Blue Sky

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Blue Sky

PG-13,

1994,

1h 41m,

Drama/

Romance

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In the late 1950s, the U.S. Army assigns nuclear engineer Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) to an isolated weapons testing facility in Alabama. Hank causes waves with his superior officers due to his stance against the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. Marshall's wife, Carly (Jessica Lange), further aggravates the situation because of her emotional instability and flirtatious nature. The move to Alabama sends her into the arms of base commander Vince Johnson (Powers Boothe).

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Feb 22, 2018

The melodrama can be forgiven. What lingers in the mind is Richardson's hard-won, grown-up humanism.

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Ryan Gilbey

Independent on Sunday

Dec 13, 2017

Watching Lange and Jones together is like being caught in sheet lightning.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

Blue Sky is such an ungainly mixture of politics, emotion and nostalgia that it's a wonder the movie works at all - but it does.

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

Mar 2, 2022

3/4

When it sticks to the family and to Lange's showy and fierce performance, it is something to watch.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Oct 27, 2020

3/5

Indeed, it is Lange's performance that still holds this film together... Presented as a ferocious feline, Lange excels here at the small tics hinting at the madness always lurking below the surface.

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Malcolm L. Johnson

Hartford Courant

May 23, 2018

Blue Sky amounts to a potent audition for [Lange] role as Tennessee Williams' mad, delicate Southern gentlewoman.

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Kylo P

Jun 2, 2018

A good film with great actors and a nice story.

May 11, 2018

This movie is disgusting it should be rated R, too much sex, it makes me want to puke, this is not a good movie ??

George L

Sep 4, 2017

Loved it...again! Lange and Jones have terrific chemistry in this film. The story smolders around a strong-willed, glamorously aging wife and her strong-minded, ethically frustrated husband. By its end, you can detect that the special elements of selfless love and deep conscience ignite into mature, enduring love, whether in the desert where a nuclear bomb is about to explode or within the housing barracks where a nuclear family fears to implode. True love can rise from ashes of redemption like a Phoenix after flames of imperfection, mental illness, and loneliness have taken a toll on aging lives of loud and quiet desperation. A long-term love survived is not unlike the "blue sky" itself - as the eldest daughter explained about the invisible forces of power.

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Rey L

Feb 25, 2017

lange deserved her Oscar, in an otherwise sub-par film

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Tony Richardson

Director

Jessica Lange

Carly Marshall

Tommy Lee Jones

Hank Marshall

Powers Boothe

Vince Johnson

Carrie Snodgress

Vera Johnson

Amy Locane

Alex Marshall

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Synopsis

In the late 1950s, the U.S. Army assigns nuclear engineer Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones) to an isolated weapons testing facility in Alabama. Hank causes waves with his superior officers due to his stance against the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. Marshall's wife, Carly (Jessica Lange), further aggravates the situation because of her emotional instability and flirtatious nature. The move to Alabama sends her into the arms of base commander Vince Johnson (Powers Boothe).

Director: Tony Richardson
Producer: Robert H. Solo
Screenwriter: Rama Laurie Stagner, Arlene Sarner, Jerry Leichtling
Distributor: Orion Pictures
Production Co: Orion Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.5M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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