On March 30, we were surprised to learn that Bruce Willis was ending his career. The decision was made by his family when they learned that the actor was suffering from aphasia, a language disorder, ranging from difficulty finding words to complete loss of self-expression.
While most of his cinematography is available on streaming, the entire portion of his career on television remains invisible on the platforms: his cult series Clair de lune (Moonlight in VO), where he responds to Cable Shaffer. And the show’s creator, Glenn Gordon Caron, has been trying for years to correct this injustice.
In an exclusive interview Move, Caron says it has been four years since he contacted Disney + (which owns the show’s broadcasting rights, previously aired on ABC), but that the platform does not want to put Bruce Willis’ show online online. The reason given by the streaming service at the time is that the series did not fit into the family world that Disney then wanted to introduce.
Except that Disney meanwhile swallowed Twentieth Century Fox, FX, and Hulu, which have a lot of “R-Rated” content, i.e. violent, rude, or politically incorrect (Deadpool or Alien to name just the more well-known general public), content that It had to be delivered to the public.
In France, this has led to the opening of a STAR section on the platform that hosts content that is not intended for children. So Caron returned to the charge of acquitting Claire de Looney, which Disney this time gave him for another reason to refuse: Musical rights.
Bruce Willis in “Drinking and Frustration”
This recurring problem of musical rights had a major impact on the series of the 80s and 90s and early 2000s (Cod Quant or Malcolm were the victims): the non-free music used for the episodes was not protected beyond airtime. Therefore, for release on Blu-ray or the platform, these series show their original music changed and their integrity changed.
Glenn Gordon Caron then told The Wrap that he threw in the towel and no longer fought because Disney would refuse to pay the music rights necessary to keep the series intact. The platform would offer to change the music of the series to other less expensive and similar ones, but Caron objected.
Many cult series have not made the same choice (or have not) and the versions we know about them today on the platforms no longer have anything in common musically with their TV versions.
Moonlight begins with a simple story: After embezzling her trusted man, Medie Hayes leads her own affairs. Now at the head of Clair de Lune Detective Firm, he will join David Edison Jr., a brazen Playboy detective.
This detective agency experienced 66 episodes (67 if the pilot is two episodes), which aired from March 3, 1985, to the United States and May 14, 1989, in France from March 1, 1987 on the M6. The series was the most expensive of its time, grossing $ 1.6 million per episode. The ABC network paid for itself because the entire profit was returned only to him.
Kibyl Shepherd vs. Bruce Willis in “Moonlight”
Kibel Shepherd was already famous when the series started, which focused primarily on his character and he was the star of the show. He and Willis did not communicate at all on the set, but Moonlight hired the actor to play in Crystal Trap, which was noticed by John McTiernan, who saw in him through the character of the TV series the perfect average American.
The series, which bets on a good dose of humor, romanticism and investigation, dared to break the “4th wall” of the story, ie the protagonists regularly address the viewer, which distinguishes him from the majority de facto. TV production for the time.
Finally, this gave rise to the expression used by fans of TV series, especially across the Atlantic, “Moonlighting Curse”. This term refers to how the series begins to fall when the series answers the tough question “Will the characters gather?”. And indeed, after the sexual tension evacuated between her two characters, Claire de Lunn began to see that her audience had disappeared.
Note that in France it is possible to buy Clair de lune on DVD, but most likely with retouched music.
As a bonus, Bruce Willis tests for the series pilot:
Source: allocine
Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
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