Amy Locane, Anna Klemp, Annie Ross

Director Tony Richardson's final film stars Jessica Lange in an Oscar-winning turn as Carly, the mentally unstable, promiscuous wife of straight-arrow Army engineer Hank Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones). Wh...( read more  read more... )en the Marshalls get transferred to a dismal Alabama post, Carly -- whose unbridled behavior has cost her husband promotions -- makes a move on the base commander (Powers Boothe), who promptly dispatches Hank to Nevada to conduct nuclear tests.

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PG-13, 101 min.

Directed by: Tony Richardson

Release Date: September 16, 1994

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DVD Release Date: October 24, 2006

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  • May 27, 2008
    Very moving...
    A lot of "Blue Sky" involves the domestic turmoil of the Marshalls, who have lived on a lot of Army bases and seen Carly make a display of herself on all of them. Hank tends to objectify the situation. "What we call love," he tells his daughters, "is really the ex...( read more)change of energy over time. It's simple quantum mechanics." Very nice, but is that a consolation when she has a few drinks and starts doing her sexpot act? "I made a decision a long time ago, just to love her basic qualities," he tells his girls. But the older girl tells her sister: "He's blind and she's crazy. They're perfect for each other." The strange thing is, that's exactly right. And we see the value of her craziness in the movie's third act, which I will not describe here. Jessica Lange's character has seemed basically just very disturbed until these closing scenes, when we sense an instinctive intelligence and a fierce idea of justice which must be what her husband sensed in her all along...
  • August 12, 2007
    Jones is just as good as Lange. Worthwhile for their performances alone.
  • September 12, 2008
    Jessica Lange
  • June 15, 2009
    For me this was a case of good performances despite a bad story. With just a little more concern this screenplay could have been so much better; but the performance by Tommy Lee Jones & Jessica Lange makes up for that. An Army Engineer & his emotionally unstable wife struggle to...( read more) keep their marraige & family together during the 1950s era of "top secret" underground nuculer testing. There are some ridiculous elements to this story that I won't give as a spoiler here, but will leave for you to decide.
  • February 22, 2009
    NO MONEY TO SEE IT!!!
    MO.
  • December 5, 2008
    Was a very good movie, I liked it the first time I saw it... which was probably 5th grade.
  • June 9, 2008
    An astonighing Oscar-winning performance from Jessica Lange keeps this movie afloat. It's one of those very rare performances you never will forget. Great, very believable acting...
  • May 19, 2008
    Wonderful movie and great performances from Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones
  • May 16, 2008
    realii good alot beta than i 4rt!!! tommy was good but the scene stealer was lange she was marilyn with fire!!! top stuff
  • February 16, 2008
    It was stunning to see how beautifully Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica Lang's chemistry in this picture. I could not take my eyes of of them. They should have both gotten more recognition for their work in this story.

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