Moonrise Kingdom

Moonrise Kingdom is a 2012 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, and starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, and introducing Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. Largely set on the fictional island of New Penzance somewhere off the coast of New England, it tells the story of an orphan boy (Gilman) who escapes from a scouting camp to unite with his pen pal and love interest, a girl with aggressive tendencies (Hayward). Feeling alienated from their guardians and shunned by their peers, the lovers abscond to an isolated beach. Meanwhile, the island's police captain (Willis) organizes a search party of scouts and family members to locate the runaways. In crafting their screenplay, Anderson and Coppola drew from personal experiences and memories of childhood fantasies as well as films including Melody (1971) and The 400 Blows (1959). Auditions for child actors took eight months, and filming took place in Rhode Island over three months in 2011. Moonrise Kingdom premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and received critical acclaim, with its themes of young love, child sexuality, juvenile mental health, and the Genesis flood narrative being praised. Critics cited the film's color palette and use of visual symmetry as well as the use of original composition by Alexandre Desplat to supplement existing music by Benjamin Britten. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy. In 2016, the BBC included the film in its list of greatest films of the twenty-first century.

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The Black Beacon storm was considered by the US Department of Inclement Weather to be the region's most destructive meteorological event of the second half of the 20th century.

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It lingered through six high tides and inundated the islands with punishing winds and extreme high waters.

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On St. Jack Wood, powerful surges broke the arcade boardwalk and demolished the village bandstand and casino.

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Scout Master's log. October 10th. Reconstruction continues increasingly ahead of schedule, which I attribute to a particularly robust esprit de corps among the troop. The latrine, however, does continue to present... Excuse me, sir? - You've got the new recruit? - Yes, sir. - What's his rank? - He doesn't have one. Pigeon Scout. Let's get him a patch. The coastal areas of New Penzance were battered and changed forever. Height.

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63 inches.

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Mile 3.25 Tidal Inlet was erased from the map.

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But harvest yields the following autumn far exceeded any previously recorded, and the quality of the crops was said to be extraordinary.

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So you see, the composer Benjamin Britten has taken the whole orchestra apart. Now he puts it back together again in a fugue. The instruments come in one after another in the same order as before, beginning with the piccolo. And at the end, when all the instruments have finally come in... Suzy, Lionel, Murray, Rudy, dinner! ...melody, while the other instruments...

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Don't make us ask twice!

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See you tomorrow.

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For Juman Now we will demonstrate the orchestration of Monsieur Desplat's musical suite. A little electronic metronome sets the time.

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First, a harp.

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Next, pizzicato cellos.

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Flute and piccolo.

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Electric guitar.

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Ukulele.

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Classical guitar.

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Banjo.

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Thin wood blocks.

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And two more harps.

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