Blaze (film)

Blaze is a 1989 comedy-drama directed and written by Ron Shelton and starring Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich. It is based on the memoir Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry, about burlesque stripper Blaze Starr and her supposed affair with Earl Long, named in the book Huey Perry.
==Synopsis==
A Louisiana governor meets a burlesque stripper and they fall in love. This causes trouble for their personal lives as the media takes hold of their scandalous affair.
==Cast==
*Paul Newman as Governor Earl Long
*Lolita Davidovich as Blaze Starr
*Jerry Hardin as Thibodeaux
*Gailard Sartain as LaGrange
*Jeffrey DeMunn as Eldon Tuck
*Garland Bunting as Doc Ferriday
*Richard Jenkins as Picayune
*Brandon Smith as Arvin Deeter
*Robert Wuhl as Red Snyder
*James Harper as Willie Rainach
*Blaze Starr as Lily
==Trivia==
*Blaze Starr cameos in the film. She also acted as a consultant for the film.
==Videos==
1989 Blaze Official Trailer 1 Touchstone Pictures
==External links==
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Category:1989 films
Category:Touchstone Pictures films
Category:Live-action films
Category:Films
Category:R-rated films
Category:Films based on books
Category:Academy Award nominated films