Blue Sky | 
| Director: Tony Richardson
Actors: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
Buy New: $24.99
New (11) Used (7) from $15.85
Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 28416
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D1001535D
ISBN: 0792848608
UPC: 027616858467
EAN: 9780792848608
ASIN: B0000542C5
Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 1994
Release Date: February 6, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Jessica Lange deserves three cheers for her performance as an army wife in the early 1960s. Sensuous and unpredictable, Lange bridles at the restrictions in her life and is constantly seeking attention. Tommy Lee Jones is the nuclear engineer who adores her, but is just as passionate toward his career. Lange and Jones sizzle in spite of a weak plot tangent concerning the military cover-up of nuclear testing in the Nevada desert. The love story is everything as it bursts with undercurrents of passion, regret, sorrow, and joy. Lange's sexy, high-strung performance earned her an Oscar. It was director Tony Richardson's last film. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Description
It was a time when blond bombshells splashed Life covers and A-bomb tests mushroomed in the desert. The older generation believed in their government, while younger people protested against it. And Blue Sky captures it all! Politically charged and erotically explosive, this highly combustible film features powerful performances by Jessica Lange (Rob Roy) in an Academy AwardA(r)-winning* role, and dynamic OscarA(r) winner** Tommy Lee Jones (Men in Black). Hard-working, mild-tempered Army scientist Hank Marshall (Jones) has his hands full with explosive nuclear reactors and the equally volatile Carly (Lange), his beautifully spirited and emotionally vulnerable wife. While he's conducting tests in Nevada, she succumbs to the advances of his superior officer! But her infidelity is not the only dilemma the Marshalls have to face. When a deadly military cover-up puts Hank in jeopardy, it's up to Carly to muster the courage and strength tosave the man she loves! *1994: Actress **1993: Supporting Actor, The Fugitive
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Hyper City. December 4, 2008
ADRIENNE MILLER (TENNESSEE)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Blue Sky won Jessica Lange her second Oscar and boy her smoldering performance is over the top to say the least. She plays a manic-depressive and poor Tommy Lee Jones plays her military hubby. The story is pretty boring so pretty much skip this stinker.
 A pleasant surprise November 18, 2008
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I expected nothing from this, given the dvd's cheap cover. It turned out to be a great performance by Lange and Jones, with her portraying a bipolar Army wife in the early 60s. The kids are great actors, too. Smart script. Nice pacing. Not too long. You can't go wrong.
Blue Sky viewed November 2, 2008
James W. Jackson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Average movie. I am Tommy Lee Jones fan and I had not seen this one.
Which one's going to blow up first? October 2, 2008
R. Kyle (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The a-bomb that Hank Marshall (Jones) has to inspect or his marriage to tempestuous Carly (Lange). Carly ran away from her home in Virginia because she 'wanted paradise.' When Carly's topless sunbathing gets the Marshalls busted from Hawaii to Alabama, their marriage goes on the rocks.
Carly's badly unstable. We'd call her bipolar today. Her mood swings go from effervescent highs to devastating lows that frighten the two Marshall kids.
Hank describes Carly like 'water.' Sometimes, she's flowing and sometimes she's like ice. The kids describe them 'he's blind and she's crazy.'
Matters go from bad to worse when Colonel Vincent Johnson (Boothe) gets interested in Carly and transfers Hank to Nevada bomb tests. This project "Blue Sky" is going to be an aboveground test since the Soviets have detonated a bomb aboveground and we have to stay ahead in the arms race.
You'd think it's a rotten marriage and in some ways you'd be right, but when a test goes awry and the military wants to cover it up Carly is there for Hank. Jessica Lange won an Oscar for her role in this film, but Jones deserves accolades as well for his elegant, understated role as a science-minded military man.
Rebecca Kyle, October 2008
Jessica's "Gem" August 5, 2008
The Blue Baron (Los Angeles)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My favorite Jessica Lange movie. She is so...sexy in this film. I personally love high-strung females like this, they are so much fun to be around! Anyway, I love everything about this film and kinda knew this was gonna be true when the film opened with one of favorite songs by Dinah Washington & Brook Benton (You've Got What It Takes). Anyone who wants to watch a well made great movie should check this out!
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