Dennis Hopper’s controversial and unforgettable film Out of the Blue is getting new life by way of a 4K Restoration and theatrical release. Despite the film’s critical acclaim at the original 1980 Cannes premiere, Out of the Blue was deemed too bleak for U.S. audiences and went unreleased. Now the film will be released in 4K on the big screen for audiences to enjoy in conjunction with the film’s 40th anniversary.
Through Discovery Productions, restoration producers John Alan Simon and Elizabeth Karr took Hopper’s 35mm restored negative and digitally scanned and mastered Out of the Blue. This critically acclaimed film premiered as an official selection at the Venice Film Festival in 2019. Now, the new 4K restoration is being shown for the first time on the big screen theatrically at the Metrograph in New York this November.
Synopsis: Don Barnes (Dennis Hopper) is a truck driver in prison for drunkenly smashing his rig into a school bus. Linda Manz (Days of Heaven) plays Cebe, his daughter, a teen rebel obsessed with Elvis and The Sex Pistols. Her mother (Sharon Farrell) waitresses, shoots up drugs and takes refuge in the arms of other men. Cebe runs away to Vancouver’s punk scene and ends up on probation under the care of psychiatrist Raymond Burr. After Don’s release, the family struggles to re-connect before the revelation of dark secrets leads to a harrowing conclusion.
Out of the Blue stars Linda Manz, Dennis Hopper, Sharon Farrel, Don Gordon, and Raymond Burr. This spiritual sequel to Hopper’s Easy Rider chronicles the idealism of the sixties decline into the hazy nihilism of the 1980’s. The film runs through the rest of November and tickets can be purchased on the Metrograph’s website.
