Blue Sky (film)

Blue Sky
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Tony Richardson
Produced by	Robert H. Solo
Written by	Rama Laurie Stagner Arlene Sarner Jerry Leichtling
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	Live Entertainment Orion Pictures Corporation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	September 16, 1994 (1994-09-16)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3,359,465 (USA)

Blue Sky is a 1994 drama, and the last film by veteran film maker Tony Richardson. It was adapted by Rama Laurie Stagner, Arlene Sarner and Jerry Leichtling from a story by Rama Laurie Stagner. It stars Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane and Chris O'Donnell. The original music score was composed by Jack Nitzsche.

The film was completed in 1991, but because of the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures, it sat on the shelf until 1994. Despite this, the film won critical praise and Lange garnered the 1994 Academy Award for Best Actress, along with the Golden Globe Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award and the Sant Jordi de Cine award for Best Actress.

Plot

In the early 1960s Major Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) and his wife Carly (Jessica Lange) are having marital problems because of the pressures of his job and her mental illness. Hank is a nuclear engineer who favors underground nuclear testing and is at odds with his superiors over the wisdom of above-ground, open-air detonations. Carly is a free spirit who appears to be mentally unbalanced and who is slowly being suffocated by domestic torpor and encroaching age. Her behavior is, to say the least, embarrassing for her husband, especially in the confines of a military base. Her husband's reactions to this behavior are among the most interesting aspects of the movie. The family's move from Hawaii to an isolated base in Alabama alarms the couple's oldest daughter, Alex (Amy Locane), and sends Carly into an affair with the base commander, Vince Johnson (Powers Boothe).

Cast

• Jessica Lange as Carly Marshall
• Tommy Lee Jones as Hank Marshall
• Powers Boothe as Vince Johnson
• Carrie Snodgress as Vera Johnson
• Amy Locane as Alex Marshall
• Chris O'Donnell as Glenn Johnson
• Mitch Ryan as Ray Stevens
• Dale Dye as Col. Mike Anwalt
• Timothy Scott as Ned Owens
• Annie Ross as Lydia
• Anna Klemp as Becky Marshall
• Anthony Rene Jones as Helicopter Pilot
• Jay H. Seidl as Soldier on Island
• David Bradford as Soldier #1
• Matt Battaglia as NATO Soldier

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews, with a fresh 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

See also

• 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, a treaty prohibiting all test detonations of nuclear weapons except underground

External links

• Blue Sky at the Internet Movie Database
• Blue Sky at Rotten Tomatoes
• Blue Sky at AllRovi
• Blue Sky (film) at the TCM Movie Database