“The Man in the Moon” quotes

(1991)
Movie The Man in the Moon
Title The Man in the Moon
Year 1991
Director Robert Mulligan
Genre Drama, Romance
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Plot – An astronautical research center is desperately looking for some men to train for the launch of a human being on the Moon. William is chosen and he immediately goes under a training. When finally the big day arrives, some scientists run the last complicated calculations, then William is launched but the experiment fails. William lands just in time to prevent another launch.
All actors – Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, Gail Strickland, Reese Witherspoon, Jason London, Emily Warfield, Bentley Mitchum, Ernie Lively, Dennis Letts, Earleen Bergeron, Anna Chappell, Brandi Smith
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  • “- Dani Trant: I love you, Court.
    - Court Foster: Don't! Don't love me now. When things are so mixed up.”

    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
    Jason London - Court Foster
    [Tag:love, trouble]
  • “- Court Foster: You do know me.
    - Dani Trant: I wanna know you more... I wanna know you all I can.
    - Court Foster: What do you wanna know?
    - Dani Trant: I wanna know... your hopes.
    - Court Foster: Well... I hope your boobs will get bigger and your butt will fill out.”

    Jason London - Court Foster
    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
  • “- Dani Trant: I love Elvis so much.
    - Maureen Trant: You love everybody so much.
    - Dani Trant: I do not.”

    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
    Emily Warfield - Maureen Trant
  • “- Matthew Trant: What time you got?
    - Billy Sanders: 6:13.
    - Matthew Trant: You're responsible for my daughter for the next 5 hours and 7 minutes.
    - Billy Sanders: Yes sir, Mr. Trant. You don't have a thing to worry about.
    - Matthew Trant: Then neither will you.”

    Sam Waterston - Matthew Trant
    Bentley Mitchum - Billy Sanders
  • - Dani Trant: I want you to be the first boy I ever kiss.
    - Court Foster: I thought you'd been kissed "so many times".

    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
    Jason London - Court Foster
    [Tag:kiss]
  • “- Dani Trant: I wish I could be just like you.
    - Maureen Trant: Don't talk silly.
    - Dani Trant: It's not silly. You're the smartest girl in school, you're so pretty it hurts - the boys fall all over themselves when you walk down the street. And I'm just a lump.”

    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
    Emily Warfield - Maureen Trant
    [Tag:envy, sensuality]
  • “Did'ja ever like somebody so much... that it almost made'ja sick?”
    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
    [Tag:feeling, love]
  • “- Matthew Trant: She's getting too big to be running around wild as a jack rabbit.
    - Abigail Trant: It used to be she was too little, and now she's too big. I guess she passed up just right when nobody was lookin'.”

    Sam Waterston - Matthew Trant
    Tess Harper - Abigail Trant
    [Tag:maturity, time]
  • “- Court Foster: Have you ever been kissed before?
    - Dani Trant: Sure. Lots of times.
    - Court Foster: Yeah... I'll bet. Well you just almost got yourself more than kissed, little girl.
    - Dani Trant: I'm not a little girl.
    - Court Foster: You are too Dani! You're a little girl and you don't know what you're doing.”

    Jason London - Court Foster
    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
  • “- Dani Trant: I'm afraid nothing's ever gonna make sense again.
    - Maureen Trant: Maybe life's not supposed to make sense.”

    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
    Emily Warfield - Maureen Trant
    [Tag:life, purpose]
  • “When two people really care about each other, they try to understand things. Even when it's hard.”
    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
  • “- Court Foster: You know you don't have to come along.
    - Dani Trant: Are you sure you can find your way, it's an awful big town.
    - Court Foster: Are you always in the habit of going where you're not wanted or is this a new thing with you?
    - Dani Trant: Are you always this nice to people you just met or are you practicin' up to be a horse's butt?”

    Jason London - Court Foster
    Reese Witherspoon - Dani Trant
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