CAGE UNCAGED: MOONSHINE STRUCK

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ROMANCING THE CAGE.  

Cage gets romantic! And... suicidal? 

MOONSTRUCK was one of Cage's early mainstream breakthroughs. Directed by Hollywood journeyman Norman Jewison and heralding the arrival of writer John Patrick Shanley from Broadway to film. This is the one Cher won an Oscar for because she slaps Cage and tells him to snap out of it. The late Olympia Dukakis also won a much deserved Oscar for her portrayal as Cher's mother.

Speaking of Oscar... Leaving Las Vegas is the moment Cage went from cult legend to mainstream Hollywood box office star. He won an Oscar, made The Rock, then became a dependable box office draw that lasted a solid ten years. Cage stars as a Hollywood alcoholic  who goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death while hanging out with Elizabeth Shue. 

Do both of these Oscar -winning films hold up decades later? What clues do they offer as to the growing legend of Cage and his revolutionary Maximalist acting style?

LEAVING LAS VEGAS: 00:07:39

MOONSTRUCK: 00:51:00

Theme Song by: Howling Fantods

Our ten remaining Cage Films:
Bringing Out The Dead, Con Air, Face/Off,  Left Behind, Lord of War, Mandy, National Treasure II, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona, Snake Eyes


EPILOGUE: WILLY'S WONDERLAND