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Released
1991 · FILM

The Man in the Moon

A shy teenage girl’s secret affair with the town’s charismatic boy sparks a fierce rivalry with her younger sister, forcing both to confront love, betrayal, and the fragile ties that bind them.

“Remember when you couldn't wait for your life to begin... and then, one day, it did?”

Directed by
Robert Mulligan
Written by
Jenny Wingfield
Runtime
99 min
DramaRomance
Streaming on
  • Prime Video

Synopsis

Maureen Trant and her younger sister Dani share a close relationship, though this dynamic is disrupted by Court Foster, a local boy. Dani initially meets Court and develops a flirtatious connection with him, but when Court meets Maureen, he becomes deeply infatuated, and the two begin a passionate affair. Attempting to keep their relationship a secret from Dani, Maureen and Court are eventually discovered, leading Dani to reject her sister. However, a tragic accident later brings the sisters back together.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Trudy ShipShot by Freddie FrancisScored by James Newton HowardDesigned by Gene Callahan

Box Office

1991 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$2.9M

Budget$1.2M
Worldwide gross$2.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Der Mann im Mondde
  • Un été en Louisianefr
  • L'uomo della lunait

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