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What (who) is moonstruck - definition

1987 FILM BY NORMAN JEWISON

Moonstruck (movie); Moonstruck (film)

Moonstruck

·adj Produced by the supposed influence of the moon.

II. Moonstruck ·adj Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.

III. Moonstruck ·adj Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such supposed influence.

moonstruck

¦ adjective slightly deranged, especially because of being in love.

moonstruck

a.

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Wikipedia

Moonstruck

Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and co-produced by Norman Jewison, written by John Patrick Shanley, and starring Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis, and Vincent Gardenia. The film follows Loretta Castorini, a widowed Italian-American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's hot-tempered, estranged younger brother.

Moonstruck had a limited theatrical release on December 18, 1987, and was released nationally on January 15, 1988 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film earned critical and commercial success. It received six nominations at the 60th Academy Awards, winning three for Best Actress (Cher), Best Supporting Actress (Dukakis), and Best Original Screenplay (Shanley).

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Examples of use of moonstruck

1. Shanley is best known as a screenwriter, notably for the Cher vehicle, Moonstruck.

2. It shows that Meidad‘s views are not only those of the moonstruck margins of society.

3. His answer to the question posed by Haaretz – "What is your agenda?" was even more moonstruck.

4. And in our smiling, moonstruck, cock–eyed madness we believed them.

5. Norman Jewison, the unforgettable director of the films «Fiddler on the Roof» and «Moonstruck,» also received recognition awards.