Desert Blue
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Morgan J. Freeman
Brendan Sexton Iii
Kate Hudson
John Heard
Christina Ricci
Casey Affleck
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In a small town on the edge of the desert, Blue wants to complete his father's dream of building a water slide. The problem is water rights, which have been sewn up by the Empire Cola Company and who try to buy off the townspeople's discontent with free soda. When an Empire truck crashes and creates a toxic spill, the town is quarantined. A pretty TV star and her professor father are stuck there for the duration, and link up with Blue and an oddball assortment of locals as the town faces off with the company.
Director
Morgan J. Freeman
Cast
Brendan Sexton Iii
Kate Hudson
John Heard
Christina Ricci
Casey Affleck
Sara Gilbert
Ethan Suplee
Peter Sarsgaard
Lee Holmes
Daniel Von Bargen
Aunjanue Ellis
Isidra Vega
Lucinda Jenney
Michael Ironside
Rene Rivera
Crew
Effie T. Brown
Michael Burns
Marc Butan
Enrique Chediak
Leanna Creel
Margaret Crimmins
David Doernberg
Morgan J. Freeman
Kip Hagopian
Sabine Hoffmann
Gill Holland
Paul Hsu
Nadia Leonelli
L Tracy Mackenzie
Tracy Mcknight
Vytas Nagisetty
Jamin O'brien
A Carter Pottash
Susan Shopmaker
Andrea Sperling
Trish Summerville
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 4, 1999
Shown at Atlanta Film and Video Festival June 12-20, 1999.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (main program) January 27 - February 7, 1999.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (American Independent Cinema) May 13 - June 6, 1999.
Shown at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival (opening night) in Austin, Texas March 12-20, 1999.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 10-19, 1998.
Second feature effort for Morgan J. Freeman who debuted with "Hurricane Streets" (USA/1997).
Began shooting January 26, 1998.
Completed shooting March 1, 1998.
Ignite Entertainment was formerly HSX Films/Hollywood Stock Exchange.
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (main program) January 27 - February 7, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (American Independent Cinema) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (US premiere at the 1999 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.)
Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival (opening night) in Austin, Texas March 12-20, 1999.)
Released in United States June 1999 (Shown at Atlanta Film and Video Festival June 12-20, 1999.)
Limited Release in United States June 4, 1999
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States June 18, 1999
Released in United States June 1999
Released in United States March 1999
Released in United States on Video December 28, 1999
Released in United States September 1998
Limited Release in United States June 4, 1999
Released in United States Summer June 4, 1999
Released in United States June 18, 1999 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 10-19, 1998.)
Released in United States on Video December 28, 1999
