A Walk on the Moon (1999)

Director:

Tony Goldwyn

Writer (WGA):

Pamela Gray (written by)

Release Date:

2 April 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Drama

Plot:

The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.

Plot Keywords:

Woodstock | Kiss | Housewife | Salesman | Jewish

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Diane Lane	...	Pearl Kantrowitz
Viggo Mortensen	...	Walker Jerome
Liev Schreiber	...	Marty Kantrowitz
Anna Paquin	...	Alison Kantrowitz
Tovah Feldshuh	...	Lillian Kantrowitz
Bobby Boriello	...	Daniel Kantrowitz
Stewart Bick	...	Neil Leiberman
Jess Platt	...	Herb Fogler
Mahée Paiement	...	Mrs. Dymbort (as Mahee Paiement)
Star Jasper	...	Rhoda Leiberman
Ellen David	...	Eleanor Gelfand
Lisa Bronwyn Moore	...	Norma Fogler
Victoria Barkoff	...	Selma Levitsky (as Vicky Barkoff)
Tamar Kozlov	...	Wendy Green
Lisa Jakub	...	Myra Naidell
Joseph Perrino	...	Ross Epstein
Jesse Lavendel	...	Carl Applebaum
James Hayes Liboiron	...	Jeffrey Fogler (as James Liboiron)
Howard Rosenstein	...	Sheldon Dymbort
Mal Z. Lawrence	...	Comedian
Joel Miller	...	Sid Shapiro
Bill Brownstein	...	Customer #1
Sam Gesser	...	Customer #2
Julie Kavner	...	P.A. Announcer (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Neil Armstrong	...	Himself (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage)

Directed by
Tony Goldwyn

Writing credits (WGA)
Pamela Gray		(written by)

Produced by
Graham Burke	....	executive producer
Jay Cohen	....	producer
Greg Coote	....	executive producer
Laura Gherardi	....	associate producer
Tony Goldwyn	....	producer
Lee Gottsegen	....	producer
Dustin Hoffman	....	producer
Neil Koenigsberg	....	producer
Josette Perrotta	....	co-producer
Murray Schisgal	....	producer
Lemore Syvan	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Mason Daring

Cinematography by
Anthony B. Richmond

Film Editing by
Dana Congdon

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Ann Goulder
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Dan Leigh

Art Direction by
Gilles Aird

Costume Design by
Jess Goldstein

Makeup Department
Josee Beaulac	....	additional assistant hair stylist
Michelle Côté	....	assistant hair stylist (as Michelle Cote)
Diane Geraldine Courchesne	....	additional assistant hair stylist (as Diane Geraldine Courshesne)
Nicole Dion	....	additional assistant hair stylist
Lizane La Salle	....	assistant makeup artist
Martine Léveillé	....	additional assistant hair stylist (as Martine Leveille)
Brigitte McCaughry	....	additional assistant makeup artist (as Brigitte Mccaughry)
Sabin Paradis	....	additional assistant hair stylist
Bob Pritchett	....	key hair stylist
Pierre Saindon	....	additional assistant makeup artist
Diane Simard	....	key makeup artist
Robert Vienneau	....	additional assistant hair stylist
Candy L. Walken	....	hair stylist: Diane Lane

Production Management
John Chamberlin	....	unit manager: second unit, New York
Michel Chauvin	....	production manager
Jean-Yves Dolbec	....	unit manager
Pierre Lapointe	....	assistant unit manager
Melissa Marr	....	production manager: second unit, New York

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles-André Bertrand	....	trainee assistant director (as Charles-Andre Bertrand)
Julie Coulombe	....	additional third assistant director
Pedro Gandol	....	first assistant director
Jean-Sébastien Lord	....	third assistant director (as Jean-Sebastien Lord)
Philippe Morin	....	additional third assistant director
Louise Renault	....	second assistant director (as Louise Evangeline Renault)
Antoine Saito	....	additional third assistant director

