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{{Short description|1998 American comedy-drama film by Morgan J. Freeman}}
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{{Infobox Film
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{{Infobox film
| name = Desert Blue
| name = Desert Blue
| image = Desert blue.jpg
| image = Desert blue.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Morgan J. Freeman]]
| director = [[Morgan J. Freeman]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
| producer = Michael Burns<br>[[Nadia Leonelli]]<br>[[Andrea Sperling]]<br>[[Marc Butan]]<br>[[Leanna Creel]]<br>[[Kip Hagopian]]<br>[[Gill Holland]]
* [[Effie Brown]]
* [[Michael Burns (executive)|Michael Burns]]
* Nadia Leonelli
* [[Andrea Sperling]]
}}
| writer = Morgan J. Freeman
| writer = Morgan J. Freeman
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
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* [[Brendan Sexton III]]
| starring = [[Brendan Sexton III]]<br>[[Kate Hudson]]<br>[[Casey Affleck]]<br>[[Sara Gilbert]]<br>[[Christina Ricci]]<br>[[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]]
* [[Kate Hudson]]
* [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]]
* [[Christina Ricci]]
* [[Casey Affleck]]
* [[Sara Gilbert]]
* [[Ethan Suplee]]
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]]
* [[Michael Ironside]]
}}
| music = [[Vytas Nagisetty]]
| music = [[Vytas Nagisetty]]
| cinematography = [[Enrique Chediak]]
| cinematography = [[Enrique Chediak]]
| editing = [[Sabine Hoffmann]]
| editing = Sabine Hoffmann
| distributor = [[Samuel Goldwyn Films LLC]]
| distributor = [[Franchise Pictures]]
| released = September 12, 1998
| released = {{Film date|1998|09|12}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = {{USA}}
| country = United States
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = English
}}
}}
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'''''Desert Blue''''' is a 1998 American [[comedy-drama]] film written and directed by [[Morgan J. Freeman]], starring [[Brendan Sexton III]], [[Kate Hudson]], [[Christina Ricci]], [[Casey Affleck]], [[Sara Gilbert]] and [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]].<ref name=":0" />


== Plot ==
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'''''Desert Blue''''' is a 1998 American comedy/drama film written and directed by [[Morgan J. Freeman]] and starring [[Brendan Sexton III]], [[Kate Hudson]]. [[Christina Ricci]], [[Casey Affleck]], [[Sara Gilbert]], and [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]].<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Desert Blue|first=Lawrence|last=Van Gelder|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0DE2DC1F30F937A35755C0A96F958260|year=1998}}</ref>
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A rising [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] [[wikt:starlet|starlet]] becomes "[[marooning|marooned]]" in a small [[desert]] town while on a roadtrip with her father. There, she gets to know the town's rather [[eccentricity (behavior)|eccentric]] residents, including one whose [[hobby]] is [[pipe bombs]] and another who is trying to carry out his father's dream of building a [[waterpark]] in the desert.

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The story centers on a rising Hollywood starlet (Hudson) who becomes "marooned" in a small desert town while on a roadtrip with her father. There, she gets to know the town's rather eccentric residents, including one (Ricci) whose hobby is pipe bombs and another (Sexton) who is trying to carry out his father's dream of building a [[waterpark]] in the desert.



==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
{{columns-list|3|
* [[Casey Affleck]] as Peter Kepler
* [[Brendan Sexton III]] as Blue Baxter
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* [[Brenden Sexton III]] as Blue Baxter
* [[Kate Hudson]] as Skye Davis
* [[Kate Hudson]] as Skye Davis
* [[Christina Ricci]] as Ely Jackson
* [[Christina Ricci]] as Ely Jackson
* [[John Heard]] as Prof. Lance Davidson
* [[Casey Affleck]] as Peter Kepler
* [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]] as Professor Lance Davidson
* [[Ethan Suplee]] as Cale
* [[Ethan Suplee]] as Cale
* [[Sara Gilbert]] as Sandy
* [[Sara Gilbert]] as Sandy
* [[Isidra Vega]] as Haley Gordon
* Isidra Vega as Haley Gordon
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as Billy Baxter
* [[Peter Sarsgaard]] as Billy Baxter
* Rene Rivera as Dr. Gordon
* Rene Rivera as Dr. Gordon
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* Jerry Agee as Insurance Agent
* Jerry Agee as Insurance Agent
* [[Daniel Von Bargen]] as Sheriff Jackson
* [[Daniel Von Bargen]] as Sheriff Jackson
* [[Richmond Arquette]] as Truck Driver
* Richmond Arquette as Truck Driver
* [[Michael Ironside]] Agent Frank Bellows
* [[Michael Ironside]] as FBI Agent Frank Bellows
* Nate Moore as Agent Red
* Nate Moore as FBI Agent Red
* [[Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine]] as Agent Green
* [[Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine]] as FBI Agent Green
* [[Aunjanue Ellis]] as Agent Summers
* [[Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor|Aunjanue Ellis]] as FBI Agent Summers
* [[Fred Schneider]] as KBLU Radio DJ (voice)
* [[Fred Schneider]] as KBLU Radio DJ (voice)
* [[Liev Schreiber]] as Mickey Moonday (voice)
* [[Liev Schreiber]] as Mickey Moonday (voice)
* MacDaddy Beefcake as Telly Clems (voice)
* MacDaddy Beefcake as Telly Clems (voice)
* Chris Gannon Additional Voices (voice)
* Don Leslie Additional Voices (voice)
}}
}}



==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack features songs by [[The Candyskins]], [[Rilo Kiley]], [[Janis Ian]], and others.
The soundtrack features songs by [[The Candyskins]], [[Rilo Kiley]], [[Janis Ian]], and others.


