"Moonstruck Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley. It is about a widowed, 37-year-old, Italian-American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's estranged, hot-tempered younger brother. The film was released on December 16, 1987 in New York City, and then nationally on January 15, 1988. It was nominated for six Oscars at the 60th Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Cher), and Best Supporting Actress (Olympia Dukakis). Thirty-seven-year-old Loretta Castorini, an Italian-American widow, lives in Brooklyn Heights, New York, with her family: father Cosmo; mother"
"(1985), Liam Neeson's mute homeless veteran in ""Suspect"" (1987), and Nicolas Cage's socially isolated baker with a wooden hand in ""Moonstruck"" (1987). Film critic Kathleen Rowe wrote of ""Moonstruck"" that the depiction of Cher's character as ""a 'woman on top' [is] enhanced by the unruly star persona Cher brings to the part'"". For ""Moonstruck"", Cher was ranked 1st on ""Billboard""'s list of ""The 100 Best Acting Performances by Musicians in Movies"", and her performance was described as ""the standard by which you mentally check all others"". ""Moonstruck"" was acknowledged by the American Film Institute as the eighth best romantic comedy"
"with actors Val Kilmer, Eric Stoltz, and Tom Cruise, hockey player Ron Duguay, film producer Josh Donen, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, and Rob Camilletti, an 18-years-younger bagel baker whom she dated from 1986 to 1989. Cher starred in three films in 1987. In ""Suspect"", she played a public defender who is both helped and romanced by one of the jurors in the homicide case she is handling. Along with Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer, she starred as one of three divorcees involved with a mysterious and wealthy visitor from hell who comes to a small New England town in"
"Married."" Other Cage roles included appearances in the acclaimed 1987 romantic-comedy film ""Moonstruck"", also starring Cher; the Coen Brothers cult-classic comedy ""Raising Arizona""; David Lynch's 1990 film ""Wild at Heart""; a lead role in Martin Scorsese's 1999 New York City paramedic drama ""Bringing Out the Dead""; and Ridley Scott's 2003 black comedy crime film ""Matchstick Men"", in which he played a con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cage has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, winning once for his performance as a suicidal alcoholic in ""Leaving Las Vegas"". His other nomination was for his portrayal of real-life screenwriter Charlie Kaufman"
"A Man in Love (1987 film) A Man in Love (, ) is a 1987 French-Italian drama film directed by Diane Kurys. Her first English language film, it was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Jane Steiner (Greta Scacchi) is an English-born actress considering giving up on her unfulfilling career as an actress to become a writer. She lives in France with her French mother Julia and English father Harry. By chance, during an excursion to Rome with her journalist father, she is offered a small part in an American film set in the 1950s about Cesare Pavese as"
"loosely based on her relationship with Steve. A Man in Love (1987 film) A Man in Love (, ) is a 1987 French-Italian drama film directed by Diane Kurys. Her first English language film, it was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Jane Steiner (Greta Scacchi) is an English-born actress considering giving up on her unfulfilling career as an actress to become a writer. She lives in France with her French mother Julia and English father Harry. By chance, during an excursion to Rome with her journalist father, she is offered a small part in an American film set"
"fiction film ""Cherry 2000"", which followed a business executive in the year 2017, and his relationship with a sex robot. The film was released directly-to-video in 1987. Griffith achieved mainstream success when Mike Nichols cast her as spunky secretary Tess McGill in the box-office hit ""Working Girl"" (1988), co-starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, and Joan Cusack. ""Variety"" noted of her performance: ""Griffith stands apart, both for her eagerness to break out of her clerical rut and her tenacity dealing with whomever seems to be thwarting her."" Griffith was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her"
"Nicolas Cage Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor, director and producer. During his early career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as ""Valley Girl"" (1983), ""Racing with the Moon"" (1984), ""Birdy"" (1984), ""Peggy Sue Got Married"" (1986), ""Raising Arizona"" (1987), ""Moonstruck"" (1987), ""Vampire's Kiss"" (1989), ""Wild at Heart"" (1990), ""Fire Birds"" (1990), ""Honeymoon in Vegas"" (1992), and ""Red Rock West"" (1993). Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in ""Leaving Las Vegas"" (1995) before"
