Blaze (1989 film)

Blaze
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ron Shelton
Screenplay by	Ron Shelton
Based on	Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr Huey Perry
Produced by	Gil Friesen Dale Pollock
Starring	Paul Newman Lolita Davidovich
Cinematography	Haskell Wexler
Edited by	Robert Leighton Michael King (uncredited)
Music by	Bennie Wallace
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Silver Screen Partners IV A&M Films
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	December 13, 1989 (1989-12-13)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$22 million[1]
Box office	$19,131,246

Blaze is a 1989 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Ron Shelton. Based on the 1974 memoir, Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry, by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry, the film stars Paul Newman as Earl Long and Lolita Davidovich as Blaze Starr. Starr makes a cameo appearance as well.

At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, the film received a nomination for Best Cinematography for Haskell Wexler. However, the award went to Freddie Francis for Glory. This was Wexler's fifth and final nomination, having previously won for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and Bound for Glory (1976).