lot actually). Even making it through once was a formidable task. Well, the first note I must make about my latest assignment, the soundtrack to Man On The Moon by R.E.M., is that I couldn't sit through the thing more than once. The first time just to see how it hits me as I hear it the second time as a real listener paying close attention to the lyrics (if applicable), the harmonic progressions, the progression of the songs, etc. When I write these reviews I usually try to listen to the soundtrack at least two times.