Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Susan Sarandon, MOONLIGHT MILE is a romantic drama set in 1966. Joe (Gyllenhaal) is grieving over the death of his fiancee, Diana, and is living with her parents, Ben (Hoffman) and JoJo (Sarandon). Though Joe just wants to do what's right, he openly admits that he has no plan, no answers, and needs time to sort things out. Meanwhile, Ben and JoJo cling to him as their only hope after losing their daughter, and the rest of the world expects him to bounce back into dating without a moment's pause. Joe's awkwardness and unquenchable efforts to be helpful provide for some touching and softly comedic moments. The New England setting of the film, the '60s cars and clothes, and the excellent soundtrack (Sly & The Family Stone, T-Rex, Bob Dylan) provide enough atmosphere to move this emotional story right along. But it isn't until Joe meets another woman (Ellen Pompeo), who also lost someone she loved, that he regains hope and begins to be true to himself and to the people around him.

Theatrical release: September 27, 2002

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Audio Commentary - 1. Dustin Hoffman and Jake Gyllenhaal - Stars, Brad Silberling - Director
Making-of - 1. A JOURNEY TO THE SCREEN
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus

Distributor Notes: Moonlight Mile

Oscar® winners Dustin Hoffman (Best Actor, 1980, Kramer vs. Kramer), Susan Sarandon (Best Actress, 1996, Dead Man Walking), and Holly Hunter (Best Actress, 1994, The Piano) star with Jake Gyllenhaal (The Good Girl) in Moonlight Mile -- an uplifting story of endearing honesty and humor. When Joe Nast (Gyllenhaal) experiences an unexpected loss, he wants to be the man he believes everyone wants him to be -- the dutifully bereaved husband-to-be and the perfect would-be son-in-law to Ben (Hoffman) and Jojo (Sarandon). But then another woman unexpectedly enters his life, and he's torn between fulfilling his new roles and following his heart.

Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Jake Gyllenhaal: Actor
Dustin Hoffman: American Actor
Susan Sarandon: Oscar winning actress, DEAD MAN WALKING
Holly Hunter: American Actress, RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
Ellen Pompeo: Actor, MOONLIGHT MILE (2002)
Dabney Coleman: American Actor
Allan Corduner: English Actor
Richard Timothy Jones: Actor/ EVENT HORIZON, THE WOOD
Aleksia Landeau: Actor, MOONLIGHT MILE (2002)

Brad Silberling: Director/"Casper"

Mark Johnson: Producer, "Donnie Brasco"
Brad Silberling: Director/"Casper"

Brad Silberling: Director/"Casper"

Mark Isham: Composer, WATERWORLD (1995)

"...It's an auteur piece of filmmaking without pretension....It hits all the right beats of sadness and humor..."
"...MOONLIGHT MILE has an understated, lived-in quality and a wry, unforced sense of the absurd..."
"...With a sly smile and a natural vulnerability, Gyllenhaal easily handles the sadness, the anger and the sense of humor needed to make his character's plight individual and not generic..."
"...Though all the principals give powerful performances, it's Sarandon who especially shines in a heart-wrenching portrayal that makes good use of her intelligence and wit..."
"...Pompeo makes a vivid first impression....[The] production choices are first-class..."
"...With flashes of humor and honest, well-delineated characters that tend to drift north of where you expect to find them, the film takes its own particular path to a family's healing..."
"...Appealing..."
"...An involving, well-observed drama....Give it a go..."
"[H]onest..."