Starring: Gene Hackman, Teri Garr, Burgess Meredith, Elias Koteas, Kevin Cooney Directed By: Peter Masterson Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 16, 2002 Running Time: 95 minutes Theatrical Release Date: November 23, 1988
Description: Gene Hackman, Teri Garr and Burgess Meredith star in this "beautifully performed ensemble piece" (The Hollywood Reporter) about the complicated relationships of three lonely people whose lives center around a rundown roadhouse in the Lone Star State. Welcome to the Blue Water Grill, a Gulf Coast eatery that's slowly sinking into bankruptcy. Widower-owner Floyd (Gene Hackman) spends his days watching home movies of his wife, refusing to accept her death and drifting further away from reality. But having to cope with her cantankerous, wheelchair-bound father (Burgess Meredith) makes escaping reality nearly impossible! Enter Louise (Teri Garr), an opinionated free spirit who sets her sights on saving the dinerÂ...and Floyd! It's not every man who gets a second chance at love and lifeÂ...but it's not every woman who's as determined as Louise!
Period & location Drama This is an excellant movie as it represents an area of south Texas and gives the rest of us a window into a bit of the culture of this area. Having traveled and spent some time in this area if you are interested in area culture, just seeing the production makes this movie worth watching.
Busty Garr Lately I've been on a Gene Hackman 1980's kick. Hoosiers, many folks think is the best portrayal of a sports coach, maybe the best sports film ever made. Twice in a Lifetime is a middle-aged love story of betrayal in a blue-collar family and it ranks up there as the best of Hackman's work. Then there is a less successful film, Full Moon in Blue Water.
No one in the movies in the last thirty years portrays the middle-age everyman, the tough, and hard working, Joe, like Hackman. He's certainly not a romantic idol, but he is manly enough to woe Ann Margaret in Once in a Lifetime and Teri Garr in Water. In addition, Garr is very good as a faded honky-tonk town girl with widower, Hackman in her sights. The trouble, Hack is still in love with his missing spouse. He spends most of his days watching old home movies of the lost wife while his saloon business goes to pieces. Also, he must deal with a stroke victim, the father-in-law, Burgesss Meredith, the quintessential old coot.
Somehow the viewer will not believe that a capable character like Hack would let a business go to sleazy Real Estate snakes without a bar brawl. The idea that Hack would moon about the ex for a year while busty Garr is all over him; well, it doesn't add up.
My dad the actor My dad was in this movie. He an a friend fishing at the time this movie was filmed and the producers asked if he wanted to be in the movie. They used my dad, his truck (an old toyota pickup) and his friend in a background scene. I think my dad and his friend were cut out but the truck still remains. It will be nice to finally see the movie after hearing about it. It was previously titled "Blue Moon Over Troubled Water" so we could not find the film. This will make a nice Christmas present for my dad.
full moon in blue water I thought the movie was excellent. I had a close association with Gene Hackmans character, he plays a very believable role as an ex merchant marine trying to deal with life after the dissappearance of his wife. The combination of Hackman, Garr, and Burgess Merideth was very appealing.There is a real feeling for the characters as the movie evolves. The man who does the odd jobs around the restaurant is very funny. Two thumbs up.
Under-rated gem I was glad to see this finally come out in DVD. It's an artful, subtle little meditation on life that somehow manages to keep you laughing. Masterson's directing is pretty understated here, Hackman gives a very good performance, and the script has true meat and depth. Highly recommended.
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