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BURNING BLUE
a film by DMW Greer
Deny Nothing.
About
A forbidden love affair propels the lives and careers of two Navy fighter pilots and their families into turmoil.
Cast
Cast
Trent Ford Dan
Morgan Spector Will
Rob Mayes Matt
William Lee Scott Charlie
Tammy Blanchard Susan
Michael Sirow Agent
Cokely
Tracy Weiler Nancy
Gwynneth Bensen
Tammi
Mark Doherty
Skipper
Cotter Smith Admiral Lynch
Chris Chalk Agent Jones
Michael Cumpsty Admiral Stevensen
Johnny Hopkins Petty Officer Gorden
Jordan Dean Stewie
Haviland Morris
Grace Lynch
Rafferty Brown Atticus
Crew
Crew
Frederic FasanoCinematographer Bill HenryEditorJames LavinoComposerRobert SavinaProduction DesignerAmy KramerCostume DesignerMarshall GruppSound DesignerSherri T. BrownProduction Photography
Production
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Production
DMW GreerDirector/Screenwriter John HadityExecutive ProducerArthur J. KelleherProducerAndrew Halliday &DMW GreerProducers Lester PetraccaCo-ProducerRick BuhrAssociate ProducerDan CritchettAssociate ProducerAndrew TobiasAssociate ProducerHelene KvaleScreenwriterSig De MiguelCasting/Executive ProducerStephen VincentCasting/Executive ProducerMike HarropExecutive ProducerPost Production Supervisor
History
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History
BURNING BLUEInternational Acclaim for the Play.1995DMW Greer's Burning Blue based on his own experiences as a Naval Aviator makes its World Premiere at The Kings Head on London's Fringe and takes audiences and critics by storm. Producer, Robert Fox, moves Burning Blue to the West End where the production receives two Olivier Awards."The most topical, powerful and spellbinding play in London." - Evening Standard, London"A miracle; a compassionate, searingly emotional play." - The Sunday Express, London"A blockbuster !" - The Times, London1996Burning Blue premiers in Cape Town and then Johannesburg, South Africa where critics continue to praise this sophisticated adult drama."An unforgettable play, haunting and uncomfortable." - Business Day, JohannesburgBurning Blue continues its journey to Tel Aviv where it plays to sell out houses for eighteen months.Burning Blue makes its American Premiere in Los Angeles. The crowds fill the theatre and the critics, again, are filled with praise.1998John Hickok returned to the helm directing the American premiere in Los Angeles at the tiny Court Theatre where it was an instant hit."A heart-breaking love story; a visceral collision with the shattering consequences of prejudice. Greer's dialogue churns with authenticity and conviction!" - Los Angeles Times"Greer has created compelling characters and situations, with sharp funny dialogue." - The Hollywood Reporter2002Burning Blue opens Off Broadway in New York City. Again to public and critical praise."Greer writes with blazing authority about men and machines, under tension. With the appeal of A Few Good Men and a passionate, yet measured denouncement of homophobia in the U.S. Navy." - The New York Post"If you're not already angry about our militarys homophobic Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy, DMW Greer's powerful drama should do the trick." - Broadway.com"John Hickock, who also directed the London West End and Los Angeles productions, skillfully steers the nine-member cast through the mounting tensions and elicits robust performances from all." - Curtains Up 2008DMW Greer and co-writer, Helene Kvale, adapt Burning Blue for the screen.2010-11Principal photography begins in November 2010 and completed in 2011. Burning Blue was shot entirely in New York City and Long Island, NY. 2012BURNING BLUE- a film by DMW Greer -Coming Soon
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STEPHEN VINCENT
Casting/Executive ProducerFor more than six years, Stephen worked as a Casting/Development Associate under Bonnie Timmermann where he assisted with the casting of Black Hawk Down, directed by Ridley Scott; Spy Game with Brad Pitt and Robert Redford, Pearl Harbor with Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett, The Insider with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, and the blockbuster, Armageddon. At Independent films, he has cast include Once in the Life directed by Laurence Fishburne, London starring Jessica Biel and Jason Statham and the film version of the off-Broadway play, Bug, starring Ashley Judd and directed by William Friedkin.Stephen served as Director of Development for Ms. Timmermann who produced Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr., London with Jessica Biel, Jason Statham and Chris Evans, Georgia Rule starring Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman and Jane Fonda and The Rule of Nines starring Terrence Howard and to be directed by Bobby Moresco, co-writer of Crash.
