Overview
- Blue Moon begins its theatrical rollout via Sony Pictures Classics on October 17 in select cities, with a wider opening set for October 24.
- The film confines its action to Sardi’s on the night Oklahoma! opens, presenting a dialogue-driven portrait of lyricist Lorenz Hart over a single evening.
- Critics widely praise Ethan Hawke’s transformed performance, while some note a sluggish, complaint-heavy opening stretch and raise questions about cultural authenticity in casting.
- Linklater and writer Robert Kaplow developed the project over more than a decade, building a Sardi’s replica in Dublin and using practical tricks and makeup to reduce Hawke’s stature.
- The supporting cast features Andrew Scott as Richard Rodgers, Margaret Qualley as Elizabeth Weiland and Bobby Cannavale as the bartender, following a Berlinale premiere that helped spur early awards-season chatter.