Pontiac Moon

Nov 3, 1994

1h 53m

★ 5.4

Sometimes the journey of becoming a family can be as difficult as going to the moon.

Overview

An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S. This while his wife tries to overcome her neuroses to save the family.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Washington Bellamy

Ted Danson

Katherine Bellamy

Mary Steenburgen

Andy Bellamy

Ryan Todd

Ernest Ironplume

Eric Schweig

Lorraine

Cathy Moriarty

Jerome Bellamy

Max Gail

Alicia Frank

Lisa Jane Persky

Bartender

J.C. Quinn

Officer

John Schuck

Local

Don Swayze

School Kid

Ramsey Ellis

Waitress

Suzanne Ircha Johnson

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