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Burning Blue

Play trailer Poster for Burning Blue R Released Jun 6, 2014 1h 44m Drama LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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An investigation into a series of fatal accidents leads to the exposure of a clandestine affair between two Navy pilots (Trent Ford, Rob Mayes).
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Scott Foundas Variety Top guns in love struggle against institutional homophobia in a tone deaf melodrama well past its sell-by date. Jun 9, 2014 Full Review Odie Henderson RogerEbert.com This shockingly amateurish film evokes memories of "Making Love," the Arthur Hiller film about a married man coming to terms with his homosexuality. Rated: 1/4 Jun 6, 2014 Full Review Anita Gates New York Times The script, by Mr. Greer and Helene Kvale, rolls along with lifeless, profoundly unimaginative dialogue ... Jun 5, 2014 Full Review Alexander Ryll Gay Essential The 2013 indie film attempts to accurately document the cruel code of conduct regarding homosexual men in the military, but ends up conveying only a caricatural depiction of this far-reaching social issue. Rated: 6 Nov 3, 2018 Full Review Richard Knight Windy City Times Describing Burning Blue as a gay variation on Top Gun with heart and soul ( and one with more than a dash of Brokeback Mountain thrown in for good measure ) just about sums up its appeal perfectly. Jun 28, 2014 Full Review Glenn Dunks Glenn Dunks Viewing now in the clear light of a post-DADT world and the grand-standing dialogue of [Director] Greer and co-writer Helene Kvale come off as weightless, drooping under the clichs and perceived inherent power of its story... Rated: C Jun 10, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alexander O There was a story somewhere between the clichés and jargon and love-triangle, trapezoid, whatever. I wish I saw 'that' film instead of what we're presented. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/04/24 Full Review Daniel O good movie and great drama Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Saw this play in NYC off-Broadway. It’s was terrible then and somehow this movie is even worse. Good to see DMW Greer gave up the business after this. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/21 Full Review richard r Loved this movie for what it was, the two leads looked like they were genuinely in love. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It is a well known fact American intelligence suffered in the post 9/11 days because we had virtually no military personnel who could understand the languages spoken by the people living in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. This was a critical chink in our armor and only existed because all the American military officers able to translate these languages into English had been fired because of the witch hunts going on in the military -- even though this was against the law -- and we, as a country, lost many battles and many human lives because we could not predict with accuracy what the enemy was doing. All the relevant translators had been hounded out of the military under these witch hunts. Some of them were gay and some were not. None of this had anything to do with being an American or serving in the Armed Forces. Yet someone's dad, brother, son, nephew or friend lies dead because of the conservative witch hunts against the "real enemy" of the nation -- gay people. Had these witch hunts been stopped, as required by law, thousands of young men in the armed forces would still be alive. But they died for someone else's political beliefs. No one was ever punished for the mass murders of American soldiers by American personnel, and conservative "witch hunts" are more brazen than ever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Well, geez...Trent and Rob are great for the script they were given which at times is great! Morgan too gets a shout out. I understand the building of tension in the beginning by setting the stage but it didn't really keep my attention. A bit choppy. The next biggest negative is the ending. Three crashes on the same team? A better story and ending would be them both leaving the military and having better careers post military. Worth a see for sure. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An investigation into a series of fatal accidents leads to the exposure of a clandestine affair between two Navy pilots (Trent Ford, Rob Mayes).
Director
DMW Greer
Producer
Andrew Halliday, DMW Greer, Arthur J. Kelleher
Screenwriter
DMW Greer, Helene Kvale
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Articulated Pictures
Rating
R (Graphic Nudity|Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 6, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2015
Runtime
1h 44m
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