Moonlight Serenade (2009 film)

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Moonlight Serenade
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Directed byGiancarlo Tallarico
Screenplay byJonathan Abrahams
Story byGiancarlo Tallarico
Produced by Anthony Mastromauro
Giancarlo Tallarico
Starring Amy Adams
Alec Newman
Harriet Sansom Harris
Release date
  • December 8, 2009 (2009-12-08)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Moonlight Serenade is a 2009 musical romance film directed by Giancarlo Tallarico and starring Amy Adams. [1]

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Plot summary

A piano player discovers that the girl at the coat-check of a jazz club is a talented singer; she persuades him to form a musical act together.

Cast

  1. Kay, Jeremy (2 November 2009). "ACI boards Amy Adams romantic musical Moonlight Serenade for AFM". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 28 February 2024.

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