Rent Out of the Blue (1980)
3.4 of 5 from 92 ratings
1h 33min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Cebe (Linda Manz) is a teenage rebel obsessed with Elvis and the Sex Pistols. Her trucker father, Don (Dennis Hopper) is in prison after drunkenly smashing his rig into a school bus, and her mother, Kathy (Sharon Farrell) is a junkie waitress who takes refuge in the arms of other men, including Don's best friend, Charlie (Don Gordon). With Don's release, the family struggles to reconnect and the trauma of the past looms large as dark secrets slowly begin to emerge.
- Actors:
- Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon, Raymond Burr, Eric Allen, Fiona Brody, David L. Crowley, Joan Hoffman, Carl Nelson, Francis Ann Pettit, Glen Pfeifer, David Ackridge, Jim Byrnes, Glen Fyfe, Louis Gentile, Murdine Hirsch, John Anderson, Howard Taylor, Ron Chartier
- Directors:
- Dennis Hopper
- Producers:
- Jean Gontier, Gary Jules Jouvenat, Leonard Yakir
- Writers:
- Leonard Yakir, Brenda Nielson, Dennis Hopper, Gary Jules Jouvenat
- Aka:
- No Looking Back
- Studio:
- Sanctuary
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals
- Collections:
- The Film Highlights of 1980, Top 10 Films By Year
- Countries:
- Canada
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 29/11/2021
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with Dennis Hopper, producer Paul Lewis and distributor John Alan Simon (2000)
- New commentaries by Kate Rennebohm and Kat Ellinger
- Dennis Hopper interviewed by Tony Watts (1984, 97 mins)
- Screen Guardian Talk: Dennis Hopper (1990, 91 mins, audio only): the filmmaker talks to Derek Malcolm
- Subverting Normality: Linda Manz
- Comes from 'Out of the Blue' (2021, 18 mins): a new video essay by Amanda Reyes and Chris O'Neill
- Remembering 'Out of the Blue' (2021, 174 mins): nine new interviews with cast and crew
- Me and Dennis (2021, 95 mins): four new interviews with Hopper's friends and colleagues featuring Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Julian Schnabel and Philippe Mora
- Alex Cox Recalls 'Out of the Blue' (2021, 13 mins)
- Montclair Film Festival Q&A (2020, 30 mins): John Alan Simon and Elizabeth Karr discuss the history and restoration of the film
- A selection of complementary archive shorts - Morecambe and Wise - Be Wise Don't Drink and Drive (1963, 1 min), Drink Drive Office Party Cartoon (1964, 1 min), A Girl's Own Story (Jane Campion, 1983, 27 mins); Girl (Carol Morley, 1993, 7 mins)
- Jack Nicholson radio spot (1982, 1 min)
- Trailers
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes special features
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Reviews (1) of Out of the Blue
No Future - Out of the Blue review by griggs
Bleak, raw, and unexpectedly poetic, this one punches far above its weight. What starts as a kitchen-sink drama curdles into something more anarchic, more tragic—a cry of pain dressed in denim and punk. The performances are ferociously good, especially from Linda Manz, whose defiant snarl masks something heartbreakingly fragile. Hopper directs like he’s exorcising demons, with jagged energy and flashes of grace. It’s about broken families, shattered innocence, and the kind of damage that gets passed down like bad furniture. Not an easy watch, but a necessary one. You don’t just see the wreckage—you feel the impact.
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