Out of the Blue (1980 film)

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Out of the Blue
Directed by	Dennis Hopper
Produced by	Leonard Yakir
Written by	Gary Jules Jouvenat Brenda Nielson
Starring	Linda Manz Dennis Hopper Sharon Farrell Don Gordon Raymond Burr
Music by	Tom Lavin
Cinematography	Marc Champion
Editing by	Doris Dyck
Release date(s)	May 1980
Running time	93 min
Country	Canada
Language	English
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Out of the Blue is a 1980 film featuring and directed by Dennis Hopper. The film was written and produced by Gary Jules Jouvenat. The film was nominated for an award at the Cannes film festival. It centers on a rebellious young girl (Linda Manz) interested in Elvis Presley and punk rock music, her ex-convict, truck driver father (Dennis Hopper), and her high-strung mother (Sharon Farrell). The title is taken from the Neil Young song My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), an acoustic ballad dedicated to Elvis Presley and punk rock. Young's song is featured throughout the movie, along with songs by Elvis Presley and Bob Seger, among others.

The film also features supporting roles by character-actor Don Gordon as Hopper's drinking buddy (Gordon also appeared with Hopper in his second feature The Last Movie) and Raymond Burr as a friendly social worker. The original version of the Out of the Blue was banned in the UK, but was aired in full on UK TV Channel 4 in a series of banned movies in the 80's. The available formats of this film are all the legal edited versions, which is probably appropriate for the times.