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Directed by | Ron Shelton |
Screenplay by | Ron Shelton |
Based on | Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr Huey Perry |
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Cinematography | Haskell Wexler |
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Music by | Bennie Wallace |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $22 million [1] |
Box office | $19,131,246 |
Blaze is a 1989 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Ron Shelton, based on the 1974 memoir, Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry, by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry. The film stars Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich as Earl Long and Blaze Starr respectively.
At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, the film received a nomination for Best Cinematography for Haskell Wexler. However, the award went to Freddie Francis for Glory . This was Wexler's fifth and final nomination, having previously won for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Bound for Glory (1976).
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The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 75% of 12 critics' reviews are positive. [2] [3] [4] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a "B+" on scale of A+ to F. [5] [6]
Blaze debuted at number 9 at the North American box office on its opening weekend. [7]
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