Blaze (1989)

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R | 1 hr 48 mins | Comedy, Romance, Biopic | Released: 12/13/1989 |Box Office Total: $19.0M

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Synopsis:

Story of Earl Long and his romance with stripper Blaze Starr.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/13/1989

Studio	Credit
Touchstone Films	Studio
Director	Credit
Ron Shelton	Director
David V Lester	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Paul Newman	Earl Long
Lolita Davidovich	Blaze Starr
Jerry Hardin	Thibodeaux
Gailard Sartain	LaGrange
Jeffrey De Munn	Tuck
Garland Bunting	Doc Ferriday
Richard Jenkins	Picayune
Brandon Smith	Arvin Deeter
Jay Chevalier	Wiley Braden
Robert Wuhl	Red Snyder
Michael Brockman	Bobby
Eloy Casados	Antoine
James Harper	Willie Rainach
Teresa Gilmore	Tamara Knight
Dianne Brill	Delilah Dough
Blaze Starr	Lily
Gilbert Lewis	Reverend Marquez
Gary Anthony Sturgis	Marquez' Son
Louanne Stephens	Lora Fleming
Emily Warfield	Debbie Fleming
Ben Cook	Younger Brother
John Fertitta	Hospital Director
Harlan Jordan	Dr Cheeseborough
Rod Masterson	1st Town Talk Reporter
Bill Dunlevy	2nd Town Tolk Reporter
King Cotton	Jimmie Davis
Mike Baer	Secretary of Legislature
Bob Cherry	Earl's Crony
Sid Lacey	Earls Crony
Harold G Herthum	Earl's Crony
Frederick F Lewis Jr	Heckling Reporter
Al Robinson	Magnolia Local
Dick Person	General Store Owner
Brooks Read	Reporter in Store
Bill Mesman	Representative Davis
John A Barber	Representative Hebert
Patrik Baldauff	Representative Kennon
Carey Rauhman Holliday	Representative Alexander
Robert Earle	Representative Elfin
Thomas Radcliffe Atkins	Representative Johnson
Thomas C Smith-Alder	Asylum Spokesman
Donald J Lee Jr	Donut Shop Man
Pat Snow	Johnnie Mae
George Wyatt	1st Drunken Officer
Deano Thornton	2nd Drunken Officer
David R Conly	Drunken Sailor
Janet Shea	1st Crony Wife
Glynn Rubin	2nd Crony Wife
Michael O'Neal	Motorcycle Trooper
Michael Brooks	Motorcycle Trooper
Stanley Hughes	Motorcycle Trooper
Kevin Graham	Motorcycle Trooper
Wendell Raybon	Motorcycle Trooper
Brad Leland	Dufee
Production Credits	Credit
David V Lester	Executive Producer
Wendy Dozoretz	Associate Producer
Gil Friesen	Producer
Don Miller	Executive Producer
Dale Pollock	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
A&M Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
WBI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide	Theatrical Distributor
Touchstone Pictures Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Winnfield, Louisiana, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Tennessee, USA
Writer	Credit
Blaze Starr	Book as Source Material
Ron Shelton	Screenplay
Huey Perry	Book as Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Shannon Kane	Assistant Accountant - accountant assistant
Dillon Cohen	Accountant - accounting clerk
Cynthia Quan	Production Auditor
Marsha Zvonkin	Assistant Accountant - accountant 1st assistant
Chris Spellman	Assistant Accountant - accountant assistant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Steve E Martin	Animal Trainer - animal handler
Keith Bauer	Animal Trainer - animal handler
Art Department	Credit
Harold Fuhrman	Set Designer
Armin Ganz	Production Designer
John Kelly	Scenic Artist
Angi Neff	Art Department Coordinator
Daril Adler	Lead Person - leadman
Tim Caparelli	Swing Gang
Steve Wolff	Assistant Art Director - art direction assistant
Michael J Taylor	Set Decorator
Ed Richardson	Art Director - art direction
Jim S Williams	Swing Gang
Jay Fisher	Scenic Artist
Rosemary Brandenburg	Set Decorator
Randy Bostic	Lead Person - leadman
Frank Hendricks	Swing Gang
Casting	Credit
Rebecca Berwick	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Vickie Thomas	Casting
Ed Johnston	Casting
Pat Hanchey	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Dee Cothern	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Michael Wills	Craft Service
Joe Schultz	Catering - caterer
Derek Grabski	Catering - caterer
Film Camera	Credit
Stephen St John	Camera Operator
P Scott Sakamoto	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Gary J Holt	Lighting Technician
Ron Lambert	Color Timer
Sidney R Baldwin	Photography - stills
Haskell Wexler	Director of Photography
Michael Thomas	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
John Toll	Director of Photography - director of photography 2nd unit (2nd Unit)
Doug Holgate	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Michael Selph	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
Scott Stambler	Music Editor
Bennie Walace	Music
Julie Giroux	Orchestrations
David Anderle	Music Supervisor
Wayne Peet	Music
Alan Edward Bell	Music Editor - music editor assistant
Bruce Botnick	Music - music scoring mixer
Production Management	Credit
Penelope Foster	Unit Production Manager
Rory Enke	Location Manager
Lisbeth Wynn-Owen	Production Coordinator
Yudi Bennett	Assistant Director
Karen Golden	Script Supervisor
David Lamb	Location Assistant - location manager assistant
Donald J Lee Jr	Assistant Director
Tena Yatroussis	Assistant Director - assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Debra S Kent	Assistant Director
Ray Gomez	Assistant Director - assistant 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Spooky Stevens	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Scott Jackson	Foley Editor
Gary A. Hecker	Foley Artist
Gary Blufer	Sound Effects - sound effects recording
Gordon Ecker	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Kirk Francis	Sound Mixer
Becky Sullivan	ADR Editor - ADR editor supervisor
John T Rietz	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Mychal D Smith	Boom Operator
Solange Schwalbe	Foley - foley supervisor
Shawn Sykora	Foley Editor
John Michael Fanaris	Sound Effects - sound effects coordinator
Joe Dorn	ADR Editor
David E Campbell	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Bruce Stambler	Sound Editor - sound editor supervisor
Dan O'Connell	Foley Artist
Jessica Gallavan	ADR Editor
Tobie Joann Caron	Sound Effects - sound effects coordinator
Lucy Coldsnow	Sound Editor
Jeffrey Perkins	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Hector Gika	Sound Editor
Lee Lemont	ADR Editor - ADR editor assistant
Jayme S Parker	Sound Editor
Don Warner	Sound Editor
Verne Shaw	Sound Editor
Richard E Yawn	Sound Editor
Bob Bradshaw	Sound Editor
James J Isaacs	Sound Editor
Steve Schwalbe	Sound Editor - sound editor assistant
Visual Effects	Credit
Joseph F Griffith Jr	Visual Effects - illustrator
Daniel Lester	Special Effects - special effects leadman
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Linda Matthews	Costume Supervisor
Mitchell Kenney	Costumes - costumer
Judith Alexander-Cory	Hair - hairstyles
Monty Westmore	Makeup
Ruth Myers	Costume Designer
Christina Smith	Makeup
Mark Burchard	Costumes - costumer
Lisa Meyers	Hair - hairstyles
Jane English	Makeup
Mary Weir	Costumes - costumer
Chantal Jacob-Tynes	Costumes - costumer

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