Blaze - A dangerous love
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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 |
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Director | Ron Shelton |
script | Ron Shelton |
production |
Gil Friesen , Dale Pollock |
music | Bennie Wallace |
camera | Haskell Wexler |
cut | Robert Leighton |
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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
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
- ↑ Blaze - A Dangerous Love in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed August 13, 2008
- ↑ Cinema , accessed August 13, 2008
- ^ Filming locations for Blaze , accessed August 13, 2008
- ^ Box office / business for Blaze , accessed August 13, 2008