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Blaze
Director: Ethan Hawke (“The Hottest State,” “Chelsea Walls”)
Cast: Alia Shawkat, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Wyatt Russell
Details: Actor Ethan Hawke tries his hand at directing with “Blaze,” a biopic which reimagines the life of unsung songwriting legend Blaze Foley who was a key member of the Texas Outlaw Music movement which yielded talents such as Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.
Based on the novel “Living In The Woods In A Tree” by Foley’s great love Sybil Rosen, Hawke wrote the script with Rosen and hired Shake Ray Turbine former member Ben Dickey in the title role of the musician who was born in a treehouse and died in a friend’s living room from a gunshot wound.