Moonstruck

Cher won an Oscar for her portrayal of a young Italian-American widow who is swept off her feet by her fiancee’s brother (Nicolas Cage). This multi-Oscar-winning romantic comedy is a delight., Superstitious Italian-American widow Loretta is sort of happy to be engaged again, but it’s her fiancé’s hot- tempered younger brother Ronny who relights her fire. Snappy love story that won Oscars for Cher and her on-screen mother, Olympia Dukakis., Romantic comedy in which an independent woman agrees to marry an older man – and then finds herself inexorably drawn to his misfit younger brother when her intended takes leave to visit his sick mother. A quirky blend of wit and romanticism that explores the tangled relationships and foibles that besiege a close-knit Italian-American family. Winner of three Oscars. Best Actress, Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay., Widowed Cher, about to re-marry to dull Danny Aiello, contacts his brother (Nicholas Cage) to come to the wedding. They meet, fall in love and start an affair, which is counterpointed by her father’s (Vincent Gardenia) affair in Norman Jewison’s insider’s look at America’s Jewish community., A lonely Italian widow engaged to a boring man suddenly finds a romantic new love interest in her fiancé’s younger brother., When there’s a full moon over Brooklyn, anything can happen, and everything happens in the neighborhood where widowed bookkeeper Loretta Castorini (Cher) lives. First, Loretta agrees to marry a man she does not love, Johnny Cammareri (Danny Aiello), simply because he knows how to propose properly. Before the wedding can take place, Cammareri must visit his dying mother in Sicily. In his absence, Loretta is supposed to try to patch up the differences between Johnny and his brother, bakery operator Ronny Cammareri (Nicolas Cage). Having never forgiven Johnny for indirectly causing the accident that crippled him, Ronny flies into a rage whenever his brother’s name is mentioned. He does, however, fall for Loretta like a ton of bricks. After a torrid affair, Loretta tries to avoid Ronny out of respect to Johnny, but he’s just too fascinating to resist. Meanwhile, Loretta’s father (Vincent Gardenia) is fooling around with his mistress Mona (Anita Gillette), while Loretta’s mother (Olympia Dukakis) is wooed by a college professor (John Mahoney). These brief flings are forgiven and forgotten, but there’s still the delicate situation of Loretta being in love with her future brother-in-law. A now-classic romantic comedy, Moonstruck won Oscars for Cher, Olympia Dukakis, and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley., John Patrick Shanley’s charming screenplay is illuminated by Cher’s Oscar-winning performance as a widow who falls for her fiancé’s brother., Superstitious Italian-American widow Loretta is sort of happy to be engaged again, but it’s her fiancé’s hot-tempered younger brother Ronny who relights her fire., A Brooklyn widow, engaged to a mama’s boy, falls in love with her fiancé’s brother., In her Academy Award winning role, Cher, while waiting for her timid fiance to decide between her and his mother, falls in love with her fiance’s estranged brother, a bakery worker with a love of opera and life.