==Production==
==Reception==
[[Rotten Tomatoes]], [[review aggregator]], reports that 37% of 19 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 5/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/desert_blue/|title=Desert Blue (1999)|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref> Glenn Lovell of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a cloying, mechanically plotted comedy".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/desert-blue-1200455133/|title=Review: 'Desert Blue'|last=Lovell|first=Glenn|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=1998-09-18|access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref> [[Lawrence van Gelder|Lawrence Van Gelder]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "The graceful literary and directorial touch of Morgan J. Freeman turns these youngsters into individuals rather than cinema's customary caricatures".<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Van Gelder |first=Lawrence |date=1999-06-04 |title=Desert Blue (1998) |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/060499desert-film-review.html |access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref> John Anderson of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "It's a small story, perhaps even an ephemeral movie, but ''Desert Blue'' also has a novelistic capacity for character and setting, without either the maudlin sentimentality or gratuitous vulgarity of most teen-oriented movies."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-18-ca-47616-story.html|title=Seductive 'Desert' Takes a Charming Slap at Reality|last=Anderson|first=John|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=1999-06-18|access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of ''[[The Chicago Sun-Times]]'' rated it three out of four stars and compared it to ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'' and ''[[U Turn (1997 film)|U Turn]]'', saying that it is the "herbal tea" version of the latter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/desert-blue-1999|title=Desert Blue|last=Ebert|first=Roger|work=RogerEbert.com|date=1999-09-10|access-date=2015-01-22}}</ref> Lisa Schwarzbaum of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a grade of C and described the setting as "yet another indie drama set in a burg reminiscent, by way of aggressive eccentricity, of TV's ''[[Northern Exposure]]''."<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/06/18/desert-blue/|title=Desert Blue (1999)|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|journal=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=490|date=1999-06-18|access-date=2015-01-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223154237/https://ew.com/article/1999/06/18/desert-blue/|archive-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
Scenes were filmed in [[Goldfield, Nevada]] and [[Tonahpah, Nevada]] to portray the fictional small town.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0126261}}
*{{IMDb title|0126261}}
*{{Amg movie|173468|Desert Blue}}
*{{AllMovie title|173468}}
*{{rotten tomatoes|desert_blue}}
*{{rotten tomatoes|desert_blue}}


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[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:1990s comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1998 comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:American comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:American comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:1990s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Morgan J. Freeman]]
[[Category:Films directed by Morgan J. Freeman]]
[[Category:1998 independent films]]
[[pt:Blue Desert]]
[[Category:Films produced by Andrea Sperling]]
[[Category:The Samuel Goldwyn Company films]]
[[Category:1990s American films]]
[[Category:English-language comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:English-language independent films]]

Latest revision as of 17:54, 15 September 2024

For the butterflies with this common name, see Euchrysops nilotica and Jalmenus aridus.

Desert Blue
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMorgan J. Freeman
Written byMorgan J. Freeman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEnrique Chediak
Edited bySabine Hoffmann
Music byVytas Nagisetty
Distributed byFranchise Pictures
Release date
  • September 12, 1998 (1998-09-12)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Desert Blue is a 1998 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Morgan J. Freeman, starring Brendan Sexton III, Kate Hudson, Christina Ricci, Casey Affleck, Sara Gilbert and John Heard.[1]

Plot

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A rising Hollywood starlet becomes "marooned" in a small desert town while on a roadtrip with her father. There, she gets to know the town's rather eccentric residents, including one whose hobby is pipe bombs and another who is trying to carry out his father's dream of building a waterpark in the desert.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The soundtrack features songs by The Candyskins, Rilo Kiley, Janis Ian, and others.

Reception

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Rotten Tomatoes, review aggregator, reports that 37% of 19 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 5/10.[2] Glenn Lovell of Variety called it "a cloying, mechanically plotted comedy".[3] Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times wrote, "The graceful literary and directorial touch of Morgan J. Freeman turns these youngsters into individuals rather than cinema's customary caricatures".[1] John Anderson of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "It's a small story, perhaps even an ephemeral movie, but Desert Blue also has a novelistic capacity for character and setting, without either the maudlin sentimentality or gratuitous vulgarity of most teen-oriented movies."[4] Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times rated it three out of four stars and compared it to The Last Picture Show and U Turn, saying that it is the "herbal tea" version of the latter.[5] Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade of C and described the setting as "yet another indie drama set in a burg reminiscent, by way of aggressive eccentricity, of TV's Northern Exposure."[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Van Gelder, Lawrence (June 4, 1999). "Desert Blue (1998)". The New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Desert Blue (1999)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Lovell, Glenn (September 18, 1998). "Review: 'Desert Blue'". Variety. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  4. ^ Anderson, John (June 18, 1999). "Seductive 'Desert' Takes a Charming Slap at Reality". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  5. ^ Ebert, Roger (September 10, 1999). "Desert Blue". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  6. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa (June 18, 1999). "Desert Blue (1999)". Entertainment Weekly (490). Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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