Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Blue Sky
1994
***
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress

It's the early 1960s and Major Hank Marshall tries to balance between his groundbreaking work as a nuclear tester and his demanding, mentally unbalanced wife. This drama is interesting but it takes an odd turn in the second half and never recovers from it. Tony Richardson's final film sat on the shelf for three years before it was released, and then it earned Jessica Lange a well deserved Oscar.