The Moon And The Stars Movie
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It's All Make Believe, Perhaps That's Why We Love It. The World Outside Is So Cruel.
Together in Rome to shoot a film, a German actress (McCormack) and an English actor (Pryce) contend with forces that complicate their romance as well as the production itself.
| Jonathan Pryce | James Clavel, Scarpia |
| Alfred Molina | Davide Rieti |
| Catherine McCormack | Kristina Baumgarten, Tosca |
| András Bálint | László Molnár |
| Roberto Purvis | Alfonso Liguori, Cavaradossi |
| Rupert Friend | Renzo Daverio, Spoletta |
| Joanna Scanlan | Daisy Burke |
| Surama De Castro | Maria Grazia |
| Ivano Marescotti | Annibale Merolle |
| Niccolò Senni | Marcantonio Altieri |
| Francesco De Vito | Gargano |
| John Irvin |
5.80 out of 10 (149 votes)
Visitor Reviews
i think this movie is stellar!
posted on 27 Jan 2007It's not a Chinese-food-movie (you forget what you saw by the time you exit the theater) and it deals with so many identifiable issues....prejudice (adddressing the gay and Jewish population particularly), lost love, the longing for fantasy beyond day to day reality...it's set in a captivating time period (just as WWII broke out) in Italy, features FABULOUS actors who should all get NOMINATIONS, wonderful costumes and a romantic and delicious MUSICAL SCORE! As well, it's quite funny at times...bittersweet and was written by the sadly-no-longer-with-us playwright PETER BARNES (ENCHANTED APRIL, THE RULING CLASS) and directed by sleeping giant JOHN IRVIN.
Filmmakers scramble as war looms
posted on 30 May 2009I recently saw this at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival and director John Irvin was there to introduce the film. Irvin is a versatile director of drama, comedy, romance and action and has directed such films as Widow's Peak, Dogs of War, A Month by the Lake and the charming comedy The Boys from Clare County. This is the story of a wealthy gay and Jewish film producer (Alfred Molina) who is making a film based on Puccini's opera Tosca. A famous German diva (Catherine McCormack) is cast opposite a difficult English actor (Jonathyn Pryce) as filming gets under way on a famous sound stage in Rome as World War II in 1939 escalates around them threatening the film's completion. Good supporting performances from András Báalint, Niccolo Senni and Joana Scanlan. Veteran Hungarian cinematographer Elemér Ragályi does a good job here and the production value of production design, set decoration and costume design is top notch. The script and story fall a little short though with no on screen chemistry between Pryce and McCormick. It's worth a look and I would give it a 7.0 out of 10.