Today’s movie is a romantic drama that has a scene happening
today – February 12. I hope you will enjoy this film and watch it tonight.
RACING WITH THE MOON
Henry 'Hopper' Nash is a seventeen year old who lives in
Point Muir, California in 1942. He and his best friend, Nicky have received
their draft notices for the US Marine Corps.
One day Henry sees a new girl practicing ballet by the seaside and falls
instantly in love with her. Henry and
Nicky work at the local bowling ally, re-setting the pins and Henry pretends to
go on double dates with him so Nicky can spend time alone with his girlfriend,
Sally. Henry follows the girl to a mansion, causing Nicky to tell Henry she is
out of reach for him. After a disastrous encounter at the library, the girl,
Caddie Winger sets Henry up on a date with one of her friends to go
roller-skating. Again this doesn’t go well since Henry does not know how to
skate, but he is able to talk with Caddie and she starts to like him. However,
Caddie lives in the big house because her mother is a maid there. Henry takes
Caddie to his secret spot, a hidden lake where he and Caddie have sex. Then
real disaster strikes. Alice learns she is pregnant and needs $150.00
[$1,990.00 in 2012] from Nicky to pay for an abortion, which he does not have.
There is a Red Cross drill and Henry annoys Caddie by his irreverent attitude
so she takes him to a military hospital to meet real injured troops. Nicky and
Henry try to hustle some sailors out of $150.00 at a pool hall, but end up
getting hustled and almost killed themselves. Henry, thinking she is rich asks
Caddie for the $150.00. Not wanting to disappoint him she tries to steal a
pearl necklace belonging to the daughter of her mother’s employer. She is
caught, but the daughter, Alice lends Caddie the money. Sally gets the
abortion, but this event causes a rift between Henry and Nicky because Henry is
upset at the boorish behavior of Nicky towards Alice during the evening. Henry
and Caddie also argue and she tells him the truth about her situation. Henry
eventually reconciles with both Nicky and Caddie. On February 12, 1943 [1:43:04
to 1:45:33] the boys travel by train to be inducted.
A decent teenage romance film.
Has a little more depth than the usual teen romance. The three main leads all
give very natural, real performances.
The date they go to be inducted
is given at 1:02:06-07
Producers - Alain Bernheim and
John Kohn
Director - Richard Benjamin
Screenplay - Steven Kloves
Runtime – 1 hour 48 minutes
Released – March 23, 1984
Starring –
Sean Penn as Henry 'Hopper' Nash
Elizabeth McGovern
as Caddie Winger
Nicolas Cage as Nicky
Suzanne Adkinson as Sally Kaiser
Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014
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