| | | There's One Thing About Marriage That Hasn't Changed...The Way You Hurt When it Begins to Fall Apart.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, English, French, Subtitled
A family is destroyed when a marriage crumbles under the burden of lost love in this poignant domestic drama. When the Dunlaps (Albert Finney and Diane Keaton) fall out of love after 15 years together, they turn to new lovers to rekindle their passion.
"...a sophisticated, realistic, and affecting screenplay...excellent performances from all members of the cast." Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
"...funny, harrowing, intelligent and moving...[Finney gives an] anguished, biting, full-length performance..." The New York Times
Editor's Note
George Dunlap (Albert Finney) and his wife, Faith (Diane Keaton), two well-educated, freethinking products of the 1960s, appear to have it all: a beautiful house, four healthy daughters, and money in the bank. But looks can be deceiving, and in truth their marriage took a turn for the worse years ago. Fed up with the sporadic feuds and the facade of happiness, George walks out on his family and moves in with his girlfriend, Sandy (Karen Allen). Faith also seeks new romance and falls for a local contractor, Frank (Peter Weller). Their daughters suffer the most, however, and both George and Faith learn that breaking up is more difficult than they imagined.A poignantly emotional drama, SHOOT THE MOON exposes the problems of an Age of Aquarius couple struggling into the era of the yuppie. Director Alan Parker (MISSISSIPPI BURNING) and screenwriter Bo Goldman closely detail the breakup of the two ultraliberals who find it difficult to live up to the responsibilities of marriage and the traditions and pressures of the American dream. Parker, as is his wont, offers a critique of contemporary culture while delivering an entertaining, memorable film.
Plot Summary
The problems of a married couple whose relationship is falling apart are compounded by the fact that they have a large family.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/6/2007 |
| Running Time: 124 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1981 | | Catalog ID: 79721 | | UPC: 00012569797215 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (1983) | | | British Academy Awards, Albert Finney, Best Actor | | | Golden Globe, Albert Finney, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | | | Golden Globe, Diane Keaton, Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | |
Nominee (1982) | | | Cannes Film Festival, Alan Parker, Golden Palm Award |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Funny, harrowing, intelligent and moving....[Finney gives an] anguished, biting, full-length performance..." 01/22/1982 p.C13USA Today
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Albert Finney is edgibly unpredictable....And Diane Keaton is close to her peak..." 11/16/2007 p.9E Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Alan Parker's Shoot the Moon is a film that sometimes keeps its painful secrets even from itself. It opens with a shot of a man in agony. In another room, his wife, surrounded by four noisy daughters, dresses for a dinner that evening at which the man will be honored. The man has to pull himself together. His voice is choking with tears, he telephones the woman he loves and tells her how hard it will be to get through the evening without her. Then he puts on his rumpled tuxedo and marches out to do battle. As we watch this scene, we assume that the movie will answer several of the questions it raises, such as: What went wrong in the marriage? Why is the man in such agony? What is the nature of his love for the other woman? One of the surprises in Shoot the Moon is that none of these questions is ever quite answered, and we are asked to fill in the gaps ourselves...Shoot the Moon is a rare, good film, and yet, afterward, most of my thoughts were about how it might have been better. It is frustrating to feel that the filmmakers knew their characters intimately, but chose to reveal them only in part. - Roger Ebert
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