Blue Sky (1994 film)

Blue Sky
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Tony Richardson
Screenplay by	Rama Laurie Stagner Arlene Sarner Jerry Leichtling
Story by	Rama Laurie Stagner
Produced by	Robert H. Solo
Starring	Jessica Lange Tommy Lee Jones Powers Boothe Carrie Snodgress Amy Locane Chris O'Donnell
Cinematography	Steve Yaconelli
Edited by	Robert K. Lambert
Music by	Jack Nitzsche
Production companies	Orion Pictures, Robert H. Solo Productions
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date	September 16, 1994 (1994-09-16)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$3.4 million (domestic)[1]

Blue Sky is a 1994 American drama directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane, and Chris O'Donnell. It tells the story of a nuclear coverup. It was adapted by Rama Stagner, Arlene Sarner and Jerry Leichtling. The score was composed by Jack Nitzsche.

Blue Sky was filmed between May 14 to July 16, 1990.^[2] The film was completed in 1991, but because of the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures, it sat on the shelf until 1994. It was Richardson's final film. He died on November 14, 1991. The film garnered critical acclaim and Lange won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Actress, along with the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Actress, the Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, and the Sant Jordi Award for Best Actress. She became the second actress, after Streep, to follow a Best Supporting Actress Oscar with a Best Actress Oscar, an achievement not repeated until nearly 20 years later by Cate Blanchett.

The film is based on Rama Stagner-Blum's real life and the relationship between her parents, Clyde and Gloria Lee Moore-Stagner, during the 1960s, while her father was in the army. They later divorced and Gloria remarried before dying in 1982.^[3]