Williamsburg Regional Library

Racing with the Moon

eng

videorecording

Racing with the Moon

electronic resource

Originally produced by Paramount Pictures in 1984

108

This is the story of Henry "Hopper" Nash (Sean Penn) and his buddy Nicky (Nicolas Cage) enjoying their last boyish exploits before they enter the Marines. What ensues is a tender, bittersweet tale of lost innocence and the trauma of growing up too fast. The result is a magic moment, brilliantly captured within the emotional crosscurrent of America's most dramatic time. Winner of the Golden Spike from the **Valladolid International Film Festival**. *"How long has it been since you went to a movie that ended with the words "I love you?" For me, it had been a very long time, and one of the simpler pleasures of RACING WITH THE MOON was to observe the movie marching inevitably toward those three words. A deeper pleasure was that the movie arrived there with grace and charm." - Roger Ebert, **The Chicago Sun-Times***

live action