The Hunter's Moon is a 1999 action drama directed by Richard C. Weinman and starring Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its...

. The supporting cast includes Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine

Keith Ian Carradine is an American actor who has had success on stage, film and television. In addition, he is a Golden Globe and Oscar winning songwriter. As a member of the Carradine family, he is part of an acting "dynasty" that began with his father, John Carradine.-Early life:Keith...

 and Hayley DuMond. Although this film did have a very limited theatrical run, it wasn't generally seen until its release on home video and remains one of the most obscure Reynolds films.

Plot summary

In this Depression-era drama, Carradine plays Turner, a World War I vet who is haunted not only by memories of the war but by the civil and economic unrest of the time. He stumbles upon a beautiful backwoods mountainside where he falls hopelessly in love with Flo (Hayley DuMond), the daughter of tyrannical landowner Clayton Samuels (Burt Reynolds). Clayton does not approve of his daughter's relationship and will stop at nothing to end it.

Trivia

• This was one of several roles Reynolds undertook following a financial crisis the artist underwent in the late 1990s. Boogie Nights
  Boogie Nights
  Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, and chronicles his rise and fall from the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s...
  
  was another. Many fans feel, however, The Hunter's Moon features the better performance of the two, despite the fact he was nominated for an Oscar for Boogie Nights.

• The chemistry between veteran Carradine and newcomer, Hayley DuMond was real. In 2006 they wed in real life.