Blue Moon: Ethan Hawke-Richard Linklater's new film gets a trailer

Sony Pictures Classics has released the first trailer for Blue Moon, director Richard Linklater's new film with actor Ethan Hawke. The studio had earlier announced that the film will have a limited release on October 17th, followed by a wider release on October 24th.

 

The film comes from the pen of author Robert Kaplow, known for Me and Orson Welles, the novel later adapted as a film by Linklater. 

 

Ethan Hawke ("The Before Trilogy", "Dead Poets Society") leads the film alongside Margaret Qualley ("The Substance", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood") and Andrew Scott ("Fleabag", "All of Us Strangers", "Ripley"). 

 

The film depicts the songwriter Lorenz Hart, portrayed by Hawke, and his final days, descending into alcoholism and emotional turmoil. The film is set on the backdrop of the historic night of the opening of Oklahoma!, known in America for being the most influential and innovative musical of the 50s, created by the Rodger & Hammersmith duo, a collaboration between composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. 

 

Blue Moon, which marks the ninth collaboration of Hawke and Linklater, is a Detour/Renovo production, in association with Wild Atlantic Pictures, Under the Influence and Citizen Media.

 

The film had its world premiere at the 75th Berlin Film Festival on February 18, where the performance of Andrew Scott garnered critical acclaim, winning the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance.  

 

Besides Blue Moon, Hawke will be seen in Black Phone 2, the horror sequel to The Black Phone (2021), directed by Scott Derrickson, who is helming the new chapter which sees Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and Miguel Cazarez Mora reprising their roles from the original.

Linklater, who is an Austin-based filmmaker, is also bringing out Nouvelle Vague (New Wave), his take on the origins of the French New Wave movement. The film chronicles the making of Jean-Luc Godard's pathbreaking, seminal 1960 film Breathless, while briefly touching upon other Parisian filmmakers of the movement.

 

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