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January 30, 2006
Breaking: Moonstruck House Hitting Market
Just got word that the Brooklyn Heights house where the movie Moonstruck was filmed has hit the market. No pics and limited info on the Corcoran site at this point but both promised shortly. One reader, who fell in love with the kitchen back when she saw the movie, can't wait to get inside. The 4,160-square-foot house, which is located at 19 Cranberry Street, is going on the chopping block for a cool $5 million.
Cranbery Street [Corcoran]
The Moonstruck House [Zax Writ]
Comments
it was posted on this blog on friday! (and on the corcoran site)
Posted by: Anonymous at January 30, 2006 10:54 AM
Where was it posted? In a comment?
Posted by: Brownstoner at January 30, 2006 11:04 AM
Yup -- in the comments of the other Cranberry house post
Posted by: beth at January 30, 2006 11:34 AM
The house really featured in the movie is in Cobble Hill on the corner of Clinton and Amity. That's the house where most of the action takes place.
Posted by: anonymous at January 30, 2006 11:56 AM
and lot of the film was Toronto not NY
Posted by: Anonymous at January 30, 2006 12:07 PM
and Naidre's on Henry and Sackett was the bakery
Posted by: Anonymous at January 30, 2006 12:52 PM
My fiance grew up on Henry down the block from the bakery, and when I moved there it was still Camareri (Sp?) Bros Bakery. The cafe there now has the original "BAKERY" sign that was on the outside (Sackett) side of the building hanging inside.
Where did anon 11:56 find the facts about the house being on Amity? I just listened to the commentary on the dvd, and as far as we could tell, the Cranberry house was used for most of the indoor scenes of the Castorini home shots.
Posted by: brooklynbonnie at January 30, 2006 1:50 PM
And you can clearly see in the movie that Cher walks down Cranberry Street when she's going home.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 30, 2006 3:57 PM
Property Shark has one owner of the Moonstruck house for at least the past 34 years. There were no recent permits issued on the house. Implication is that mechanicals may have to be updated.
That aside, this is a wonderful house from the outside and in a great location. Someone will probably snap it up fast even at the high price of $5 beans.
Posted by: Anonymous at January 30, 2006 4:02 PM
And the house where the family themselves actually lived was 100 2nd Street in Carroll Gardens (at Court St.); it's a big building (25 feet by 5 stories, I think); it sold in the fall and looks like it's being renovated into multiple units.
Posted by: Tim at January 30, 2006 4:28 PM
EXT. CASTORINI HOUSE - NIGHT
Rose and Perry stand on a sidewalk under a street light dimly shining. About half a block away stands the Castorini house.
They regard it. Over the house hangs the moon, cut through now with a sharp grey cloud. Rose and Perry's VOICES can be heard.
ROSE'S VOICE
That's my house.
PERRY'S VOICE
You mean the whole house?
ROSE'S VOICE
Yes.
PERRY'S VOICE
My God, it's a mansion!
ROSE'S VOICE
It's a house.
PERRY'S VOICE
I live in a one-bedroom apartment.
What exactly does your husband do?
ROSE'S VOICE
He's a plumber.
PERRY'S VOICE
Well. That explains it.
Posted by: cat at January 30, 2006 7:31 PM
anonymous: the only Toronto credit I can remember for sure was the opera house interior. The exterior sure looked like Lincoln Center to me.
Posted by: Karl King at January 31, 2006 12:34 PM
Oh, I forgot to mention in just-completed post, above. Has anyone ever gone into the Moonstruck Cafe on Third Avenue toward downtown? If so, what's it like? :)
Posted by: Karl King at January 31, 2006 12:38 PM
I work in the movie industry. They can be very tricky with the locations and how they are placed. An example: I worked on cold mountain. There is a scene where jude law is on a beach recuperating at a military hospital. You see him on the beach, camera is behind him looking at his back. He and the camera are looking out at the ocean. This was shot on beach in south carolina. Cut to his reverse, shot if looking at him, with the military hospital on the hill behind him. This was shot in williamsburg, VA. We basically shot part of that scene, cast and crew got on a chartered jet, flew to VA and finished the scene. I suspect that the inerior of the house was a set in canada, even though the commentary states otherwise. ( remember they recorded the commentary a long time after they made the film.)They mave have built the sets to match the actual interior of the house or used the house for some interiors. A lot happens in that house and they go to canada for only one reason, cheap labor and tax breaks, so if they can fake new york they will. Also, when you are on a set it allows you to do such things as pull walls, ceilings, etc to help filmmaking.
Posted by: Alisa Colley at January 31, 2006 3:17 PM
The one location that always befuddles me is where on Hicks Street the exterior of the Grand Ticino restaurant was shot.
Posted by: nsloane at January 31, 2006 4:52 PM
The florist shop where Cher worked was on Court between Pacific and Dean. It closed in the late 90's, and BookCourt expanded into the space.
Posted by: Anonymous at February 1, 2006 12:44 AM
The Grand Ticino is on Thompson Street in SoHo.
Posted by: Anonymous at February 1, 2006 10:23 AM
I also am unable to place the Grand Ticino location - they reference the real restaurant in Soho in the DVD commentary, but they also say that's not what they actually used for the exterior in the film. It appears only briefly, but there's a street sign indicating Hicks Street. It doesn't look familiar to me. I imagine the interior of the restaurant is one of the things they shot in Toronto - along with most of the interiors.
Posted by: Anonymous at February 1, 2006 2:15 PM
Ironic that I, too, work in the movie industry. And I agree, it is tricky. We shot a movie that supposedly takes place in Minneapolis and New York City. Aside from the B-roll location establishing shots, all the interiors were shot back in Minneapolis. And Minneapolis parks made great look-alike stand-ins for dialogue and tracking shots for Central Park. Also a street that borders the Mississippi River made a look-alike locale for a section of Hell's Kitchen, bordering the Hudson River. The movie is called "There's Danger in Romance." It had a fantastic made-for-cable run. And we plan a seque where we will DEFINITELY have some Brooklyn locales. :)
Posted by: cat at February 7, 2006 10:58 AM
Oh yeah! I saw that movie on cable!!! It was "There's Danger in Romance" from NaturaLite Pictures. Gadz00kers, I adored that movie! I heard that there's going to be a sequel with some shots done down on Water Street. It will also star Helena Armstrong, Hal Evans and Marion Malone with guest appearances by Howard Sherman, who was fabulous in the first one!
Posted by: I Love New York at February 13, 2006 8:05 PM
Here is the correct listing for the house at 13 Cranberry.
http://www.prudentialelliman.com/Listings.aspx?ListingID=947048&rentalperiod=&SearchType=newestproperties&Region=NYC
It is listed with Douglas Elliman for $8 mil. It looks renovated from the pictures.
Posted by: guest at February 7, 2008 11:32 AM
Those are two different houses.
19 Cranberry is the Moonstruck house. Corcoran listing at $5M in early 2006 and now at $3.95M in March 2008.
The PDE listing is at 13 Cranberry for $8M in early 2008.
Similar entryways, but #13 is midblock and #19 is on the corner.
Posted by: guest at March 13, 2008 3:36 PM
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