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Desert Blue

Play trailer Poster for Desert Blue R,  1998,  1h 30m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 35% 17 Reviews Tomatometer 47% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
35% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A young man (Brendan Sexton III) in a desert town is determined to complete his dead father's project, a water slide.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
A movie like this depends on tone more than anything else. Moviegoers who don't like the rhythm may grow impatient. It's not a romance, a drama or an adventure, but the evocation of a time and place. The characters are odd because they grew up that way. Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Nov 17, 2009
1.5/4
Strains itself in trying to be relentlessly offbeat. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 28, 2005
2/5
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Apr 1, 2005
2/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Feb 7, 2005
3/5
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Oct 9, 2002
2/4
...coast[s] along on the charisma of the actors... Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Morgan J. Freeman

Director

Brendan Sexton III

Blue Baxter

Kate Hudson

Skye Davidson

Christina Ricci

Ely Jackson

John Heard

Professor Lance Davidson

Lucinda Jenney

Caroline Baxter

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Desert Blue

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Movie Info

Synopsis A young man (Brendan Sexton III) in a desert town is determined to complete his dead father's project, a water slide.
Director
Morgan J. Freeman
Producer
Michael Burns, Nadia Leonelli, Andrea Sperling
Screenwriter
Morgan J. Freeman
Distributor
Columbia Tristar, Samuel Goldwyn Company, LK-TEL
Production Co
HSX Films, Ignite Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 18, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 20, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$99.1K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Dolby, Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.37:1)
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