"Vampire's Kiss Vampire's Kiss is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Robert Bierman and written by Joseph Minion. It stars Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Ashley. The film tells the story of a mentally ill literary agent whose condition turns even worse when he believes he was bitten by a vampire. It was a box office failure but went on to become a cult film. Peter Loew (Nicolas Cage) is a driven literary agent and an example of the stereotypical narcissistic and greedy yuppie of the 1980s, who is slowly going insane. He works"
"films: the thriller ""Suspect"", with Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson; the film has been credited for the high quality of acting despite the severe loopholes of the story. In particular, Cher, in the lead role, has received positive reviews. The fantasy film ""The Witches of Eastwick"", with Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer; and the romantic comedy ""Moonstruck"" with Nicolas Cage and Olympia Dukakis. ""Moonstruck"" is also her most commercial success to date, grossing over $80 million in the United States alone. During 1989–1991, Cher refused many roles, like ""The War of the Roses"", ""Thelma & Louise"" and ""The"
"of 1984. Following its release, the film premiered at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, and on May 20, 1985, it won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury prize. In 1987, the film received an Audience Award at the Warsaw International Film Festival. Birdy (film) Birdy is a 1984 American drama film based on William Wharton's 1978 novel of the same name. Directed by Alan Parker, it stars Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage. The film focuses on the friendship between Birdy (Modine) and Al Columbato (Cage), two teenage boys living in a working-class neighborhood in 1960s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The story is"
"it almost unsettling."" Vampire's Kiss Vampire's Kiss is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Robert Bierman and written by Joseph Minion. It stars Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Ashley. The film tells the story of a mentally ill literary agent whose condition turns even worse when he believes he was bitten by a vampire. It was a box office failure but went on to become a cult film. Peter Loew (Nicolas Cage) is a driven literary agent and an example of the stereotypical narcissistic and greedy yuppie of the 1980s, who is slowly going"
"which she sublimates by lavishing affection on her nephews and nieces. Vera is married with a child but the relationship is humdrum and loveless and she is restless and bored with her dreary home life, indulging her appetite for adventure and excitement through a series of flirtations with other men which sometimes go beyond the bounds of the socially acceptable towards the promiscuous. Charlotte is a cowed, fearful and flinching drudge, suffering severe physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her manipulative, brutal husband Geoffrey (James Mason), who constantly belittles and humiliates her in front of their three children."
"was nominated for nine BAFTA British Academy Television Awards and a winner of two, both for Dench's performance in 1982 and 1985. The series involves Laura Dalton, played by Dench, a single, middle-aged translator who is somewhat socially inept. Her glamorous younger sister Helen, played by Penhaligon, who is first seen in Janet Reger lingerie, and her husband Phil (Richard Warwick) pair her up with Mike Selway (Williams), a shy landscape gardener. The story follows their awkward romance and insecurities. Bad luck seems to follow them everywhere, from the ferry to Calais to an attempted romantic evening watching television. Laura"
"actress. For her role as a drug addict biker with a teenage son who has a severe physical deformity, she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. During the making of the film, however, she clashed with director Peter Bogdanovich. She attended the 58th Academy Awards in a tarantula-like costume ""to show her scorn for the 'system'"", according to authors James Parish and Michael Pitts. The incident garnered her much publicity. By 1987, Cher was receiving attention for her controversial lifestyle, including her tattoos, plastic surgeries, exhibitionist fashion sense, and affairs with younger men. She had romantic relationships"
"nature of the film's subject. On its American release, the film was championed by Madonna, Sean Penn and Francis Ford Coppola. Ultimately it proved too controversial for mass acceptance, and never received wide recognition. It is now considered by some to be one of the classic films of world cinema from the 1980s. Crazy Love (1987 film) Crazy Love is a 1987 film directed by Belgian director Dominique Deruddere. The film is based on various writings by author and poet Charles Bukowski, in particular ""The Copulating Mermaid of Venice, California"", which contains necrophilia. It was the first Flemish-Belgian film to"
