Blue Sky (1994)

74% of critics liked it
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Blue Sky was the last film directed by Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) before his death in 1991 and one of the last releases from once-thriving Orion Films, whose bankruptcy kept the picture on the shelf for several years. It also features two career-high performances by Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica… More Blue Sky was the last film directed by Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) before his death in 1991 and one of the last releases from once-thriving Orion Films, whose bankruptcy kept the picture on the shelf for several years. It also features two career-high performances by Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica Lange, who won the Best Actress Oscar for this role, as Hank and Carly Marshall, a military couple whose marriage unravels under the pressure of his job and her mental instability. Hank is an Army captain at odds with his superiors over the wisdom of nuclear testing. Carly is a free spirit spiralling into a dangerous depression after the family's move from Hawaii to a nowhere base in Alabama alarms the couple's older daughter (Amy Locane) and sends Carly into an affair with the base commander (Powers Boothe). ~ Don Kaye, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.
Directed By: Tony Richardson
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Drama

In Theaters: Sep 16, 1994 Wide
On DVD: Oct 24, 2006
Studio: Orion Home Video

Critic Reviews

Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
Jones and Lange at their best.
Nick Davis, Nick's Flick Picks
Persuasively alive... The movie is sufficiently at odds with itself to be both frustrating and intriguing.
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
There are two reasons to see this preposterously plotted military-marital melodrama: Jessica Lange's Oscar-winning performance and the fact that it became Brit Tony Richrdson's very last work.
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Lange and Jones are an electrifying couple

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Randy T

A loosely structured story that is held together by the gravity of Jessica Lange's inspiring performance. A jumble of adultery, deceit and mental illness made worse by it's obtrusive anti-nuclear agenda.
Steve K

Jones is just as good as Lange. Worthwhile for their performances alone.
Audrey L

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Cast

            Jessica Lange as Carly Marshall

            Tommy Lee Jones as Hank Marshall

            Powers Boothe as Vince Johnson

            Carrie Snodgress as Vera Johnson

            Amy Locane as Alex Marshall

            Chris O'Donnell as Glen Johnson

            Mitchell Ryan as Ray Stevens

            Dale Dye as Colonel Mike Anwalt

            Annie Ross as Lydia

            Anna Klemp as Becky Marshall

            Dion Anderson as General Derrick

            Donna Biscoe as Officer's Wife

            David Bradford as First Soldier

            Gary Bullock as Doctor Vankay

            Rod Masterson as Reporter

            Sean McGraw as Reporter

            Angela Paton as Dottie Owens

            Clarinda Ross as Officers Wife

            Timothy Scott as Ned Owens

            Libby Whittemore as Officers Wife

            David Dwyer as Newscaster

            Rene Rokk as NATO Officer

            Richard Jones as Jimmy

            Anthony Rene Jones
            
            Ed Corbin
            
            Jay H. Seidl
            
            Matt Battaglia
            
            Mitch Ryan
            
            Timothy Bottoms
            
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Blue Sky (1994)

Critic Reviews

Featured Audience Ratings

Randy T

Steve K

Audrey L

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