Blaze (1989 film)
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| Directed by | Ron Shelton |
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| Screenplay by | Ron Shelton |
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| Music by | Bennie Wallace |
| Cinematography | Haskell Wexler |
| Edited by | Robert Leighton Michael King |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22 million[1] |
| Box office | $19,131,246 |
Blaze is a 1989 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ron Shelton. Based on the 1974 memoir Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry, the film stars Paul Newman as Earl Long and Lolita Davidovich as Blaze Starr, with Starr herself making a cameo appearance.
At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, the film received a nomination for Best Cinematography for Haskell Wexler. However, the award went to Freddie Francis for Glory. This was Wexler's fifth and final nomination, having won previously for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Bound for Glory (1976).
Plot
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The film tells the highly fictionalized story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant Governor of Louisiana, brother of assassinated governor and U.S. Senator Huey P. Long and uncle of longtime U.S. Senator Russell Long. According to the memoir and film, Earl Long allegedly fell in love with a young stripper named Blaze Starr.
Cast
- Paul Newman as Governor Earl Long
- Lolita Davidovich as Blaze Starr
- Jerry Hardin as Thibodeaux
- Gailard Sartain as LaGrange
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Eldon Tuck
- Richard Jenkins as Picayune
- Brandon Smith as Arvin Deeter
- Robert Wuhl as Red Snyder
- James Harper as Willie Rainach
- Rod Masterson as Alexandria Daily Town Talk Reporter
Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 12 reviews are positive.[2][3][4] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B+" on scale of A to F.[5][6]
Box office
Blaze debuted at number 9 at the North American box office on its opening weekend.[7]
References
- ↑ Blaze at the American Film Institute Catalog
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Blaze at IMDb
- Blaze at AllMovie
- Blaze at Box Office Mojo
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