"In Richard Linklater's "Blue Moon," set primarily in NYC's iconic Sardi's Restaurant on March 31, 1943, Hawke stars as legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart, who is bravely facing the future as his professional and private life unravel at the opening night party for his former partner's hit show Oklahoma! By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love."
"You know, when I was a kid, you'd get some really great double albums. I remember putting the speakers right next to each other, listen and then you stand up and you turn the record over. I thought, I'm going to tell Merle's life story with his own songs and let his own work speak for himself, and it'll be like a double album. Start at side one. You know? Side A. Track one. Track two."
Ethan Hawke received a tribute at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival and presented two new artist-focused films. Blue Moon, directed by Richard Linklater, is set at Sardi's Restaurant on March 31, 1943, and follows lyricist Lorenz Hart as his professional and private life unravels during the opening-night party for Oklahoma!, forcing him to confront a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love. Highway 99: A Double Album is a documentary tribute to Merle Haggard that retraces key events in Haggard's career, using his songs to narrate his life, conceived like a double album. Hawke edited out a deeply painful moment from Highway 99.
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