Blue Sky

1994 Drama

Blue Sky was the last film directed by Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) before his death in 1991 and one of the last releases from once-thriving Orion Films, whose bankruptcy kept the picture on the shelf for several years. It also features two career-high performances by Tommy Lee Jones and Jessica Lange, who won the Best Actress Oscar for this role, as Hank and Carly Marshall, a military couple whose marriage unravels under the pressure of his job and her mental instability. Hank is an Army captain at odds with his superiors over the wisdom of nuclear testing. Carly is a free spirit spiralling into a dangerous depression after the family's move from Hawaii to a nowhere base in Alabama alarms the couple's older daughter (Amy Locane) and sends Carly into an affair with the base commander (Powers Boothe).

Director: Tony Richardson

Starring: Jessica Lange,Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane

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Awards

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role

    Academy Awards (1995)

  • Best Actress

    Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1995)

     
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Golden Globes (1995)

  • Best Actress

    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1994)

  • Best Actress

    National Society of Film Critics Awards (1995)