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DMW GREER
Director/Screenwriter In 1992,David wrote his first play, Burning Blue, which opened at The King'’s Head on London’'s fringe in 1995. His second play, Alice Virginia, premiered in London in 2003 with Andrew Halliday and Amanda Boxer as the secondary leads and Susannah York playing the title role. In 2003., Greer directed the pilot episode of his six-part mockumentary, Ticket to Glory, a dark comedy about fame and misfortune. He wrote a screen adaptation of Ibsen'’s Ghosts for United Media. In addition to his writing, he has been designing and renovating both commercial and residential spaces for the past 20 years. In 2005, Andrew Halliday joined the business full-time with the formation of HallidayGreer, a one-stop design operation with high-end projects in New York, California, Miami and London.
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JOHN HADITY
Executive ProducerJohn Hadity is the President and CEO of Hadity & Associates, Inc., a consultancy firm that specializes in risk management and production finance for film and television. With over 20 years of studio experience, Mr. Hadity most recently served as the Executive Vice President of Motion Picture & Television Production Finance for Miramax Films. During his 12 year tenure with the company he was responsible for a portfolio of production budgets valued in excess of $4 Billion. Mr. Hadity oversaw the strategic planning, risk management, labor relations, business affairs, tax, government relations and financial reporting for over 250 production entities, as well as managed all of the parent companys structured finance and off balance sheet transactions. He has worked closely with government policymakers on the regional, state, provincial, and national levels in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Romania, Serbia, and in the United States in Washington D.C., New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, and Puerto Rico, to incentivize the movement of production to these areas, resulting in over $250 Million being brought back into the studio while supporting inward investment in those territories. In addition to his corporate responsibilities at the company, Mr. Hadity also served as production rep on several Miramax releases including Academy Award winners SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, EMMA and RESTORATION.Mr. Hadity began his film career at Orion Classics, a division of Orion Pictures Corp., where he served as technical and administrative director on art and specialty film acquisitions including Gabriel Axels Oscar winning BABETTES FEAST, Akira Kurosawas RAN, Jean-Paul Rappeneaus CYRANO DE BERGERAC, Pedro Almodovars WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, Bruno Nuyttens CAMILLE CLAUDEL, Richard Linklaters SLACKERS, Claude Berris JEAN DE FLORETTE and MANON OF THE SPRING, Wim Wenders WINGS OF DESIRE, several films by Eric Rohmer, and the re-release of Louis Malles MURMUR OF THE HEART. Mr. Hadity departed Orion during its financial restructuring to join indy producer Donna Gigliotti at Universal Pictures where he managed Ms. Gigliottis independent production company, Tempesta Films. Projects originally developed and packaged under the Tempesta banner include the film adaptation of Walter Mosleys acclaimed novel DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS and first time director Dan Algrants NAKED IN NEW YORK executive produced by Martin Scorsese.Immediately prior to joining Miramax in 1993, Mr. Hadity was with The Kennedy/Marshall Company, the independent production concern of former Amblin Entertainment producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.Mr. Hadity presently finances and serves as Executive Producer on his own films and is the Chairman of the Producers Guild of America East. He has served on the MPAAs Worldwide Production and International Tax Committees, and is a frequent guest lecturer at Yale University, Columbia Business School, Harvard Business School, and New York Universitys Stern School of Business. His board service includes Independent Feature Project (IFP Programs Advisory Board), Gedi Systems, Inc. (Director), Hamilton College (Alumni Council) and is the Co-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). His most recent film, MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS (a film adaptation of the award-winning stage play by Athol Fugard) has just completed post production.
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SIG DE MIGUEL
Casting/Executive ProducerSig worked alongside Amanda Mackey and Cathy Sandrich Gelfond for six years where they cast such feature films as the award winning, critically acclaimed United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass, The Good Shepherd, Robert De Niro's epic film starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, The Lost City starring and directed by Andy Garcia, The Cooler starring William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin and Maria Bello A Love Song For Bobby Long starring John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson, The Matador starring Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis, The Man starring Samuel L. Jackson and P.S. starring Laura Linney and Topher Grace among others. With Mackey Sandrich he also cast Chapter 27 starring Jared Leto and Lindsay Lohan, Fierce People starring Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland and Brooklyn Rules starring Alec Baldwin and Freddie Prinze Jr. Sig's other films include Where God Left His Shoes starring John Leguizamo and Leonor Varela A Crime starring Harvey Keitel and Emmanuelle Beart and Premium starring Zoe Saldana and Dorian Missick.
