---
title: 'Moonrise Kingdom (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wes Anderson'
released: '2012-05-16'
runtime_minutes: 95
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/moonrise-kingdom-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1748122/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

2012 · PG-13 · 95 min · Drama, Romance, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Moonrise Kingdom is a 2012 American coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, and starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, and introducing Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward. Largely set on the fictional island of New Penzance somewhere off the coast of New England, it tells the story of an orphan boy (Gilman) who escapes from a scouting camp to unite with his pen pal and love interest, a girl with aggressive tendencies (Hayward). Feeling alienated from their guardians and shunned by their peers, the lovers abscond to an isolated beach. Meanwhile, the island's police captain (Willis) organizes a search party of scouts and family members to locate the runaways.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wes Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-anderson)
- **Screenplay:** [Wes Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-anderson), [Roman Coppola](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-coppola)
- **Producer:** [Wes Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-anderson), [Scott Rudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-rudin), [Steven Rales](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-rales)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Yeoman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-yeoman)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Weisblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-weisblum)

## Cast

- [Tilda Swinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilda-swinton)
- [Jason Schwartzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-schwartzman)
- [Lucas Hedges](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-hedges)
- [Bill Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-murray)
- [Edward Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-norton)
- [Kara Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/kara-hayward)
- [Neal Huff](https://cinepixo.com/people/neal-huff)
- [Harvey Keitel](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-keitel)
- [Gabriel Rush](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-rush)
- [Frances McDormand](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-mcdormand)
- [Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/seamus-davey-fitzpatrick)
- [Larry Pine](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-pine)
- [Bob Balaban](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-balaban)
- [Jared Gilman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jared-gilman)

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