A Walk on the Moon(1999)

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Synopsis

Set in Woodstock, the summer of 1969, a frustrated, beautiful young Brooklyn housewife, Pearl Kantrowitz, spends her summer in the Catskills. Her world is turned around when she has an affair with a free-wheeling traveling salesman, Walker Jerome--a charming and quietly seductive hippie. Pearl cannot help herself even as she begins to realize the consequences of her intense attraction. Pearl is having the time of her life--and she is finally becoming the person she always wanted to be. But when her foray to the Woodstock Festival in the arms of Walker Jerome results in a shattering family revelation, she must reconcile her old life with her new desires and dreams.
Set in Woodstock, the summer of 1969, a frustrated, beautiful young Brooklyn housewife, Pearl Kantrowitz, spends her summer in the Catskills. Her world is turned around when she has an affair with a free-wheeling traveling salesman, …
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In Theaters

  • March 26, 1999

MPAA Rating

R (for sexuality, language and some drug use)

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Run Time

1 hour 47 minutes

Distributors

Miramax Films

Box Office

$4,741,987

Directors

Tony Goldwyn

Director

CAST

Diane Lane

Pearl Kantrowitz

Liev Schreiber

Marty Kantrowitz

Anna Paquin

Alison Kantrowitz

Tovah Feldshuh

Lilian Kantrowitz

Viggo Mortensen

Walker Jerome

Stewart Bick

Neil Leiberman
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