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Box of Moonlight
Box of Moonlight is a 1996 American independent deadpan buddy comedy-road film directed and written by Tom DiCillo and produced by Thomas Bliss and Marcus Viscidi.
Set in the East Tennessee countryside, the film follows everyman Al Fountain (portrayed by John Turturro), an uptight electrical engineer who is assigned by his employer as the construction foreman of a factory under construction in Tennessee, leaving his estranged son Bobby and wife Deb (portrayed by Annie Corley) behind in their Chicago home.
The factory project is later called off shortly after Al's arrival in Tennessee. Al returns to his hotel room to discover a strand of gray hair, prompting him to breakdown. He later drives a rental car to nearby lake from his childhood and encounters a young hillbilly, the Kid (portrayed by Sam Rockwell), that takes Al on an adventure through the nearby countrysides and towns to help Al find a new perspective in life.
Filming took place on location in and around the city of Knoxville, Tennessee during a 35-day period in the fall of 1995, on a budget of $3.5 million.
The film premiered on August 30, 1996 at the Venice International Film Festival and opened to American audiences at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.
Al Fountain is a methodical and somewhat neurotic engineer. On the way home from work after leaving his construction site, he takes a side trip for nostalgia's sake in the woodland area. There he meets Buck "The Kid", an eccentric character who gives him a new perspective on his life. The two men bond with two women with similar personalities. The pair swap stories and ideas. The kid lives outside with many items and furniture in the woods. They rob a man's tomatoes from his garden and vandalize the factory that Al works at. The two part ways with Al having a different and freer outlook.
Production was done mostly in autumn of 1995 in and around Knoxville, Tennessee on a thirty-five day shooting schedule and a budget of 3.5 million dollars.
The motel that Turturro's character stays at during his trip is a now closed but still[when?] there is a motel in Maryville, Tennessee, that is named the 411 Motel, on Hwy 411 in Maryville, TN(35°42′53″N 84°01′13″W / 35.714640°N 84.020166°W).
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Box of Moonlight
Box of Moonlight is a 1996 American independent deadpan buddy comedy-road film directed and written by Tom DiCillo and produced by Thomas Bliss and Marcus Viscidi.
Set in the East Tennessee countryside, the film follows everyman Al Fountain (portrayed by John Turturro), an uptight electrical engineer who is assigned by his employer as the construction foreman of a factory under construction in Tennessee, leaving his estranged son Bobby and wife Deb (portrayed by Annie Corley) behind in their Chicago home.
The factory project is later called off shortly after Al's arrival in Tennessee. Al returns to his hotel room to discover a strand of gray hair, prompting him to breakdown. He later drives a rental car to nearby lake from his childhood and encounters a young hillbilly, the Kid (portrayed by Sam Rockwell), that takes Al on an adventure through the nearby countrysides and towns to help Al find a new perspective in life.
Filming took place on location in and around the city of Knoxville, Tennessee during a 35-day period in the fall of 1995, on a budget of $3.5 million.
The film premiered on August 30, 1996 at the Venice International Film Festival and opened to American audiences at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.
Al Fountain is a methodical and somewhat neurotic engineer. On the way home from work after leaving his construction site, he takes a side trip for nostalgia's sake in the woodland area. There he meets Buck "The Kid", an eccentric character who gives him a new perspective on his life. The two men bond with two women with similar personalities. The pair swap stories and ideas. The kid lives outside with many items and furniture in the woods. They rob a man's tomatoes from his garden and vandalize the factory that Al works at. The two part ways with Al having a different and freer outlook.
Production was done mostly in autumn of 1995 in and around Knoxville, Tennessee on a thirty-five day shooting schedule and a budget of 3.5 million dollars.
The motel that Turturro's character stays at during his trip is a now closed but still[when?] there is a motel in Maryville, Tennessee, that is named the 411 Motel, on Hwy 411 in Maryville, TN(35°42′53″N 84°01′13″W / 35.714640°N 84.020166°W).