Blue (1968 film)

Blue is an American western film in Panavision anamorphic, released by Paramount Pictures on May 10, 1968. Directed by Silvio Narizzano, it stars Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Karl Malden, Ricardo Montalban and Stathis Giallelis.

Joanne tells her father, Doc Karl Malden, that Azul saved her and they nurse him back to health in their home. Ortega finds Azul and asks him to come back, but when Azul refuses, threatens to come back and wipe out the settlers. Azul organizes the settlers into a defense force which manages to decimate the attackers, including Ortega and Xavier. Before dying, Ortega asks Azul to bury him in Mexico. Carrying out Ortegas dying wish, Azul is shot by the fatally wounded Carlos Joe De Santis, Ortegas closest compatriot. Joanne brings Azuls body back for burial in Texas.Steven H. Scheuers Movies on TV gives Bluestar out of 4, stating It took many celebrated names on both sides of the camera to botch up this western drama, continuing that The tale... should have been more fascinating than it turns out and concluding with Director Silvio Narizzano was responsible for the lovely Georgy Girl so we cant blame him entirely for this nocolor noflavor western. Later editions retained thestar rating, but featured a shortened, rewritten review which called Blue a Western oddity that exhibited A peculiar blend of sagebrush and psychology. Leonard Maltins Movie Guide did not have a much higher opinion, givingstars out ofand denigrating it as an Undistinguished, poorly written Western. Later editions added the words See also FADEIN, which Maltins review describes as an Odd little film made concurrently with BLUE and notes that BLUE actors Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Ricardo Montalban and Sally Kirkland can be glimpsed here. ........

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