Blue Jasmine
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Directed by | Woody Allen |
Written by | Woody Allen |
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Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe |
Edited by | Alisa Lepselter |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time | 98 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $18 million[2] |
Box office | $99.1 million[3] |
Blue Jasmine is a 2013 American
Blue Jasmine received a limited release on July 26, 2013, in New York and Los Angeles, before expanding nationwide on August 23, 2013. The film received critical acclaim upon release, with praise for Allen's screenplay and Blanchett and Hawkins' performances. It also emerged as a commercial success at the box-office, earning $99.1 million worldwide against a budget of $18 million.
Blue Jasmine earned Blanchett numerous awards including the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
Plot
Jasmine Francis disembarks in
A series of flashbacks reveals that Jasmine's husband, money manager Hal Francis, was arrested for defrauding his clients. Ginger and her husband, Augie, were among Hal's victims; he swindled them out of $200,000 in lottery winnings that Augie had wanted to start a business with, and their marriage fell apart. Hal dies by suicide in prison after being publicly disgraced. Jasmine's stepson Danny subsequently dropped out of
Ginger is now dating a mechanic called Chili, whom Jasmine detests for his working class job and coarse manners. Jasmine considers becoming an
Jasmine's situation improves when she meets a wealthy widower, Dwight Westlake, at a party in
Jasmine develops a romance with Dwight, and he is about to buy her an engagement ring, when they bump into Augie outside the jewelry store. Augie rails at Jasmine about the money Hal swindled from him. Augie also reveals that Danny is living nearby in Oakland and is now married. Dwight is outraged that Jasmine lied to him and calls off the engagement. Jasmine goes to Oakland and finds Danny, who tells Jasmine he never wants to see her again because of what she did to his father.
It is revealed that Jasmine finally learned of Hal's many affairs and confronted him. When he told her he wanted to divorce her to be with a 19-year-old au pair, Jasmine, rather than divorce him, called the FBI to inform the authorities of Hal's fraudulent business dealings, which led to his arrest.
Jasmine returns to her sister's apartment and finds Ginger back with Chili, who is now moving in. Jasmine and Chili needle each other, and Jasmine is furious when Ginger takes his side. Jasmine says she is going to marry Dwight and is moving out that day. She exits the apartment, walks to a park bench, sits, and begins muttering to herself.
Cast
- Cate Blanchett as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis, Hal's ex-wife, Danny's stepmother, Ginger's sister, Nora's friend and Dwight's fiancé
- Sally Hawkins as Ginger, Jasmine's sister, Augie's ex-wife and Chili's girlfriend
- Alec Baldwin as Hal Francis, Jasmine's husband and Danny's father
- Peter Sarsgaard as Dwight Westlake, Jasmine's suitor
- Louis C.K. as Al Munsinger, Ginger's lover
- Andrew Dice Clay as Augie, Ginger's ex-husband
- Bobby Cannavale as Chili, Ginger's boyfriend and Eddie's friend
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Dr. Flicker, the dentist who employs Jasmine
- Alden Ehrenreich as Danny Francis, Hal's son and Jasmine's stepson
- Charlie Tahan as Young Danny Francis
- Tammy Blanchard as Nora, Jasmine's friend in the Hamptons
- Max Casella as Eddie, Chili's friend
- Glenn Fleshler as Hal and Jasmine's friend
Production
In preparation for her role, Blanchett explained, "I did a lot of people watching. I drank my fair share of rosé. In the end I had to play the anti-heroine that Woody's written, but of course I thought about the Madoff scandal, because that's the holocaust of the financial crisis. And there are many, many women like that. I followed them like everybody else did, but as an actress you go back and you're slightly more forensic about those relationships."[4]
The film was shot in 2012 in New York City and San Francisco.[5] Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, and Edward Walson served as the film's producers.[6] Sony Pictures Classics distributed the film, marking the sixth collaboration between the label and Allen.[7]
The outfits for Blanchett's Jasmine were an important part of her character and narrative, but they were difficult to assemble because of a very limited total costume budget of $35,000.
Release
Blue Jasmine had a
Home media
Blue Jasmine was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 21, 2014.
Reception
Box office
The film received a
Critical response
On the
Early reviews suggested the film would be rated very highly among Allen's recent offerings, and praised Blanchett's performance as one of her strongest, if not the best of her career:
Some critics have argued the film is Allen's response or tribute to the
Accolades
At the 2014 Academy Awards ceremony, Blue Jasmine had three nominations: Best Actress for Blanchett, Best Supporting Actress for Hawkins and Best Original Screenplay for Allen.[22] Blanchett was the sole winner.[23] At the 2014 Golden Globe Awards ceremony, the film had two nominations: Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for Blanchett and Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for Hawkins, with Blanchett going on to win. Blanchett also won Best Actress at the BAFTAs, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards.[24][25][26] Allen's screenplay was also nominated at the Writers Guild of America Awards[27] and the film was nominated for or won dozens of other awards worldwide.
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External links
- Official website
- Blue Jasmine at IMDb
- Blue Jasmine at AllMovie
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- Pevere, Geoff (August 2, 2013). "Blue Jasmine: Great things happen when Woody Allen gets real". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020.