Forty Shades of Blue

Forty Shades of Blue
Forty Shades of Blue
Directed by	Ira Sachs
Written by	Ira Sachs; Michael Rohatyn
Starring	Rip Torn; Dina Korzun; Darren E. Burrows; D'Army Bailey; J. Blackfoot; Jerry Chipman; Stuart Greer
Distributed by	First Look Studios
Release dates	January 2005 (Sundance); September 28, 2005 (U.S.); June 30, 2006 (UK);
Running time	108 minutes
Language	English
Box office	$172,569

Forty Shades of Blue is a 2005 independent film directed by Ira Sachs.

It tells the story of Alan James (Rip Torn) an aging music producer who lives in Memphis, Tennessee with his much younger Russian girlfrien, Laura (Dina Korzun). Their life together is complicated by the presence of Alan's adult son Michael (Darren E. Burrows) from a previous marriage, who forces Laura to reflect on the nature of her impending marriage and her future prospects. The film was inspired by Satyajit Ray's Charulata (1964).

Reception[]

Forty Shades of Blue was placed at #92 on Slant Magazine's best films of the 2000s.^[2] The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005.^[3]

Notes[]

^ "Forty Shades of Blue".
^ "Best of the Aughts: Film". Slant Magazine. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
^ "'Forty Shades of Blue' Takes Sundance Honors". latimes.com. 30 January 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

External links[]

Forty Shades of Blue at IMDb

Awards
Preceded by Primer	Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic 2005	Succeeded by Quinceañera

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[1] "Forty Shades of Blue".

[2] "Best of the Aughts: Film". Slant Magazine. 7 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

[3] "'Forty Shades of Blue' Takes Sundance Honors". latimes.com. 30 January 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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