Art Department
Vincent Aird	....	swing gang
Serge Archambault	....	head scenic painter
Claude Beaulieu	....	carpenter
Annette Bélanger	....	art department coordinator (as Annette Belanger)
Patrice Bengle	....	property master
Andre Brazeau	....	chief carpenter
Serge Cote	....	daily painter
Francine Danis	....	key set dresser
François Gosselin	....	swing gang (as Francois Gosselin)
Geoffroy Gosselin	....	swing gang
Paul Hotte	....	set dresser
Myriam Landry	....	assistant props buyer
Gilles Léonard	....	props buyer
Louis-George Lepage	....	carpenter
Carl Lessard	....	graphic designer
Jean-Phillipe Marsan	....	swing gang
Alain Martineau	....	scenic painter
René Patenaude	....	scenic painter (as Rene Patenaude)
Gabriel Perusse	....	carpenter
Christian Proulx	....	carpenter
Mario Racicot	....	assistant property master
Jean Simard	....	swing gang
Peter Stratford	....	draftsman
Carlo Vivocchi	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Louis Bertini	....	foley editor
Danielle Capawanna	....	audio post coordinator
Eric A. Christoffersen	....	stereo sound technician: Dolby
Ryan Collison	....	foley artist
Jonathan Daitch	....	apprentice sound editor (as Jonathan S. Daitch)
Claude La Haye	....	sound mixer
Brian Langman	....	assistant sound editor
George A. Lara	....	foley engineer (as George Lara)
Lisa J. Levine	....	supervising adr editor
Dimitri Médard	....	sound trainee (as Dimitri Medard)
Sylvia Menno	....	dialogue editor (as Sylvia Jessica Menno)
Francis Péloquin	....	boom operator (as Francis Peloquin)
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	adr editor: Los Angeles (as Victoria Sampson)
Steve Schwartz	....	assistant sound editor
Jeffrey Stern	....	sound effects editor
Jeffrey Stern	....	supervising sound editor
Dominick Tavella	....	sound re-recording mixer
Roland Vajs	....	systems engineer
Brian Vancho	....	foley artist
David Novack	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Louis Craig	....	special effects
Antonio Vidosa	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Lisa Bechard	....	effects production manager: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Jesse Bradstreet	....	systems administrator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Alex Busby	....	digital paint artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Nick Hsieh	....	digital paint artist: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Kelvin Kanagaraj	....	animator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Bob Munroe	....	animation director: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Bob Munroe	....	visual effects supervisor: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Costa Roussakis	....	systems administrator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Ralph Sevazlian	....	effects technical director: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Lisa Wyse	....	effects production coordinator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Colin Cunningham	....	3D animator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures (uncredited)
Ralph Sevazlian	....	effects animator: C.O.R.E. digital pictures (uncredited)

Stunts
Ben Gauthier	....	stunt double: Walker
Héléna Laliberté	....	stunt double: Pearl (as Helena Laliberte)
David McKeown	....	stunt coordinator (as Dave Mckeown)
Minor Mustain	....	stunt coordinator
Minor Mustain	....	stunt double: Marty
Minor Mustain	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Fabrice Barrilliet	....	electrician
Martin Bayard	....	additional grip
Kelly Baylis	....	grip
Robert B. Baylis	....	best boy grip (as Robert Bruce Baylis)
Claude Beauchamp	....	additional first assistant camera
Pierre Beaulieu	....	electrician
Oliver Bokelberg	....	director of photography: New York second unit
Jerome Bouchard	....	additional grip
Claude Boulet	....	camera remote technician
Yvan Brunet	....	additional first assistant camera
Stéphane Charron	....	additional electrician (as Stephane Charron)
François Daignault	....	Steadicam operator (as Francois Daignault)
François Daignault	....	additional camera operator (as Francois Daignault)
Martin D'Arcangeli	....	additional grip
Mathieu Décary	....	first assistant camera (as Mathieu Decary)
Pascal-Rene Gabriele	....	camera trainee
David Galbraith	....	first assistant camera (as Dave Galbraith)
Julie Garceau	....	camera video assist
Robert Guertin	....	additional camera operator
Normand Hamilton	....	generator operator (as Normen Hamilton)
Jean-Marc Hébert	....	gaffer (as Jean-Marc Hebert)
Edith Labbe	....	second assistant camera
Sylvain Labrecque	....	additional grip
Patrice Lapointe	....	grip
Richard Lavigne	....	additional grip
Luc Lussier	....	additional first assistant camera
Nicolas Marion	....	additional first assistant camera
Bruno Martel	....	additional electrician
Alain Masse	....	key grip
Nicolas Monette	....	electrician
Marie-Andrée Paquet	....	additional first assistant camera (as Marie-Andree Paquet)
Mathieu Price	....	grip
Martin Protat	....	additional second assistant camera
Charles Proulx	....	generator operator
Alain Rousseau	....	additional second assistant camera
Normand Simpson	....	additional grip
Robert Stecko	....	camera operator
Derek Walker	....	assistant camera: second unit, New York
Jonathan Wenk	....	still photographer
Denis Zawadski	....	best boy electric

