| 1 | * AmateurCast: The child actors were hired from an open casting call in Miami. |
| 2 | * EnforcedMethodActing: The three actors playing Chiron didn't meet during filming to avoid them copying each other's acting styles. |
| 3 | * FakeAmerican: Creator/NaomieHarris is English. |
| 4 | * NoBudget: Made for $1.5 million, it's now the [[http://hellogiggles.com/moonlight-lowest-budget-oscar-best-picture/ lowest budget film]] to win Best Picture. (Some estimates of the budget have $4 million instead; it's not clear which is correct.) |
| 5 | * SeparatedAtBirthCasting: All three {{Timeshifted Actor}}s who play Chiron in their respective stages of his life resemble one-another to some extent making the character's age progression all the more believable. The same goes for the three actors who play Kevin. |
| 6 | * SerendipityWritesThePlot: The scene of Juan teaching Chiron how to swim was originally going to be longer and more dialogue-heavy, but an [[http://www.avclub.com/article/barry-jenkins-making-magnificent-moonlight-244615 incoming storm]] cut back on their shooting time. The darkening clouds ended up giving the sequence far more dramatic heft, and turned it into something of a SignatureScene. |
| 7 | * SleeperHit: The movie went from virtually unknown to making at least 16 and possibly as many as 43 times its budget at the box office[[note]]Of course, given [[NoBudget its budget]] that isn't as impressive as it sounds, but it's still quite the financial success[[/note]] and winning three Oscars, including Best Picture. |
| 8 | * StarMakingRole: Creator/MahershalaAli already had a respectable career before this movie, but his performance as Juan and the subsequent Oscar win is what made him a household name. |
| 9 | * WriteWhatYouKnow: Director Creator/BarryJenkins and playwright Tarrel Alvin [=McCraney=][[note]]who wrote the unpublished play ''Moonlight'' was based on[[/note]] both grew up in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Square_(Miami) Liberty Square]], where much of the film takes place. In fact, Jenkins was able to shoot there undisturbed since he still had relatives living in the area. |
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