Moonstruck

Moonstruck (1987)

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Corrected entry: In the scene where the old grandfather is arriving home with the dogs, they all run up the stairs. One of the dogs misses one of the steps and smacks its head into a step before running on up.

Correction: This isn't trivia. Not only is it visible to anyone watching the film, it's very noticeable and unlikely anyone watching wouldn't see it.

Corrected entry: After mother has dinner with Perry and he walks her to her door, she remarks that it's chilly out. He closes the flap of his overcoat which hides his shirt and tie. As the shot goes back and forth between the two characters, the flap is sometimes open, sometimes closed.

Correction: There was wind blowing and he was moving his arms so it could easily open again.

Corrected entry: In a the bedroom sceen, the full moon casts a light that covers almost the entire headboard of Loretta's aunt and uncles' bed at first. But when the uncle gets up to look out the window and then looks back at the aunt in bed, the moonlight almost disappears from the headboard. When the uncle gets back in bed, the moonlight on the headboard reappears.

Correction: He's standing in front of the window blocking the light.

Corrected entry: The opera Ronny and Loretta attend is performed on November 15, yet the Met already has a Christmas tree displayed outside (too soon for this sort of decor). Secondly, when the family (minus Loretta) is gathered around the dinner table (the scene in which Rose threatens her father-in-law for feeding his dogs) you can see at least a dozen Christmas cards strung up behind the dining table. Doesn't seem logical that they would have received so many holiday cards in early November.

Correction: Pure conjecture.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Loretta goes to the brother's apartment, cooks him a rare steak & they are sitting at the table talking, the label on the bottle of J&B changes direction from shot to shot without being touched.

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Ronny Cammareri: I ain't no freakin' monument to justice! I lost my hand! I lost my bride! Johnny has his hand! Johnny has his bride! You want me to take my heartache, put it away and forget?

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Trivia: For her role in this film, Cher became the first person to win an acting Oscar by being known by one name (Cher which is her legal name). She is also the first actress of both Armenian and Native American (Cherokee) descent to win an Oscar for an acting role.

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Question: When Grandpa is walking his dogs, you can hear a boy say, "Keep your dogs off my lawn," then laughs. You hear his laugh again in the beauty salon. What was that about?

Answer: The laugh does seem out of place because it sounds more like kids than the ladies at the salon. But it didn't sound like the same laugh to me. But it does sound like the same person recorded both laughs. It also seems like the kid's line was added after filming the shot. So it wouldn't surprise me if an adult (perhaps one of the production sound mixers) recorded a couple different lines and laughs in a pretend kid's voice. Then one of those laughs was added.

Bishop73

Answer: I tried to find a clip of these scenes but didn't find exactly what you're referring to. If it was the exact same laugh that was heard, it may be a sound effect added to the film during the post-production editing. Foley artists add all types of sound effects to movies, including laughs, groans, coughs, etc. Sometimes one particular sound gets used more than once. One famous example of a repeated sound is the "Wilhelm" scream. This particular scream has become a tradition that many editors add to movies.

raywest

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