Moment by Moment

Moment by Moment (1978)

The only thing they have in common... is each other.

Trisha Rawlings, a Beverly Hills socialite suffering from loneliness following the separation from her womanizing husband, develops a May–December romance with a young drifter named Strip.

Date of release
1978-12-22
TMDB
3.6 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Jane Wagner

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: California

Moment by Moment is a 1978 American romantic drama film written and directed by Jane Wagner, and starring Lily Tomlin and John Travolta. It was released by Universal Pictures on December 22, 1978.

Production

John Travolta and Lily Tomlin were both at the height of their careers when they were cast. Universal Pictures purchased the film rights from producer Robert Stigwood for $8 million, believing the star power of both leads would draw audiences. The film was the first directed by Jane Wagner, Tomlin's writer and collaborator, and later wife.

During production, a Los Angeles magazine reported, "The chemistry between Tomlin and Travolta began to rival that between Menachem Begin and Yassar Arafat." A crew staff was also quoted saying: "Two weeks into the shooting on location in Malibu, there was nobody on the set that didn't know we were in the middle of a turkey.

Years later, Wagner said of the experience: "It isn’t enough to know the aesthetics of movie-making. You have to know the mechanics, too. I didn’t. I couldn’t handle the crew. I had to cut 30 pages out of the script. When Lily chose to play the character depressed, I went with her, even though playing depression is not interesting.

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