"was originally cast in the lead role, but was fired for absenteeism due to illness and replaced by Powell. In the film, Powell's love affair with a wealthy Englishman (Peter Lawford) threatens to ruin the brother-sister act, while Astaire finds his own romance with (Sarah Churchill). The film is loosely based on Astaire's real-life career with his sister and early dancing partner Adele Astaire, who retired after marrying an English lord in 1932 and includes one of Astaire's most famous dance sequences: the ""You're All the World to Me"" number where he defies gravity by dancing first on the walls"
"grossed $35 million in the United States alone. Cher then appeared in the drama ""Mask"" (1985) directed by Peter Bogdanovich and with Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott and Laura Dern. The film is based on the life and early death of Roy L. ""Rocky"" Dennis, a boy who suffered from craniodiaphyseal dysplasia. The film was considered her first critical and commercial success as a leading actress and firmly established her as an actress. For her role as a mother of a severely disfigured boy, Cher won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1987, she starred in three"
"Suspect (1987 film) Suspect is a 1987 American mystery/courtroom drama film directed by Peter Yates and starring Cher, Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson. Other notable cast members include John Mahoney, Joe Mantegna, Fred Melamed and Philip Bosco. Around Christmas, a United States Supreme Court Justice commits suicide, for which no explanation or context is given. We see the justice making a tape recording and then shooting himself. Shortly thereafter, the body of Elizabeth Quinn, a file clerk at the Justice Department, is found floating in the Potomac River, and Carl Wayne Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless, deaf-mute Vietnam veteran, is"
"along with his plans and help him free Christine. This film is not to be confused with the 1988 film of the same title starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi. Red Heat (1985 film) Red Heat is a 1985 women in prison film starring Linda Blair and Sylvia Kristel. Christine Carlson (Linda Blair), an American college student, travels to West Germany to visit her fiancé Mike (William Ostrander), who is serving in the US Army there. She tries to convince him to marry her promptly, but he chooses to delay marriage in order to re-enlist. Distraught by Mike's decision, Christine"
"is fond of their step-father Pete, a friend of their late father, who died of a heart attack at the age of 39. His mother has been hospitalized in a mental institution in the past. Charles is obsessively in love with Laura, a married woman who once worked as a librarian for his employer. After she left her husband, they lived together briefly, but she returned home. He still yearns for a reconciliation with Laura. He must plow through his dull daily life while dealing with his feelings for her and coping with his family and his friend Sam. The"
"to the project to write the screenplay for the 1987 film adaptation starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins. The ""dramatis personae"" were expanded to include Hanff's Manhattan friends, the bookshop staff, and Doel's wife Nora, played by Judi Dench. Bancroft won a BAFTA Award as Best Actress; Whitemore and Dench were nominated for Director and Supporting Actress, respectively. The Chinese-Hong Kong film ""Book of Love"" or ""Finding Mr. Right 2"" (Chinese: 北京遇上西雅圖之不二情書) (2016) references, and is loosely inspired by, ""84, Charing Cross Road"". 84, Charing Cross Road 84, Charing Cross Road is a 1970 book by Helene Hanff, later made"
"his brother, Duane Allman, formed the Allman Brothers Band in 1969, which reached mainstream success with their 1971 live album ""At Fillmore East"". Shortly thereafter, Duane was killed in a motorcycle crash. The band continued, with ""Brothers and Sisters"" (1973) their most successful album. Allman began a solo career with ""Laid Back"" the same year, and was perhaps most famous for his marriage to pop star Cher for the rest of the decade. He had an unexpected late career hit with his cover of the song ""I'm No Angel"" in 1987, and his seventh solo album, ""Low Country Blues"" (2011),"
"English Grandfather"" was a breakthrough which won her the Caméra d'Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival, and both critical and popular acclaim. She moved to France early in the 1990s and directed several films including ""A Chef in Love"" (1996) which became the first, and so far the only, Georgian film to be nominated for the Academy Award. She is married to fellow Georgian writer and director Irakli Kvirikadze. Nana Jorjadze Nana Jorjadze (; born 24 August 1948) is a Georgian film director, scriptwriter and actress. Jorjadze was born in Tbilisi, and graduated first from a local musical school"
"and Meryl Streep's lesbian roommate in the film ""Silkwood"". When it premiered in 1983, audiences questioned Cher's ability as an actress. She recalls attending a film preview during which the audience laughed when they saw her name in the credits. For her performance, Cher received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture. In 1985, Cher formed the film production company Isis. Her next film, ""Mask"" (1985), reached number two at the box office and was Cher's first critical and commercial success as a leading"
