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Pontiac Moon (1994)

Pontiac Moon poster
Directed by
Peter Medak
Genre
drama film, comedy film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A science teacher takes his wife on a road trip to teach his son a lesson about life. They travel to a remote lighthouse, facing family tensions and personal challenges along the way.

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What happens

Pontiac Moon is a 1994 adventure film directed by Peter Medak, and produced by Robert Schaffel and Youssef Vahabzadeh. The film stars Ted Danson as Washington Bellamy, a "pigheaded" science teacher in a small town of California, as well as Mary Steenburgen as his wife Katherine. Danson was also one of three executive producers of the film, along with Jeffrey D. Brown (co-writer) and Robert Benedetti. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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