Blue Sky (1994) on Netflix
In 1962, Army engineer Major Hank Marshall moves his volatile wife Carly and their daughters to an Alabama base. Base commander Colonel Vince Johnson dismisses his case for underground testing.
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Plot summary
A nuclear engineer in the U.S. Army, Major Hank Marshall argues for underground nuclear tests, the program code-named Blue Sky, rather than open-air detonations, and his superiors want his reports buried. His wife Carly is volatile, swinging between anger and exuberance, and their daughters Alex and Becky have weathered her cycles before. The Army transfers the family from Hawaii to a rundown base in rural Alabama, where Carly tears at the leftover furnishings and then goes shopping to fix the house up. Hank presents his evidence to base commander Colonel Vince Johnson, who will not hear it. At a party given by the officers' wives, an intoxicated Carly dances with Vince while Hank and Vera Johnson watch. Alex, meanwhile, begins slipping away to see Glenn Johnson, the commander's son.
Cast
- Anna Klempas Becky Marshall
- Anthony Rene Jonesas Helicopter Pilot
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Blue Sky (1994)
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- Jessica Lange won the Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe for Blue Sky, becoming the fifth actress to win Oscars in both the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress categories.
- Rama Laurie Stagner built her screenplay on an unpublished manuscript by her father, who wrote about the tensions of his job and family life after resigning from the military in 1964, and on her own memories as the eldest of two daughters.
- Blue Sky was the final film of director Tony Richardson, who died on November 14, 1991, before the film reached theaters.
