Great Scene: “Moonrise Kingdom”

My favorite movie sequence of 2012 is this one from Moonrise Kingdom, written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola.

IMDb plot summary: A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out to find them.

Here are the script pages:

Here is the movie version of the sequence:

The scenes are full of innocence, wonder, honesty, and fun. And, of course, it’s visual. Such a wonderful movie, perhaps my favorite by Anderson.

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