Waiting for the Moon

Theatrical Release Date: 1987 03 06 (USA)

UPC: 736899100223

Studio: Facets

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Situations, Adult Language]

Summary: Well into the 1930s, there was an expatriate community of Americans who lived in Paris or the French countryside, and who eventually became influential artists and writers. These included the painter Edward Hopper, the writer Ernest Hemingway, and the musician Virgil Thomson. Writer and poet Gertrude Stein and her lifelong companion Alice B. Toklas (perhaps best known for her marijuana recipes) were the patrons of these and other artists, including Guillaume Apollinaire. In this PBS American Playhouse movie, the two are seen in the mid-1930s, and the unflinching loyalty and love that Toklas (Linda Hunt) offered to her irascible companion Stein (Linda Bassett) is the subject of this moving, extremely erudite drama. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best First Feature – Independent Spirit Awards Grand Prize: Dramatic – Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic – Sundance Film Festival

Features: On screen introduction by director Jill Godmilow
Facets Cine-Notes? collectible booklet
Scene selection

Waiting for the Moon

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/28/2006

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 101 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: Universal Compatability

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Waiting for the Moon
1. Opening Credits [1:28]
2. French Countryside [8:41]
3. Dying [7:21]
4. A Genius & A Saint [10:26]
5. Under the Stars [8:44]
6. Saintly Confessions [6:55]
7. Ringing Bells [3:54]
8. Out or In [7:24]
9. News & Plays [4:55]
10. Literary Giants [7:52]
11. A Growing Distance [7:45]
12. Waiting for the Moon [7:47]

Cast and Crew: Frederic Bourboulon  Producer 
Lidsay Law  Executive Producer 
Lidsay Law  Producer 
Mark Magill  Screenwriter 
Michael Sahl  Composer (Music Score) 
Sandra Schulberg  Producer 
Jill Godmilow  Director 
Linda Hunt  Actor 
Linda Bassett  Actor 
Andrew McCarthy  Actor 
Bernadette Lafont  Actor 
Bruce McGill  Actor 
Jacques Boudet  Actor 

Country: USA