Out of the Blue

Showings

Kentucky Theatre Fri, Aug 22 10:00 PM
Film Info
Release Year:1981
Rating:R
Runtime:94
Genre:Drama
Production Country:Canada
USA
Original Language:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Dennis Hopper
Cast:Linda Manz
Dennis Hopper
Sharon Farrell
Don Gordon
Raymond Burr
Screenwriter:Brenda Nielson
Gary Jules Jouvenat
Dennis Hopper
Leonard Yakir

Description

OUT OF THE BLUE

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"The movie escalates so relentlessly toward its violent, nihilistic conclusion that when it comes, we believe it."
Chicago Sun-Times

 

"An accomplished dissection of fractured redneck family life."
—Guardian

 

Dennis Hopper’s hurricane-force domestic tragedy is the ’80s answer to Easy Rider, following troubled youth subculture to its frightening, screaming, self-annihilating extreme. Just out of prison for drunk-driving his truck into a school bus, delinquent dad Don (Dennis Hopper) returns home to the planet’s most messed up family: heroin-addict wife Kathy (Sharon Farrell) and self-destructive, Elvis Presley– and Sid Vicious–obsessed rebel-punk daughter Cebe (Linda Manz). Driven by the teenage Manz’s stunningly raw performance, Out of the Blue (presented in a new 4K restoration) has lost none of the furiously nihilistic power that shocked audiences upon its premiere.