Operation Blue Sky
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Operation Blue Sky |
| Original title | Blue sky |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 97 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tony Richardson |
| script |
Rama Laurie Stagner , Arlene Sarner , Jerry Leichtling |
| production | Robert H. Solo |
| music | Jack Nitzsche |
| camera | Steve Yaconelli |
| cut | Robert K. Lambert |
| occupation | |
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Blue Sky ( Blue Sky ) is an American film drama by Tony Richardson from the year 1994 .
action
Major Hank Marshall works as a scientist for the US Army and monitors radioactivity during nuclear tests . In his reports to the authorities, he repeatedly points out the dangers and consequences of atmospheric tests. This is another reason why he and his family were transferred from Hawaii to Alabama in the early 1960s .
Hank's beautiful, spirited wife, Carly, does not take the move to new surroundings well. By working in the women's group at the fort, she finds her way around the community. Her daughter Alexandra and Glenn, the son of the fort commandant Colonel Vincent Johnson, are getting closer. At a party, Carly flirts with Colonel Vincent Johnson in front of Hanks, whereupon the latter sends him to Nevada to observe a test . During Hank's absence, Johnson has sex with Carly. Alexandra observes this incident and forces her mother to confess the relationship to Hank.
Two cowboys received a dangerous dose of ionizing radiation during the test , which Hank was unable to prevent despite intervention. He wants to inform the public about the incident, whereupon Johnson, after a violent argument, with Carly's approval, takes him to a mental institution, where he is massively sedated. Carly and the children visit him at the clinic two weeks later and are upset about his condition. Carly wants to go public to get her husband released from the institution. At home she finds the report her husband has prepared about the incident. She visits the cowboys on her ranch, who are still suffering from the effects of the radiation. They refuse to support because they believe the government that the radiation is harmless. Carly steals a horse and, in a fit of madness, rides into the area of the next planned nuclear test, which is abandoned at the last second. Soldiers lead her in front of reporters and cameras. Because Carly remains adamant during interrogation, a general has to order Hank's release from the detention center. Johnson is removed from his post.
Marshall resigns and wants to teach as a professor at a university in California , where his family goes when the film ends.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film was a "muddled melodrama". It is particularly serious that the script is “disturbed” and at no point in time reveals a clear meaning. Jessica Lange exaggerates with her portrayal that Tommy Lee Jones' game is "surprisingly bland", Powers Boothe seems "lifeless".
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “brightly colored melodrama in the style of the 1960s” and addressed “the drama of misguided feelings”. “Superfluous tension elements” as well as “the sometimes unrestrained exaggerated play of the main actress” would destroy the serious film concept.
Cinema spoke of the fact that the film was "wonderfully played", the Time Out Film Guide from a clever, ruthless script ("an intelligent, unsparing script").
Awards
Jessica Lange won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1995 and the Golden Globe Award . She received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award in 1994 and the Premios Sant Jordi in 1996 .
Anna Klemp and Amy Locane were nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1995 .
background
The film was shot in Alabama , Texas and Florida . The shooting took place in 1991, but the film was not released until three years later due to the bankruptcy of the production company.
The film grossed approximately $ 3.36 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- Blue Sky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Operation Blue Sky at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Review by James Berardinelli
- ^ Operation Blue Sky. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Operation Blue Sky. In: Cinema . Retrieved May 30, 2008 .
- ^ BC: Blue Sky (1991). (No longer available online.) In: Time Out Film Guide. Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 30, 2008 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Filming locations for Blue Sky
- ↑ Box office / business for Blue Sky