Casting Department
Lise Beauchamp	....	extras casting
Bike Bucci	....	extras casting
Vera Miller	....	casting: Canada
Deborah Maxwell Dion	....	casting associate: Los Angeles (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sophie Beasse	....	head dresser
Richard Brunet	....	additional assistant dresser
Suzanne Canuel	....	costumer
Céline Caron	....	assistant dresser (as Celine Caron)
Daniel Fortin	....	costume assistant
Diane LeBlanc	....	seamstress
Ginette Magny	....	assistant costume designer
Marie-Hélène Ménard	....	additional wardrobe (as Marie-Helene Menard)
Art Reasonover	....	dresser: extras
Nelson Junior Sab	....	additional assistant dresser
Frederique Sarrazin	....	assistant dresser

Editorial Department
Alex Belth	....	apprentice editor
Claudette Duff	....	assistant editor: Montreal
Dan Edelstein	....	editorial consultant
Mark Ginsberg	....	color timer
Fred Heid	....	color timer
Gershon Hinkson	....	assistant editor
Sandra Nash	....	assistant editor
Mario Ontal	....	assistant editor
Michel Proulx	....	head cutter
John Rogers	....	post-production executive
Tony Romano	....	color coordinator: Technicolor
Beatrice Sisul	....	assistant editor
Stan Sztaba	....	negative cutter: Match Cut Inc.
Joe Violante	....	color coordinator: Technicolor (as Joey Violante)
Todd Zongker	....	first assistant editor
Rick Greenhead	....	telecine colorist (uncredited)
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher (uncredited)

Music Department
Vicki Arkoff	....	music coordinator (as Vicky Arkoff)
Dana Brayton	....	orchestrator
Martin Brody	....	orchestrator
Paul Bryan	....	musician: bass
Deborah Henson Conant	....	musician: harp (as Deborah Henson-Conant)
Stephan R. Goldman	....	executive music producer
Stephan R. Goldman	....	executive music supervisor
Michael Golub	....	music engineer
Bones Howe	....	production music supervisor
Shane Koss	....	musician: synthesizer
Duke Levine	....	musician: guitar
Jill Meyers	....	music clearances
Patrick Mullins	....	music editor
Billy Novick	....	musician: clarinet
Billy Novick	....	orchestrator
Dave Shacter	....	music engineer
Dave Shacter	....	music mixer
Kenny White	....	musician: keyboard
Ken Wittman	....	musician: drums

Transportation Department
Christian Biron	....	driver
Michel Brouillette	....	picture car coordinator
Nicolas Carasoulis	....	driver (as Nicholas Carasoulis)
Bertrand Charette	....	office driver
Bob Cuoco	....	picture vehicles
Sid DeGroat Jr.	....	picture vehicles (as Sid Degroat Jr.)
Walter Diaz	....	driver
Jim Disensi	....	transportation coordinator
Marco Fania	....	driver
Linda Hebert	....	driver
David Leblanc	....	driver
Frank Macedonia	....	picture vehicles
Luc Poirier	....	picture car coordinator
Rino Vertone	....	driver (as Rino Vetrone)
Joseph 'Tino' Viscusi	....	driver captain
Ted Wilson	....	driver (as Teddy Wilson)
Charlie Zed	....	driver (as Charles Zed)

