Moonstruck (1987) (Criterion Collection, 2 DVDs)

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A full moon, a New York City night, and love and music in the air. One of the most enchanting romantic comedies of all time assembles a flawless ensemble cast for a tender and boisterously funny look at a multigenerational Italian American family in Brooklyn, wrestling with the complexities of love and marriage at every stage of life. At the center of it all is a radiant Cher as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love bookkeeper whose feelings about her engagement to the staid Johnny (Danny Aiello) are thrown into question after she meets his hot-blooded brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage), and one night at the opera changes everything. Winner of the Academy Awards for best actress (Cher), supporting actress (Olympia Dukakis), and original screenplay (by playwright John Patrick Shanley), this modern-day fairy tale is swept along on passionate Puccini melodies, and directed by master storyteller Norman Jewison with the heightened emotion to match.

TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

- New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Norman Jewison
- Audio commentary from 1998 featuring Jewison, actor Cher, and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley
- Introduction from 2013 featuring Cher
- New interview with Shanley
- New interview with scholar Stefano Albertini about the opera in the film
- Interviews from 1987 with Cher, Jewison, and actors Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, and Olympia Dukakis
- Interview from 2002 with actor Danny Aiello
- Interview from 1989 with Shanley about screenwriting and developing Moonstruck
- At the Heart of an Italian Family, a 2006 program about the making of the film
- The Music of “Moonstruck,” a 2006 program featuring interviews with Jewison and composer Dick Hyman
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- An essay by critic Emily VanDerWerff