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Box of Moon Light

Year:

1997

Duration:

112 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

Tom DiCillo

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-07-25

Filming Locations: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $13,500 (USA) (27 July 1997)

Gross: $720,717 (USA) (21 September 1997)

Cast

Actor

Character

Alexander Goodwin

John Turturro

Al Fountain

Sam Rockwell

The Kid

Catherine Keener

Floatie Dupre

Lisa Blount

Purlene Dupre

Annie Corley

Deb Fountain

Dermot Mulroney

Wick

Mike Stanley

Doob

Rica Martens

Doris

Ray Aranha

Soapy

Robert Wightman

Dex

James Richardson

Taco

Stephen Dupree

Elwood

Eugene Wolf

Lyle

Reathel Bean

Luvven Coddle

Betty Wills Stephens

Wynelle Coddle

Linda Libby

Curious Waitress

Ernest R. Ogg

Motel Clerk

Gary Lowery

Earl Sykes

Bodi Soham

Willard Snarp

Horace E. Smith

Barnett

Stuart Greer

Stinky

John E. Davis

Sheriff

Gene Patterson

Male Newscaster

Kristin Hoke

Female Newscaster

Buddy Landel

Uncle Samson

Chaz Warrington

Castroater

Glenn Ruth

Saddam Insane

David Copeland

(uncredited)

E. Parker Webb

Drunkard (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The swimming hole is actually an abandoned 350 foot deep quarry. DiCillo told all who went in that it was only 25 feet deep max. An expert swimmer at a nearby quarry was bitten by a poisonous snake and drowned several days before filming began.

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Features wrestling from Smokey Mountain Wrestling.

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Appeared on Entertainment Weekly's list of The 50 Best Movies You've Never Seen in the Jul 16, 2012 issue.

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Goofs

When watching wrestling and eating hot dogs with the Kid, Al's hot dog goes from half-eaten to him taking the first bite of it back to half-eaten depending on the camera angle.

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Quotes

The Kid: [after Al fix his car] Look at that! You're a goddamn wizard, Al!

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Luvven Coddle: I sense a - a yearning in you - a - a searching - almost - as if you're lost. You've been lost for a long, long time. Am I right?... You found Jesus, Al.

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The Kid: You used to be a cheerleader, didn't you?

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