Taglines: In life and love, expect the unexpected.
Following the murder of Diana Floss (Careena Melia) in a restaurant shooting in Cape Ann, Massachusetts in 1973, her fiancé Joe Nast (Jake Gyllenhaal) elects to stay with her parents. Her father Ben Floss (Dustin Hoffman) is a realtor whose business partner has recently left. Ben and Joe go into business as Floss & Son, as this was their plan before Diana’s death.
Joe goes to the post office to retrieve all the invitations that had been sent out for his and Diana’s wedding, and with the help of Bertie Knox (Ellen Pompeo) he retrieves seventy-four of seventy-five. She finds the last invitation and takes it to his house later that night. He drops her off at a local bar, and returns home, despite her inviting him in for a drink. Joe and Ben attend a local property fair, and Ben pitches the idea of redeveloping a block in the town to developer Mike Mulcahey (Dabney Coleman). Mulcahey agrees, but they need to get all the tenants to agree.
Diana’s friends come around to look through her possessions, much to the consternation of her mother Jojo (Susan Sarandon). They then take Joe out for a drink at the same bar Bertie went into the previous night. Joe puts “Moonlight Mile” on the jukebox and Bertie dances with him, to jealous looks from Diana’s friends.
Joe convinces Ben to let him talk to the bar’s owner to convince them to sell. He asks the bartender who owns the bar, but the bartender does not give him the information. Feeling trapped at the Floss home, he meets Bertie and tells her about Diana. He confesses to her that he had split up with Diana three days before she was killed. Bertie tells Joe about her boyfriend, the owner of the bar, who is lost in Vietnam.
Moonlight Mile is a 2002 American romantic drama film written and directed by Brad Silberling. This film was loosely inspired by writer/director Brad Silberling’s own experience. He was dating actress Rebecca Schaeffer at the time she was killed by an obsessed fan in 1989.
Moonlight Mile (2002)
Directed by: Brad Silberling
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Ellen Pompeo, Richard T. Jones, Alexia Landeau, Mary Ellen Trainor, Marcia Mitzman Gaven, Holly Hunter
Screenplay by: Brad Silberling
Production Design by: Missy Stewart
Cinematography by: Phedon Papamichael
Set Decoration by: Katherine Lucas
Art Direction by: Mark Worthington
Makeup Department: Brenda McNally
Music by: Mark Isham
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sensuality and brief strong language.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: October 4, 2002
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