Overview
- Ethan Hawke was nominated for Best Actor and Robert Kaplow received an Original Screenplay nomination for Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon.
- The film is a talk-driven portrait of lyricist Lorenz Hart set largely at Sardi’s on the night of Oklahoma!’s premiere.
- Shot on a single set in Dublin over 16 days, the production used staging and camera techniques to make Hawke appear closer to Hart’s short stature.
- Andrew Scott plays Richard Rodgers and won Best Supporting Actor at the Berlin Film Festival, where the movie premiered.
- Hawke had already earned a Golden Globe nomination for the role, extending a decades-long collaboration with Linklater that helped the film gain awards-season momentum.