Moonstruck
An essential and timeless theme if ever there was one, love naturally holds a special place in cinema. Romantic, sensual, obsessive, ambiguous, forbidden, lighthearted or profound, love on screen is as diverse as the individuals who live its stories. Drawing form different eras, tones, and cinematic styles, this program brings together a selection of remarkable films that will warm your heart from the start of the winter season to Valentine’s Day.
Winner of three Academy Awards, including for Best Original Screenplay, in 1988
Loretta is a thirty-something widow who agrees to get engaged to Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. One full-moon night, she goes to the house of Ronny, her fiancé's brother, to invite him to the wedding, and falls in love with him.
Norman Jewison
Norman Jewison was a Canadian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. He was known for directing films which addressed topical social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences. Among numerous accolades, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times in three separate decades, for In the Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and Moonstruck (1987). He received the Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1999. Born and raised in Toronto, Jewison began his career at CBC Television in the 1950s, moving to the United States later in the decade to work at NBC. He made his feature film debut in 1962, with the comedy 40 Pounds of Trouble, and embarked on a motion picture directing career that spanned over 40 years. His other notable films include Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Rollerball (1975), ...And Justice for All (1979), and The Hurricane (1999). In 1988, Jewison founded the Canadian Film Centre. He received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement for his multiple contributions to the film industry in Canada in 2003.
