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Blaze
Directed by
Ethan Hawke
R
2018
2h 9m
Drama
,
Biography
,
and more
6.5
95%
67%
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A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.
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Cast of Blaze
Ben Dickey
Blaze Foley
Alia Shawkat
Sybil Rosen
Josh Hamilton
Zee
Lloyd Teddy Johnson Jr.
Concho January
Charlie Sexton
Townes Van Zant
Wyatt Russell
Glyn
Jenn Lyon
Cinnamon
Ritchie Montgomery
T J
Gurf Morlix
Himself
David Kallaway
Dennis
Jonathan Marc Sherman
Sam
Jean Carlot
Jeannette
Kris Kristofferson
Edwin Fuller
Alynda Segarra
Marsha
Richard Linklater
Oilman 1
Steve Zahn
Oilman 2
Sam Rockwell
Oilman 3
Martin Bats Bradford
Barry
Tanyell Waivers
Barry's Girlfriend
Laura Costine
Concho's Girlfriend
Dana Lyn
Townes' Girlfriend
Ethan Hawke
Radio DJ
Dane Rhodes
Bat Wielding Producer
Kristen Rowland
Young Girl
Calen Curtis Edwards
Alarmed Hippy 1
Joshua Nanda
Alarmed Hippy 2
Ian McGettigan
Sound Mixer
Nancy Roppolo
Outhouse Waitress 1
Jodi James
Outhouse Waitress 2
David Hinson
Outhouse Cook
Johnny Sansone
Harmonica Player
Edgar Arreola
Flower Vendor
Didi Costine
Flower Vendor's Daughter
D. Taylor Loeb
Jennifer
Johnny Stassi
Crowd Member 1
Aaron Augustus
Bus Boy
Brittany Price
Bus Boy's Girlfriend
Acquanette Richardson
Bus Boy's Girlfriend
Darren Hubbard
Pool Player 1
James Ourso
Pool Player 2
Chris Goodson
Phony Guy
Adam Brazy
Trucker Husband
Leslie Bauden Fleming
Trucker Wife
Marsha Weldon
Senior Home Patient
James Hardin
Senior Home Orderly
Martin Covert
Rabbi
Penelope Costopoulos
Austin Stripper
Elissabeth Blofson
Daiquiri Bar Maid
Jeff Caperton
Austin Cop 1
Jason Crittenden
Austin Cop 2
Scott McLeslie
Russian Junkie
Maureen Tully
Georgia Bar Maid
Peter K. Sanders
Black Hat
Kandice Fontenot
Black Hat Victim
James Williams
Art Student Lover
Jen Guitreau
Hippy Waitress
Ronald A. Centanni
Dining Room Patron
Jeanne Stegal Keene
Diner Lady 1
Lisa Ann Smith
Diner Lady 2
Colby Palmer
Political Trucker
Charles Adams
Zee's Fan
Glinda David
Poker Player 1
Mario Bouguetta
Poker Player 2
Jency Griffin Hogan
Kiley Audience Member 1
Bianca Siplin
Kiley Audience Member 1
Robert Casiello
Kiley Bartender
Billy Stevens
Kiley Owner
Raymond J. Campo
Director
Rick LeCompte
Recording Engineer
Brittany Morris
African American Model
Summer Parsons
Green Room Chick 1
Amy Utter
Green Room Chick 2
Kayla Cleveland
Green Room Chick 3
Leah Conquorgood
Green Room Chick 4
Lindsay Sagara
Green Room Chick 5
Jamie Laginess
Green Room Chick 6
Robert Larriviere
Jim
Micah Murphree
Lonestar Sound Man
Elliott Estelle
Houston Stripper
Kevin Wayne
Biker
Tom Floyd
Biker w/ Gun
Tim Travis
Biker w/ Money
Blaze Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Hawke's fascinated by the tug of war between artistic freedom and domestic responsibility, and he's found clever ways to deal with that theme while zigzagging through Foley's life of music, alcohol, cocaine and women.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The movie is Hawke's fourth and best feature as a director; it's immensely touching, and only deceptively shapeless.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
Ethan Hawke continues scratching his artisty itch by directing and co-writing a biopic of Blaze Foley that feels as raggedy-shambling, jumbled, and sad (but secretly thoughtful and impressive) as the country music oddball himself.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
The great singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt used to say there are two kinds of music: the blues and zip-a-dee-doo-dah. Both are on full, florid display in Blaze, an absorbing, illuminating film about the late musician Blaze Foley.
San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer
Dickey would have made a strong impression regardless. But it turns out he can act, and sing, and has a genuine magnetism that combines with an endearing quality to create a highly appealing screen presence.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
It's the kind of movie that, if you give yourself to it, you'll love.
Entertainment Weekly
Chris Nashawaty
Dickey looks like a big, shaggy dog with a wounded paw who's been left out in the rain overnight. And he's a real revelation.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Hawke tells Foley's story with heart and style, and that's going to make Blaze Foley even more of a legend, and deservedly so.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
At its best, Blaze feels like a cinematic translation of not just Blaze Foley's life but his music, anchored by two incredibly likable, lived-in performances.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Director Ethan Hawke turns the story of hard-livin' troubadour Blaze Foley into a tribute to artistic integrity - and the best music biopic of the year
AV Club
Joshua Alston
Blaze feels like a true passion project, an engine running on Hawke's endless supply of enthusiasm for his subject.
Observer
Oliver Jones
Every one of the relationships depicted crackles with history, tension and love. This a film about how we tell stories about the dead, and who gets to craft these legends.
Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar
..unconventional in its use of Foley's music to form the film's structure, and in the fascinating detours it takes focusing on peripheral characters.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Blaze's first hour is a free-floating, refreshingly exposition-free exploration of an aloof talent who's never quite there.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
Hawke argues movingly that creative success has nothing to do with fame and everything to do with how an artist grows as a person and impacts the people around him.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
A valiant if studied effort, one that occasionally calls to mind Terrence Malick's 2017 freeform music drama, "Song to Song."
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Mr. Hawke is clearly motivated by nothing but affection for Blaze, Townes, Sybil and the state of Texas. He doesn't so much scramble biopic conventions as allow himself and the audience to be distracted from them.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
What Hawke has provided here, with plenty of grace and a minimum of fuss, is an elegy for a life that went missing, more smolder than blaze, and a chance to hear the songs of the unsung.
Austin Chronicle
Matthew Monagle
You may not always like the man, but Blaze makes sure you'll damn well love his songs.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
Hawke obviously loves hanging out with Dickey's Foley, adjusting to his rhythms, suggesting through his pacing that he never wants to leave this milieu.
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