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Blaze

[1989, Movie]

Blaze: Review

BLAZE may be the least sleazy movie about whoring since THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS. Paul Newman stars as Louisiana governor Earl K. Long in this sanitized romance adapted by director Ron Shelton from the autobiography of Blaze Starr, the Bourbon Street stripper who supposedly stole Long's heart. After tracing the background of aspiring singer-turned-burlesque diva Starr (Lolita Davidovich), the film concentrates on Long's courtship of her (his real-life wife is abse... read more

Blaze: Cast & Details

Year: 1989
Rated R

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Paul Newman: Gov. Earl K. Long
Lolita Davidovich: Blaze Starr
Jerry Hardin: Thibodeaux
Gailard Sartain: LaGrange
Jeffrey DeMunn: Tuck
Carey Garland Bunting: Doc Ferriday

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Blaze: TV Guide News

Ask FlickChick: Sex Scandals and Politicians at the Movies | Ask FlickChick | 3/13/2008
Ask FlickChick: What was that movie about a governor who resigned because of a scandal involving prostitutes?Question: I know this is shallow, but when I heard about Eliot Spitzer hiring hookers, the first thing I thought of was this movie I saw about a governor who had to resign because of his relationship with a prostitute. But for the life of me, I can't remember who was in it or any of the details. Can you help? — RachelFlickChick: I can. You must be thinking of Blaze (1989), a fictionalized version of the real-life relationship between stripper Blaze Starr (played by Lolita Davidovich) and Louisiana governor Earl Long (Paul Newman), younger brother of the notorious Huey "The Kingfish" Long. The 62-year-old Earl Long, in the third year of his third term as governor (he served first from 1939-1940, then as lieutenant governor he stepped in for disgraced governor Richard Leche from 1948-1952, and his third term was 1956-1960), in 1958 or '59 met Starr, then in her twenties,... read more
FlickChick | 5/5/2005
Question: I was watching Pretty Woman on TV the other day and my brother commented on how long and thin Julia Roberts' l read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/4/2001
Meow, wow! Best known for playing goodhearted sex kittens, actress Lolita Davidovich first purred her way to success wit read more

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