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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Nudity, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 10/12/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Miramax Members Wishing: 22 Genres: Drama, Romance, Romantic Drama, Period Film, Feminist Film, Family Drama

The personal turning points of a family in crisis are portrayed against the backdrop of one of America's most tumultuous summers in this drama. In 1969, Pearl Kantrowitz (Diane Lane) is spending the summer at a resort in the Catskills. Married to TV repairman Marty (Liev Schreiber) and the mother of two children, respectably middle-class Pearl feels trapped by domestic life and inwardly lusts after a traveling salesman named Walker (Viggo Mortensen). When Marty is called back to the city one weekend, Pearl impulsively arranges to meet Walker at a music festival going on in nearby Bethel, New York -- The Woodstock Music and Art Fair. However, Pearl doesn't realize that her teenage daughter Alison (Anna Paquin) has secret plans of her own, and when mother and daughter meet in the midst of hippiedoms's most celebrated moment, both have a lot of explaining to do, to each other and to Marty. A Walk On The Moon was produced in part by Dustin Hoffman, and premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Diane Lane - Pearl Kantrowitz
Liev Schreiber - Marty Kantrowitz
Anna Paquin - Alison Kantrowitz
Viggo Mortensen - Walker Jerome
Tovah Feldshuh - Lilian Kantrowitz

Tony Goldwyn's story of a woman's life in the sixties, A Walk on the Moon, comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making it difficult to recommend this film to anyone who is not already a fan of the film. Fans of the under-appreciated Diane Lane should enjoy her fine work here as well. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide