Blue Sky (film)
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| Blue Sky | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tony Richardson |
| Produced by | Robert H. Solo |
| Written by | Rama Laurie Stagner (story) Rama Laurie Stagner Arlene Sarner Jerry Leichtling (screenplay) |
| Starring | Jessica Lange Tommy Lee Jones Powers Boothe Carrie Snodgress Amy Locane Chris O'Donnell |
| Music by | Jack Nitzsche |
| Cinematography | Steve Yaconelli |
| Editing by | Robert K. Lambert |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures Corporation |
| Release date(s) | September 16, 1994 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Blue Sky is a 1994 film which tells the story of an Army officer whose outspokenness and his wife's mental difficulties have made him a pariah to the army. The film's tagline is: "In a world of powerful secrets, love is the most powerful weapon."
The movie was adapted by Rama Laurie Stagner, Arlene Sarner and Jerry Leichtling from a story by Rama Laurie Stagner. It was directed by Tony Richardson and was his last film. The original music score was composed by Jack Nitzsche.
It stars Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane and Chris O'Donnell.
Jessica Lange won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film.
The movie was completed in 1991, but because of a bankruptcy by the original studio, Orion Pictures, it sat on the shelf until 1994.
[edit] Plot summary
In the early 1960s, Major Hank Marshall and his wife Carly are a military couple whose marriage unravels from the pressures of his job and her mental instability. Hank is a nuclear engineer who favors underground nuclear testing, and at odds with his superiors over the wisdom of open-air detonations. Carly is a nubile free spirit spiralling into a dangerous depression, and slowly being suffocated by domestic torpor and encroaching age. The family's move from Hawaii to a nowhere base in Alabama alarms the couple's oldest daughter, Alex, and sends Carly into an affair with the base commander, Vince Johnson.
[edit] Main cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jessica Lange | Carly Marshall |
| Tommy Lee Jones | Hank Marshall |
| Powers Boothe | Vince Johnson |
| Carrie Snodgress | Vera Johnson |
| Amy Locane | Alex Marshall |
| Chris O'Donnell | Glenn Johnson |
[edit] External links
- Blue Sky at the Internet Movie Database
- Blue Sky at Allmovie
- Blue Sky at Rotten Tomatoes
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