Blaze
★★☆☆☆
Directed by
Ron Shelton
Produced by Gil Friesen and Dale Pollock
Screenplay by Ron Shelton
Based on the book Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry
With: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain, Jeffrey DeMunn, Garland Bunting, Richard Jenkins, Brandon Smith, Jay Chevalier, Robert Wuhl, Robert Wuhl, and Blaze Starr
Editing: Robert Leighton and Michael King
Music: Bennie Wallace
Runtime: 120 min
Release Date: 13 December 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color
Produced by Gil Friesen and Dale Pollock
Screenplay by Ron Shelton
Based on the book Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry
With: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain, Jeffrey DeMunn, Garland Bunting, Richard Jenkins, Brandon Smith, Jay Chevalier, Robert Wuhl, Robert Wuhl, and Blaze Starr
Runtime:
120 min
Release Date: 13 December 1989
Color/Aspect: Color / 1.85 : 1
Cinematography:
Haskell WexlerRelease Date: 13 December 1989
Color/Aspect: Color / 1.85 : 1
Editing: Robert Leighton and Michael King
Music: Bennie Wallace
Runtime: 120 min
Release Date: 13 December 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color
Blaze
★★☆☆☆
Twitter Capsule:
Paul Newman is an odd (though entertaining) choice to play the flamboyant Earl Long in Ron Shelton’s fancifully speculative tale of the 45th Governor of Louisiana’s affair with the young stripper Blaze Starr.
Paul Newman is an odd (though entertaining) choice to play the flamboyant Earl Long in Ron Shelton’s fancifully speculative tale of the 45th Governor of Louisiana’s affair with the young stripper Blaze Starr.
Directed by
Ron Shelton
Produced by Gil Friesen and Dale Pollock
Screenplay by Ron Shelton
Based on the book Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry
With: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain, Jeffrey DeMunn, Garland Bunting, Richard Jenkins, Brandon Smith, Jay Chevalier, Robert Wuhl, Robert Wuhl, and Blaze Starr
Editing: Robert Leighton and Michael King
Music: Bennie Wallace
Runtime: 120 min
Release Date: 13 December 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color
Produced by Gil Friesen and Dale Pollock
Screenplay by Ron Shelton
Based on the book Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry
With: Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain, Jeffrey DeMunn, Garland Bunting, Richard Jenkins, Brandon Smith, Jay Chevalier, Robert Wuhl, Robert Wuhl, and Blaze Starr
Runtime:
120 min
Release Date: 13 December 1989
Color/Aspect: Color / 1.85 : 1
Cinematography:
Haskell WexlerRelease Date: 13 December 1989
Color/Aspect: Color / 1.85 : 1
Editing: Robert Leighton and Michael King
Music: Bennie Wallace
Runtime: 120 min
Release Date: 13 December 1989
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color
How I Rate Films
★★★★★
One of the 5000 greatest films. Usually only awarded after repeat viewings, so there are more five-star films from decades past than recent years.
★★★★☆
An excellent film. Possibly one of the 5000 and certainly worthy of repeated viewing.
★★★☆☆
A good film well worth seeing. Films listed at the top of this ranking could end up one of the 5000.
★★☆☆☆
A disappointment, an interesting failure, or just a bad movie. Still, maybe worth seeing: I often enjoy the top two-star films in a given list more than the bottom three-star films.
★☆☆☆☆
A bad, rant-worthy film. Should be avoided regardless of hype or talent involved.
☆☆☆☆☆
One of the worst films.
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