Cool Blue
Cool Blue is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Mark Mullin and Richard Shepard, and stars Woody Harrelson, Hank Azaria, Ely Pouget and Sean Penn.[1] The film received an R rating by the MPAA.
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Directed by | Mark Mullin Richard Shepard |
Written by | Mark Mullin Richard Shepard |
Starring | Woody Harrelson Hank Azaria Ely Pouget Sean Penn |
Edited by | Robin Katz |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
An aspiring painter named Dustin is on a search for love, sex, and inspiration when he meets a woman named Christiane at an art gallery. They spend the night together but the next morning she has disappeared, leaving Dustin heartbroken. He visits her family home in Southern California and learns from her younger sister that Christiane ran away at a young age after having an abortion.
Dustin returns home to Los Angeles and finds success painting portraits of Christiane from memory, idealizing her as his true love. Dustin's best friend, a struggling writer named Buzz, envies his friend's newfound success. After Dustin easily beds Cathy, a woman Buzz has been chasing for two years, Buzz angrily shouts at Dustin and threatens him with a pool cue during a drunken argument.
Christiane returns to the gallery and finds a nude painting of herself, which she slashes. She then breaks into Dustin's apartment and throws blue paint on him. Christiane says that they had a meaningless encounter and complains that the paintings are interfering with her life. Dustin responds that he painted them because their night together meant something to him and he wants to get to know her as a person.
After making up with Buzz, Dustin ditches a show planned for him in New York by his manager Paul in order to meet Christiane at the Museum of Contemporary Art and learn about her as a person.
Cast
- Woody Harrelson as Dustin
- Hank Azaria as Buzz
- Ely Pouget as Christiane
- Paul Lussier as Paul
- Phillip Brock as Bruce
- Judie Aronson as Cathy
- Christopher McDonald as Peter Sin
- Gloria LeRoy as Ida
- Karen Haber as Sascha
- Jonathan Chapin as Les
- Cindy Guyer as Girl in Gallery
- Elisabeth Mullin as Rebecca
- Allison Robinson as Cindy
- Brian Ruf as Bartender
- Nicoletta Munroe as Anna
- John Diehl as Clayton
- Julie Friedman
- Sean Penn as Phil the Plumber