Blaze - A dangerous love

Movie
German title	Blaze - A dangerous love
Original title	Blaze
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1989
length	117 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Ron Shelton
script	Ron Shelton
production	Gil Friesen , Dale Pollock
music	Bennie Wallace
camera	Haskell Wexler
cut	Robert Leighton
occupation
Paul Newman : Governor Earl K. Long Lolita Davidovich : Blaze Starr Jerry Hardin : Thibodeaux Gailard Sartain : LaGrange Jeffrey DeMunn : Eldon Tuck Garland Bunting : Doc Ferriday Richard Jenkins : Picayune Brandon Smith : Arvin Deeter Jay Chevalier : Wiley Braden Robert Wuhl : Red Snyder Michael Brockman : Bobby Eloy Casados : Antoine James Harper : Willie Rainach Teresa Gilmore : Tamara Knight Dianne Brill : Delilah Dough

Blaze - A dangerous love (Original title: Blaze ) is an American drama from 1989 . Directed by Ron Shelton , who also wrote the screenplay based on the book Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry .

action

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The action takes place in the USA in the 1950s. The governor of the US state Louisiana , Earl K. Long , is fighting for an extension of the rights of African Americans . He meets the stripper Blaze Starr, with whom he has a relationship that he tries not to hide. This relationship damages his political standing.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “neatly photographed, politically inspired, dignified melodrama with a nostalgic attitude” . Only Paul Newman stands out “from the superficial drawing of time and milieu” .

Cinema magazine wrote that the film offered a “mix of humor and bare facts” . The two main actors would “skilfully cover up all the shallows ” .

Awards

Haskell Wexler was nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for Best Camera and won the American Society of Cinematographers Award . The film was nominated for the Political Film Society Award for Exposé in 1990.

backgrounds

The film was shot in Baton Rouge , New Orleans, and a few other locations in Louisiana. It grossed approximately $ 19.1 million in US cinemas .

Web links

• Blaze - A dangerous love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Blaze - A dangerous love in the lexicon of international films
• Blaze - A dangerous love at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Blaze - A Dangerous Love in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed August 13, 2008
2. ↑ Cinema , accessed August 13, 2008
3. ^ Filming locations for Blaze , accessed August 13, 2008
4. ^ Box office / business for Blaze , accessed August 13, 2008