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Racing with the Moon (1984)
Director: Richard Benjamin
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Yuletide 1942 in a small Californian coastal town, and local boy Penn is hoping to step out with McGovern (who, unlike him, comes from the right side of the tracks) before induction into the Marines. This conflates a number of currently modish themes: coming of age in small-town USA; the last fling before manhood and possible death; nostalgia; and the crossing of social barriers. What it doesn't do, however, is give sufficiently dramatic incident; very little seems to happen in this social vacuum, and none of it is memorable. CPea.Author: CPea
Cast & crew
Director: Richard Benjamin
Producer: Alain Bernheim, John Kohn
Cast: Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern, Nicolas Cage, John Karlen, Rutanya Alda, Max Showalter, Crispin Glover full cast
Duration: 108 mins
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