Other crew
John Alagna	....	titles and opticals: The Effects House
Marco Antonucci	....	assistant craft service
Danielle Boucher	....	production coordinator
Guylaine Boucher	....	assistant production coordinator
Jacques Boulanger	....	additional production assistant
Luc Bouthillier	....	additional production assistant
Eric Boutin	....	additional production assistant
Sandra-Catherine Briand	....	production receptionist (as 'Kate' Sandra-Catherine Briand)
Alex Buissiere	....	additional production assistant
Martin Charbonneau	....	additional production assistant
Francis Choquette	....	production assistant
Alex Cohn	....	location manager: second unit, New York
Jessie Cromwell	....	assistant to producers
Julie Cyrenne	....	assistant production accountant
Catherine Dawe	....	location manager
Gaetan Fluet	....	catering assistant
Julie Fontaine	....	post coordinator: New York
Chantale Fortin	....	assistant production accountant (as Chantal Fortin)
Julie Garceau	....	stand-in
Larry Gray	....	technical advisor
Claude Guillet	....	additional receptionist
Laurie Hawes	....	production accountant
Andrew Jackson	....	assistant: Neal Koenigsberg
Annika Krausz	....	assistant to actors
Francois Labrie	....	additional production assistant
France Lachapelle	....	script supervisor
Marc Laurin	....	stand-in
Phillippe Lebel	....	location scout
Denis Lemieux	....	additional production assistant
Julia Lenardon	....	stand-in
Michel Leroux	....	production assistant
Jeremy Olsher	....	production assistant: second unit, New York
Jess Platt	....	dialect coach
Jean-Clément Renaud	....	additional production assistant (as Jean-Clement Renaud)
Andrée Roy	....	additional production assistant (as Andree Roy)
Dominique Sauve	....	stand-in
Jay Schinderman	....	assistant: Jay Cohen
Stéphane St-Germain	....	craft service (as Stephane St. Germain)
Jose Uria	....	production assistant
Marianne Wisenthal	....	assistant: Tony Goldwyn
Jason Zelin	....	production executive
Guylaine Boucher	....	production secretary (uncredited)
Jennifer Zolten Freed	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Ken Korrall	....	location scout (uncredited)

Thanks
Hal Ackerman	....	thanks
Bruno Barreto	....	thanks
Josh Braun	....	thanks
Robert B. Fischer	....	thanks
Eleanor Furman	....	thanks
Arlene Gray	....	thanks
Donna Gray	....	thanks
Kevin Gray	....	thanks
Larry Gray	....	thanks
Roy Mason	....	thanks: The Corner Drug Store, South Fallsberg, NY
Bill Nisselson	....	thanks
Fredda Rose	....	thanks
Gary Rydstrom	....	thanks
Ira Schreck	....	thanks
David Seltzer	....	thanks
William Steinkamp	....	thanks (as Bill Steinkamp)
Seymour Stein	....	thanks
Catherine Tarr	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Miramax Films (presents)
• Punch 21 Productions (as Punch 21)
• Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with)
• Groucho Film Partnership (in association with)

Distributors

• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Mars Distribution (France)
• Miramax Films

Special Effects

• C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures (digital effects and animation)
• Intrigue (special effects) (uncredited)

