Pontiac Moon

Touching drama about a father and son’s journey across America in a vintage Pontiac, coinciding with the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. When eccentric teacher Washington decides it is time to take his mollycoddled son on a trip of a lifetime, his agoraphobic wife tries to draw the family back together., Touching comedy about an eventful family journey across the United States. Ted Danson plays a professor who wants to re-establish an emotional link with his son, while Danson’s real-life wife Mary Steenburgen attempts to keep her own problems under control and draw her family back together., Inspired by the 1969 moon landing, a teacher (Ted Danson) decides to take his son on a road trip. Mary Steenburgen. Andy: Ryan Todd. Ironplume: Eric Schweig. Lorraine: Cathy Moriarty. Jerome: Max Gail. Alicia: Lisa Jane Persky. Directed by Peter Medak., A dysfunctional family reunites during the Apollo XI moon landing in this drama starring real-life couple Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen. In 1969, eccentric teacher Washington Bellamy (Danson) turns the arrival of men on the moon into a science project for his son Andy (Ryan Todd). They drive across the country to Idaho’s Spires of the Moon National Park, where the odometer of Washington’s classic Pontiac Chief will read 238,857, the exact mileage traveled by Apollo XI. Left behind is wife and mother Katherine (Steenburgen), an agoraphobic who never recovered emotionally from a miscarriage seven years earlier. On the road, Washington and Andy encounter a Native American soldier (Eric Schweig), a flirty barfly (Cathy Moriarty) and Washington’s long-lost brother (Max Gail). Back home, Katherine nervously ventures outside to follow her family. When Washington’s car breaks down, he steals a new engine, bringing the authorities after him and leading to a rendezvous at the park between father, son, mother, and cops, as the astronauts simultaneously land on the moon. Pontiac Moon (1994) was a critical lemon for director Peter Medak, who enjoyed more success with his British crime dramas such as The Krays (1990) and Let Him Have It (1991).