"land can be confiscated. The plan is succeeding, as the villagers, egged on by the parson's shrewish mother, enthusiastically accept the Judge's message. Then saucy Faith Stewart (secretly a real witch) arrives from London for Thanksgiving with her cousins. Faith falls for Miles and accuses Sara of witchcraft. Miles must prove Sara's innocence before she is burned at the stake. Love at Stake Love at Stake is a 1987 American comedy film, directed by John C. Moffitt, based on a screenplay by Lanier Laney and Terry Sweeny. It stars Patrick Cassidy and Kelly Preston, with Barbara Carrera, Bud Cort, Dave"
"Wild at Heart (film) Wild at Heart is a 1990 American neo-noir black comedy-crime film written and directed by David Lynch, and based on Barry Gifford's 1989 novel of the same name, starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton, and Isabella Rossellini. Both the book and the film revolve around Sailor Ripley (Cage) and Lula Pace Fortune (Dern), a young couple from Cape Fear, North Carolina, who go on the run from her domineering mother and the gangsters she hires to kill Sailor. Lynch was originally going to produce, but after reading Gifford's book, he"
"Cher was originally cast as Mona Mondieu, but she backed out at the last minute. Singer/actress Dee Dee Bridgewater, who played Brandy, previously won a Tony Award for her role as Glinda in The Wiz on Broadway also under the direction of Gilbert Moses. The two later married. The Spinners recorded two songs for the movie. Actress/choreographer Debbie Allen and athlete Norm Nixon both appear in the film; they married in 1984. A novelization was released in 1979, written by Richard Woodley, based upon an early draft of the screenplay by Jaison Starkes and Edmond Stevens. As a consequence the"
"eight years, starring in the romantic musical comedy film ""Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again"". ""New York"" magazine's Viviana Olen and Matt Harkins commented that ""it's only at the climax of the movie when its true promise is fulfilled: Cher arrives ... It becomes clear that every single movie—no matter how flawless—would be infinitely better if it included Cher."" She stars as Ruby Sheridan, who is the grandmother of Sophie, played by Amanda Seyfried, and the mother of Donna, portrayed by Meryl Streep. Cher recorded two ABBA songs for the film's soundtrack: ""Fernando"" and ""Super Trouper"". Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA"
"until their bitter marriage mysteriously ended. Kate Mara guest stars as Hayden McClaine. In 1922, Charles Montgomery (Matt Ross) was a surgeon to the stars, who fell on hard times. After developing an addiction to anesthesia he began to conduct Frankenstein-like experiments in his spare time. His socialite wife, Nora (Lily Rabe), is disappointed by the austerity they must practice due to his lack of funds. In 1925, the couple argue about money in front of their infant son Thaddeus. Nora informs Charles that bill collectors have come once again and she is tired of it. She demands that Charles"
"lover for Lea that she wants him to be. Love in Paris Love in Paris (released as Another Weeks in the United States) is a romance/drama film released in 1997, a sequel to 1986's ""Weeks"". Mickey Rourke stars, reprising his original role as John Gray. Angie Everhart co-stars. This sequel was directed by Anne Goursaud and was released directly to video in the United States, receiving poor reviews. Ten years after Elizabeth (the character portrayed by Kim Basinger in the first film) left him, John has descended into a world of depression and loneliness, and is suicidal. When he receives"
"to any money. Country singer Leon Rausch's song ""Palimony"" went to #81 on the ""Billboard"" Country charts in 1980. ""Stuck on You!"" is a 1982 comedy film follows estranged couple Bill and Carol, who are in a palimony suit against each other. In the 1996 film ""The Birdcage"", which is adapted from the play ""La Cage Aux Folles"", Albert Goldman (played by Nathan Lane) asks for a palimony agreement from his partner, Armand Goldman (Robin Williams). Palimony was used as a form of revenge by the Bridgette Wilson character, Chelsea Turner, against her character's boyfriend Seth Winnick (played by French"
"Charles (Sam Milby); a hopeless romantic secretary, Barbara (Maja Salvador) who is helping her boss, Ken (Diether Ocampo) with ""personal issues""; Belle (Bea Alonzo) who is in love with her gay best-friend, Butch (Zanjoe Marudo), an advertising executive; Verna (Angelica Panganiban) who falls in love with Jane's older brother, Elvis (John Lloyd Cruz), a waiter in Vietnam; Jomar (Zaijan Jaranilla) an orphan who is trying to court Ayie (Xyriel Manabat) with the help of a 35-year-old mentally-challenged man named Pipoy (Piolo Pascual); Patty (Kim Chiu) who traces her first love, Alvin (Gerald Anderson) to become an underwear model for her"