Other Companies

• AON/Ruben-Winkler Entertainment Insurance  insurance brokers (as AON/Ruben-Winkler)
• Clairmont Camera  camera systems (as Clairmont)
• Commission de Developpement Economique d'Argenteuil  the producers wish to thank
• Corner Drug Store Store  the producers wish to thank
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA)  the producers wish to thank
• Daring Studios  music recorded and mixed at (as Daring Studios, Massachusetts)
• Dr. Seuss Enterprises  book publisher: "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" ©1960, 1968 used by consent
• Effects House, The  titles and opticals
• Elite Productions  casting: Montreal
• Film Commission of Montreal  the producers wish to thank (as The Montreal Film Commission)
• Film Finances Canada  completion bond
• Gennytech  generators
• Heavylight Inc.  end credits
• Kodak  motion picture film
• Les Gougettes St-Germain  catering
• Locations Michel Trudel  grip and electrical equipment
• MRC Pays d'En Haut (Parc Lineatre Petit Train du Nord)  the producers wish to thank
• Match Cut Film Services  color timing
• Municipality of Arundel  the producers wish to thank
• Municipality of Mille-Isles  the producers wish to thank
• Municipality of Ste Agathe Nord  the producers wish to thank
• Municipality of Ste-Adele  the producers wish to thank
• Municipality of Ste-Lucie  the producers wish to thank
• NCJ Education Services  tutoring: Ms. Paquin
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  the producers wish to thank (as The Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Television, NYC)
• New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture & Television Development  the producers wish to thank (as The Governor's Office of Film, New York)
• Newmarket Capital Group  production financing
• Planet 10 Post  sound editorial (as Planet to Post Inc.)
• Quebec Ministry of Transport  the producers wish to thank
• Quebec Provincial Police  the producers wish to thank
• Ready Set Tutors  tutoring: Mr. Perrino
• Red Apple Restaurant  the producers wish to thank
• Sabliere Laurentine  the producers wish to thank
• Screen Actors Guild (SAG)  the producers wish to thank
• Sire Records Company  soundtrack album available on
• Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC)  the producers wish to thank (as S.O.D.E.C.)
• Sound One Corporation  sound re-recorded at
• Sound Techniques  music recorded and mixed at (as Sound Techniques, Massachusetts)
• Sound on Sound  music recorded and mixed at
• Trevanna Post  production accounting: New York
• U.S. Games Systems Inc.  used by permission: Rider-Waite Tarot Deck illustrations, ©1972

Also Known As:

Blouse Man (USA) (working title)
Kiss the Sky (USA) (working title)
La tentación (USA: Spanish title)
Over the Moon (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Malaysia:18SX (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (re-rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Singapore:R(A) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Spain:18 | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Arundel, Québec, Canada

Company:

Miramax Films

Trivia:

Diane Lane wanted Viggo Mortensen to be in the film so much that she gave up part of her salary so that the production could afford him.

Goofs:

Factual errors: On July 20, 1969, the moon was only 6 days old - roughly a half moon as viewed from the film's location - and would have set by 11 pm, but on the night of the moon landing, they show a full moon, high in the sky.

Quotes:

Lilian Kantrowitz: [after the Blouse Man tells her to get some meat tenderizer to treat Danny's wasp bites] Meat tenderizer? What is he - a pot roast?

Movie Connections:

Features King Rat (1965)

Soundtrack:

Helplessly Hoping

A Tasty 'Period Piece' from the 1960s!

A WALK ON THE MOON as written by Pamela Gray ("Music of the Heart") and directed by actor Tony Goldman conjures up more atmosphere for the year 1969 than any film to date. Remember Woodstock, the Jewish summer retreats in the Catskills, hippies, face and body painting, threats from the Vietnam era and promises of space habitation by the famous first walk on the moon? It is all faithfully created here as the background for a lovely little sentimental tale about family and fidelity.

The Kantrowitz family - Pearl (Diane Lane), Marty (Liev Schreiber), Alison (Anna Paquin), Daniel (Bobby Boriello) and Marty's mother Lilian (Tovah Feldshuh) - are spending their usual summer away form New York in a Catskill settlement bungalow along with other Jewish families of the same ilk. All seems swell, except that Marty must spend the weekdays returning to his job as a TV repairman, leaving the family under Pearl's and Lilian's care until his weekend visits. A hippie blouse salesman Walker Jerome (Viggo Mortensen) peddles his wares to the settlement and casually but inevitably Pearl feels an attraction to Walker, the man of adventure who represents all the lost dreams of becoming a mother and wife at the too early age of 17. Life has slipped her by but feels salvageable in Walker's advances.

Woodstock is close by and Pearl and Walker spend a day of hippie love-in in the crowd, not knowing that teenage Alison is also there observing their free love antics. This crisis event affects the family's unity and the way Pearl faces her moment of indiscretion with Marty and her children builds to a terrific climax.

Diane Lane, Viggo Mortenson, Liev Schreiber and Tovah Feldshuh completely inhabit these simple characters and pull us into accepting all aspects of the predicament of this family crisis. The confrontation among Lane, Schreiber and Mortenson is a trio of acting not to be forgotten. Tony Goldwyn has paced his film beautifully and proves that he has as great skill as a director as well as an actor. The cinematography by Anthony B. Richmond is as recreative of a special time on our history as has been captured. This little film will stay with you long after the credits are over. Grady Harp