# A Walk on the Moon

A Walk on the Moon is a 1999 Australian-American drama film starring Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Liev Schreiber and Anna Paquin. A middle class Jewish family experiences an upheaval while vacationing in the Catskills during the summer of 1969.

## Dialogue

    [Marty is driving his family on vacation, mom beside him in front, granny & kids in back; they're singing the Name Game: "Shirley Shirley bo-Birly, Bonana Fana fo-Firley" etc.]
    Daniel Kantrowitz: Let's do "Chuck".
    Marty Kantrowitz: No "Chuck". We don't do "Chuck".
    Daniel Kantrowitz: You never let me do "Chuck".
    Marty Kantrowitz: When you're married you can do "Chuck".
    [mom raps dad in the arm, smiling]
    Marty Kantrowitz: Who is he?
    Pearl Kantrowitz: You don't know him.
    Marty Kantrowitz: Well what's his name?
    Pearl Kantrowitz: Walker.
    Marty Kantrowitz: What's his FIRST name?
    Pearl Kantrowitz: That IS his first name.
    Marty Kantrowitz: Well then what's his last name?
    Pearl Kantrowitz: Jerome.
    Marty Kantrowitz: Walker Jerome. Does he realize it's backwards? What's he do?
    Pearl Kantrowitz: He's a salesman.
    Marty Kantrowitz: [laughs] A salesman, that's great. What does he sell?
    Pearl Kantrowitz: Blouses.
    Marty Kantrowitz: Blouses?
    [pauses, then looks shocked]
    Marty Kantrowitz: He's the blouseman. You're screwing the blouseman. Jesus, Pearl, why not screw the dressman? At least then you'd get a whole outfit.
    Alison Kantrowitz: I never have to listen to you ever again. I saw you. I was there. You should have seen yourself. You looked disgusting! I'm the teenager! Not you! You had your chance.
    Pearl Kantrowitz: No. I didn't.
    Alison Kantrowitz: Well then why do the rest of us have to suffer just because you fucked up your life!
    Lilian Kantrowitz: Do you remember when you were a little boy and you wanted to go swimming with your cousin?
    Marty Kantrowitz: Yeah - you didn't wanna let me go because...
    Lilian Kantrowitz: Because I knew something terrible was going to happen. I knew your cousin was gonna drown.
    Marty Kantrowitz: Yeah, but nothing terrible happened, Ma.
    Lilian Kantrowitz: And why is that?
    Marty Kantrowitz: Because I was careful.
    Lilian Kantrowitz: No. Why did nothing terrible happen?
    Marty Kantrowitz: We were extra careful because you told me.
    Lilian Kantrowitz: And your cousin wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for me.
    Marty Kantrowitz: What's goin' on, Ma? Who's gonna drown?
    Lilian Kantrowitz: [pause] You are.
    Lilian Kantrowitz: What is it, my shainehkuh, huh? What is it my darling?
    [Lilian sees Alison has got her first period]
    Lilian Kantrowitz: Oh, my God. Mazel tov!
    [Lilian slaps Alison]
    Alison Kantrowitz: Why'd you hit me?
    Lilian Kantrowitz: It's a tradition. My mother, your great-grandmother, Sonia - may she rest in peace - she did the same thing to me.
    Alison Kantrowitz: It's a stupid tradition.
    Lilian Kantrowitz: It's the stupidest goddamn tradition. It's true. You know what I did? I slapped her right back.
    [Alison slaps Lilian back]
    Lilian Kantrowitz: Ow! Bandeet!
    Pearl Kantrowitz: What's going on in here?
    Lilian Kantrowitz: Pearl...
    Pearl Kantrowitz: What?
    Lilian Kantrowitz: I got news. Today Alison became a woman.
    Lilian Kantrowitz: You see, my shainehkuh. You become a woman, the world looks brighter.
    Alison Kantrowitz: Don't tell Daddy I got my period.
    P.A. Announcer: Long-distance telephone call for Alison Kantrowitz. It's your father! You're a woman now, Alison. Mazel tov, darling. And may you be blessed with a happy marriage and many, many beautiful children.
    [Alison, mortified, runs off]
    Pearl Kantrowitz: I went to Woodstock.
    Marty Kantrowitz: You went to Woodstock.
    Pearl Kantrowitz: Ummm...
    Marty Kantrowitz: Was it groovy?

## Cast

* Diane Lane as Pearl Kantrowitz
* Viggo Mortensen as Walker Jerome
* Liev Schreiber as Marty Kantrowitz
* Anna Paquin as Alison Kantrowitz
* Tovah Feldshuh as Lilian Kantrowitz
* Bobby Boriello as Daniel Kantrowitz
* Lisa Jakub as Myra Naidell
* Joe Perrino as Ross Epstein

## External links

* A Walk on the Moon quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* A Walk on the Moon at Rotten Tomatoes
* A Walk on the Moon at Mojo