Blue Moon
Tells the story of Lorenz Hart's struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!".
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"Blue Moon isn't a loud or dramatic biopic; it's a calm, melancholic night trapped inside the mind of a man who realizes the world is moving on without him. Ethan Hawke is fantastic here; he plays Lorenz Hart with such softness, bitterness, humor, and heartbreak that you can almost feel the weight on his shoulders. The whole film has this serene, almost dreamlike atmosphere; a smoky bar, gentle music, people drifting in and out of conversations while a broken artist tries to hold himself together. It's amusing at times, calming in its rhythm, but underneath it all there's a..."
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The boy accompanying Oscar Hammerstein II is a young Stephen Sondheim. He derides Lorenz Hart's line "weighty affairs will just have to wait", which later became a lyric in the song Comedy Tonight from Sondheim's musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
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Tells the story of Lorenz Hart's struggles with alcoholism and mental health as he tries to save face during the opening of "Oklahoma!".