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| Directed by | Tom DiCillo |
| Written by | Tom DiCillo |
| Produced by | Thomas Bliss Marcus Viscidi |
| Starring | John Turturro Sam Rockwell Catherine Keener Lisa Blount Annie Corley Dermot Mulroney |
| Cinematography | Paul Ryan |
| Edited by | Camila Toniolo |
| Music by | Jim Farmer |
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| Distributed by | Trimark Pictures (United States) Largo International (International) |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Countries | United States Japan |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $782,641 |
Box of Moonlight is a 1996 Americancomedy-drama film written and directed byTom DiCillo, and starringJohn Turturro,Sam Rockwell,Lisa Blount andCatherine Keener.
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Al Fountain is a methodical and somewhatneurotic engineer. On the way home from work after leaving his construction site, he takes a side trip fornostalgia's sake in thewoodland area. There he meets Buck "The Kid", an eccentric character who gives him a new perspective on his life. The two men bond with two women with similar personalities. The pair swap stories and ideas. The kid lives outside with many items and furniture in the woods. They rob a man's tomatoes from his garden and vandalize the factory that Al works at. The two part ways with Al having a different and more free outlook.
Production was done mostly in autumn of 1995 in and around Knoxville, Tennessee on a thirty-five day shooting schedule and a budget of 3.5 million dollars.[1][2]
Themotel that Turturro's character stays at during his trip is a now closed but still[when?] there is a motel inMaryville, Tennessee, that is named the 411 Motel, on Hwy 411 in Maryville, TN(35°42′53″N84°01′13″W / 35.714640°N 84.020166°W /35.714640; -84.020166).
The strip club used was "Bambi's" on the Alcoa Highway which is now[when?] called Ball Gentlemen's Club in Knoxville, TN(35°54′34″N83°57′22″W / 35.909554°N 83.956060°W /35.909554; -83.956060).
Many of the scenes were shot in South Knoxville near Seymour, Strawberry Plains, Greenback, and Norris Lake and have been drastically changed since shooting due to mining, suburban development, and culture.[3]
The wrestling scenes that Al and The Kid watch were filmed during an actualSmoky Mountain Wrestling event with Buddy Landell as thegood guy andHeadbanger Thrasher as "Saddam Insane" in 1995.
Most of the in-town driving scenes were filmed in East and North Knoxville, Maryville, and Alcoa. Many of the routes are not consistent.
Box of Moonlight has acult following amongTom DiCillo andcounterculture fans.Janet Maslin ofThe New York Times wrote in July 1997 that "the 1970s-style premise ofBox of Moonlight is so dated and fanciful that this quixotic film winds up seeming amazingly fresh."[4] On a July 26, 1997 episode ofSiskel & Ebert, it received two thumbs up fromGene Siskel andRoger Ebert.[5]
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 61% of 18 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10.[6]
The 1998 Lions Gate release includes a "secret" commentary by Tom DiCillo that is not listed on the packaging.
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