Blaze (1989)
- Directed by
- Ron Shelton
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, romantic comedy, comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 69 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Louisiana governor begins a scandalous public romance with a burlesque dancer in the 1950s. The film follows their unlikely relationship as it plays out against politics and Southern society.
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What happens
Blaze is a 1989 American 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 as Earl Long and Lolita Davidovich as Blaze Starr. At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, the film received a nomination for Best Cinematography for Haskell Wexler. It was Wexler's fifth and final nomination, previously winning for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Bound for Glory (1976). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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