If you’re seeing one movie this weekend, make it “Blue Moon.”
It has 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.Richard Linklater directs Ethan Hawke is a once-in-a-lifetime performance. If you love movies, acting, writing, directing, this is a must-see film.
Hawke plays famed classic American songbook songwriter Lorenz Hart, aka “Larry,” a Truman Capote like character who wrote some of your favorite songs like “My Funny Valentine,” “Where or When,” and the title song.
He wrote them with Richard Rodgers, as well as many musicals. When the movie takes place it’s the night “Oklahoma!” opened on Broadway. Hart is waiting for Rodgers and his new partner, Oscar Hammerstein, to come to Sardi’s to celebrate.
There’s a lot going on. Hart/Hawke is spilling his guts to a bartender played by Bobby Cannavale. A soldier on furlough is playing Hart’s songs on a piano. And then the crowd comes rushing in. If you love Broadway, or nostalgic New York, you’re going to want to join this party, too.
Margaret Qualley is sensational as a young girl who’s kind of playing Hart while trying to launch her own Broadway career.
Hart was 5 feet tall! Hawke is about 5 foot 11 inches. So how did Linklater pull this off? Movie magic!
Again, Broadway fans should not miss this extraordinary gem of a film! See it in theaters, it’s more than worth it!
