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Blaze is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Ethan Hawke based on the life of country musician Blaze Foley. The screenplay by Hawke and Sybil Rosen was adapted from the memoir Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley by Rosen. It stars musician Ben Dickey as Foley.[3][4] The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival[5] and was released in the United States on August 17, 2018, by IFC Films.
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Directed by | Ethan Hawke |
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Based on | Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley by Sybil Rosen |
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Cinematography | Steve Cosens |
Edited by | Jason Gourson |
Distributed by | IFC Films |
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Running time | 127 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $680,058[2] |
This was Kris Kristofferson’s final film appearance before his retirement.
The movie shows scenes of Foley's life and career, interspersed between two of Foley's friends being interviewed on the radio and his final performance and recording.
Principal photography took place in and around ORWO Studios in East Feliciana, Louisiana and a small amount of photography in Mississippi in early 2017.[3]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 91 reviews, and an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "As lyrical and bittersweet as the music its subject left behind, Blaze takes a decidedly unconventional -- yet richly rewarding -- approach to the musical biopic."[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]
On RogerEbert.com, Nick Allen raved that the film is "hands down the best movie of its kind since Inside Llewyn Davis" and added "This movie is all Foley, and the confidence in his words proves incredibly rewarding for Hawke as a cinematic storyteller himself."[8]
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