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Louisiana | Civil Rights
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Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | 1990 | Haskell
Best Cinematography | 1990 | Haskell
Most Promising Actress | 1990 | Lolita
Expos | 1990
Box Office Collection 19,131,000 USD
The year this film was shot there was an election in Louisiana. One of the items to vote on was bill that had many different state projects. It was defeated the same day the crew was filming the funeral scene overnight in the Capital Building in Baton Rouge. The crew had to leave before all the props could be removed, including the coffin. The defeated bill was laid in the coffin by someone before the next daily legislative session began.
The real-life Blaze Starr appears in the movie portraying the character of Lily.
Lolita Davidovich beat out about six hundred other actresses to win the role playing Blaze Starr.
Melanie Griffith turned down the role of Blaze Starr which in the end was cast with actress Lolita Davidovich.
Former Democratic Governor of Louisiana Earl Long, portrayed by Paul Newman in this picture, was the uncle of Democratic U.S. Senator Russell Long, and the brother of another Democratic Governor and U.S. Senator, Huey P. Long, the latter of whom was assassinated, his story being told in the television movie Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995), which was made and first broadcast about six years after Blaze (1989).
"Lora Fleming: Never trust a man who says, "Trust me.""
"Earl Long: Would you still love me as much if I wasn't the fine governor of the great state of Louisiana? Blaze Starr: Would you still love *me* if I had little tits and worked in a fish house?"
