Publisher's Synopsis
Al Fountain, the main character of Box of Moonlight, is a driven, ambitious man whose determination to succeed has alienated him from his family, friends and work-mates. A chance encounter with a young drop-out, dressed in a purloined Davy Crockett outfit, changes his life irrevocably and rescues Al's humanity. Like one of the characters in Shakespeare's Arcadian comedies, Al enters the forest and is transformed. Tom DiCillo has mapped Al's odyssey in search of his self with a lightness of tone and a poetic touch that transcends the familiarity of the situation. DiCillo's production diary, Notes from Overboard, charts his five-year struggle to get the film made - a journey that culminates at the Lido of the Venice Film Festival.
