Blaze

Blaze

1989 · 117 min · EN · R · 6.3 (48 votes)
Dir. Ron Shelton · Starring Paul Newman, Lolita Davidovich, Jerry Hardin, Gailard Sartain, Jeffrey DeMunn, Garland Bunting · Music Bennie Wallace

A governor. A stripper. Forced to chose between the office he held and the woman he loved, he chose both.

DramaRomance

This movie tells the story of the latter years of Earl Long, a flamboyant governor of Louisiana. The aging Earl, an unapologetic habitue of strip joints, falls in love with young stripper Blaze Starr. When Earl and Blaze move in together, Earl's opponents use this to attack his controversial political program, which included civil rights for blacks in the 1950's.

VIBE

A sweaty, rumpled, and surprisingly tender look at a controversial politician's final years. It's a messy, human portrait fueled by a defiant spirit and a doomed romance, set against the backdrop of a changing South.

raunchymelancholicpassionategrittysteadySouthern Gothicperiod dramacharacter studypowerloveracepolitics
governorlouisianacivil rightsstripperbased on memoir or autobiography