Moonrise Kingdom
Moonrise Kingdom is a 2012 American comingofage film directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Roman Coppola. Described as an eccentric, pubescent love story, it features newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward in the films main roles and an ensemble cast. Filming took place in Rhode Island from April until June 29, 2011. Worldwide rights to the independently produced film were acquired by Focus Features.
In September 1965, on a New England island called New Penzance, 12yearold orphan Sam Shakusky is attending Camp Ivanhoe, a Khaki Scout summer camp led by Scoutmaster Randy Ward. Suzy Bishop, also 12, lives on the island with her parents, Walt and Laura, both attorneys, and her three younger brothers in a house called Summers End. Sam and Suzy, both introverted, intelligent and mature for their age, met in the summer of 1964 during a church performance of Noyes Fludde and have been pen pals since then. Having fallen in love over the course of their correspondence, they have made a secret pact to reunite and run away together. Sam brings camping equipment, and Suzy brings her binoculars, six books, her kitten, and her brothers batterypowered record player. They hike, camp and fish together in the wilderness with the goal of reaching a secluded cove on the island. They are confronted by a group of Khaki Scouts who try to capture them, and during the resulting altercation, Suzy injures the Scouts de facto leader, Redford, with her scissors and Camp Ivanhoes dog is killed by a stray shot from a bow and arrow wielded by one of the Scouts. The Scouts flee and Sam and Suzy hike to the cove which they name Moonrise Kingdom. They set up camp and go swimming. Later, while drying off, they begin dancing to Franoise Hardy in their underwear. As the romantic tension between them grows, they kiss repeatedly.Suzys parents, Scoutmaster Ward, the Scouts from Camp Ivanhoe, and Island Police Captain Duffy Sharp find Sam and Suzy in their tent at the cove. Suzys parents take her home and when Sharp contacts the foster parents he is told that they no longer wish to house Sam. He stays with Sharp while they await the arrival of Social Services an otherwise nameless woman with plans to place Sam in a juvenile refuge and to explore the possibility of treating him with electroshock therapy. ........
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