Blue Sky (1994)

Regisseur:

Tony Richardson

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Rama Laurie Stagner (story)
Rama Laurie Stagner (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

16. September 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

In a world of secrets, love is the most powerful weapon.

Plot:

Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned...

Plot Keywords:

Military Life | Playing Footsie | Alabama | Poignant | Manic Depression

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Story Is Not Much, But Lange Is A Hoot

Besetzung

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

Alternativ:

Operation Blue Sky (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

101 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #30942) | Canada:A (Ontario) | Iceland:L

Drehorte:

Alabama, USA

Firma:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

Completed in 1991, but not released until 1994 due to Orion Pictures' bankruptcy.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The major has gold braid which begins at the next rank, Lt. Colonel. In fact he has a full serving of "scrambled eggs" which is reserved for Generals.

Dialogzitate:

Hank Marshall: My job, sir, is to evaluate radiation hazards to United States Army personnel. My wife's not enlisted in the Army. Why doesn't the colonel concern himself with the safety of men who are, rather than the mammaries of women who are not!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Gonna Do You No Wrong

Story Is Not Much, But Lange Is A Hoot

This film had some really interesting scenes that made me watch the movie twice but that was enough. The story overall is a bit too messy.

Jessica Lange was a hoot as the manic-depressive flirtatious wife of Army Major "Hank Marshall." Boy, poor Hank had his hands full with "Carly" as his wife. Lange plays the role a little over-the-top but that's what makes her interesting here. It turns out to be a military soap opera film, if there is such a thing.

The soap angle came in not just between the Major trying to control his out-of- control wife, but the couple's poor daughters who had to live with this under their roof. Amy Klempp and Amy Locane played the sympathetic daughters.

There's more to the story, such as incidental things like nuclear bomb testing but, believe-it-or-not, that takes a back seat to Jones and Lange's marital woes. Frankly. when I write this, over 10 years after seeing the film, I wonder why I bothered watching this twice. I was a big fan of Jones, and maybe that was it, plus Lange looked good back then playing the blonde bombshell. This is one of the last films in which she looked this good as her "Tootsie" days were starting to wan.