A Walk on the Moon (1999)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

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:

Family Relationships | Nudity | Mahjong | Wasp Sting | Sibling Rivalry

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		(director of photography)

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 Inc.  generators
• Heavylight Inc.  end credits
• Kodak  motion picture film
• Les Gougettes St-Germain  catering
• Locations Michel Trudel Inc.  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)
Over the Moon (USA) (working title)
Tentación, La (USA: Spanish title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (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:

Miscellaneous: We hear "Uncle John's Band" (Grateful Dead) which wasn't performed until December 1969.

Quotes:

P.A. Announcer: The blouse man is on the premises.

Movie Connections:

Features King Rat (1965)

Soundtrack:

The Fish Cheer

Working print screened Feb. 17, 1999, this film once carried working title "Blouse Man" and should have been left on the rack.

Recently, I had opportunity to view a working print in Kansas City (Olathe, KS.) of this title. It is difficult for me, being a lover of the art as I am, to report the following, but, the truth sometimes hurts, and quite frankly after sitting through this tripe (I'm using the slang definition here - worthless statements or writing) for an hour and a half, I feel obligated to share (WARN) any interested parties. Let's begin at the beginning, a good place to start as always. The first 15 minutes are not really that bad, a couple of laughs, and decent development, but then it is downhill from there. This is the story of a woman, in her mid thirties, that (as the writer would like for you to believe) is dissatisfied with her life and unfulfilled. The first major difficulty occurs when if you don't know that fact going into the movie, you won't know it when she suddenly risks it all for, in my opinion, a very unkempt and unlikely fling with a local salesman. There is little development (drastically insufficient development) to justify her actions for the affair she has, and when it occurs, one feels, as I did, that she is just of low moral character. The word "slut" comes to mind, hopefully, they'll let that pass the review and post the comment. This, in my opinion, is the first fatal flaw of the film. If you're married or have ever been in love, irregardless of whether you are male or female, its going to turn you off. Quite frankly, I feel that it would have made a much better "blue movie" - that's the level in my opinion of which the screenplay is deserving. The second fatal flaw is the casting, Diane Lane just didn't work for me here, and Viggo Mortensen is not the right man for the job, believe me. The only saving grace to the entire film is Anna Paquin, the depth of her ability as a fine actress shines in places, conveying a subtle yet very blunt (I apologize for the dichotomy but it is accurate) portrayal of an emerging teen. Bravo, well done. I'm not going to give the ending away, but I was disappointed, being billed as a slice of life romance is one thing... but an ending like that.... Well, if that teased you enough to see this picture, don't say I didn't warn you, but you better look fast - if this celluloid is released, I doubt it goes four weeks before bursting into flames. I'd say wait for the video, but the free sex education tapes at most video rental outlets have more entertainment value. Hmmm, Dustin Hoffman produced this, you think he'd learn after Ishtar. This film once carried the working title "Blouse Man" and should have been left on the rack. If you've never in your life wanted to walk out on a film, give this one 35-40 minutes, the only thing worth staying for is Anna Paquin, if you can stomach the fact that you'll find your mind drifting to whether or not you took out the garbage before you left home, which is probably where you should have stayed in the first place if you're off to the movies to see this one. That's my two cents, for what it is worth.