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HELENE KVALE
ScreenwriterHelene'’s theatre career spanned two decades where she played The West End in Burning Blue (creating the roles of Tammi and Nancy), Life During Wartime, and To Kill A Mockingbird. She also starred in numerous regional and touring productions. Helene was part of the National Theatre Company performing in Richard III and King Lear (including World Tour), Napoli Milionaria, Shift and Gitta’s Attonement (NT Studio) on the South Bank. Helene has appeared in television dramas, including as a regular in Soldier Soldier, London Bridge and The Bill. Other TV includes Prime Suspect, This Life, Deceit, March in Windy City, Hearts and Bones, Daddy'’s Girl, Holby City, Elgar’s Tenth Muse, Night and Day, The Vet, Seconds Out, Capital City and Lovejoy. Film work includes Tomorrow La Scala! (BAFTA Nominated and Juried at the Cannes Film Festival), Talk and 5:45 (Winner Berlin Short Film Festival). In addition to co-writing Burning Blue with DMW Greer, Helene has written No Paella for Kurt, acted as script consultant on several features and translated Ibsen'’s A Doll’s House for the Gene Frankel Theatre, New York City. Helene is the founding Artistic Director of Bated Breath Theatre Company. She directed A Doll’'s House, The Parkville Project and is currently creating and directing Hunger for Real Art Ways. Helene Kvale joined the University of Connecticut Department of Dramatic Arts in 2004 as Assistant Professor in Residence. She teaches acting and regularly directs for The Connecticut Repertory Theatre and The CRT Studio Series. Credits include: Pride and Prejudice, The Skin of Our Teeth, Too Much Memory, Gut Girls and Marat/Sade. www.crt.uconn.edu
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MIKE HARROP
Executive ProducerPost Production Supervisor
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ARTHUR J KELLEHER
ProducerArt J. Kelleher, CAPT, MC, USNR (RET.) was a member of SLDN's Board of Directors for four years and is currently a General Partner with the Balboa Anesthesia Group. He also serves as Staff Anesthesiologist for Naval Reserve Unit Detachment 119 at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego.Kelleher received his BS from the University of Scranton and his M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He was commissioned into the Medical Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserves in 1976, and served in a deployed position during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He transferred from Active Duty to Active Reserve in 1991 and retired in 2000.Group. He also serves as Staff Anesthesiologist for Naval Reserve Unit Detachment 119 at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego.Kelleher received his BS from the University of Scranton and his M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He was commissioned into the Medical Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserves in 1976, and served in a deployed position during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. He transferred from Active Duty to Active Reserve in 1991 and retired in 2000.
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LESTER PETRACA Co-Producer
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RICK BUHR Associate Producer
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Dan Critchett Associate Producer
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Pitch Drawn from the Directors own experience in the U.S. Navy, Burning Blue is the story of a group of F/A-18 fighter pilots and their spouses whose careers and personal lives are thrown into disarray when two of the men unexpectedly fall in love. After being seen in a gay club while on liberty in New York City, our protagonist, Lt. Dan Lynch one of the fleets top-ranked pilots -- is apprehended by military agents, isolated from his squadron mates, family and friends and forced to make the most difficult decision of his life. Seen through the lens of the Dont Ask, Dont Tell military, Burning Blue is at once a raucously funny, deeply tragic, and utterly compelling love story that explores the complicated nature of friendship and love between men with uncommon clarity and insight. Running parallel to the civil rights struggle for federally recognized same-gender marriage equality and the ongoing effort to finally achieve cultural acceptance -- beyond the current tolerance -- of gay relationships, there is a timeliness and urgency to these issues which will continue to be relevant through the 2012 election and beyond. Originally depicted on the stage in 1995, Nicholas DeJonge of The Evening Standard described Burning Blue as: The most topical, spellbinding play in London Since then it has attracted a mostly mainstream audience of more than 100,000 people in 7 productions around the globe including London, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Los Angeles and New York. Identifiable markets include the gay community, the military -- estimated active duty and veterans groups totaling more than 30 million people -- and women of all ages and backgrounds who have expressed a fascination with the storys depiction of the male psyche. The best way to effect change is through personal experience -- having the opportunity to get to know they who are nothing more, nothing less than unfamiliar expressions of all of us. In the absence of a personal encounter, which could lead to meaningful conversation, films like Burning Blue can make this intimate, deeply personal experience possible. We fall in love with the characters as they fall in love with each other -- we identify with their joy and their struggle and our hearts and minds shift. Navy fighter pilots Lt. Dan Lynch and Lt. Will Stephensen are the closest of friends. Will is married with a son and Dan is engaged to longtime love, Nancy, but when Dan falls for replacement squadron mate, Matt Blackwood, everybodys worlds unravel. Logline Option 1: The lives and careers of a group of Navy fighter pilots and their spouses are thrown into disarray when two of them find themselves in the midst of a forbidden love affair. Logline Option 2: Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives, families and careers into disarray. Logline Option 3: A Navy fighter pilots world is thrown into disarray when he falls in love with a squadron mate creating a dilemma that isolates him from his friends, family and fiancee as he struggles to find the truth of his new reality. Written in 1992, Burning Blue is compelling love story set against the backdrop of the U.S. Navy as experienced through the lens of the repressive Dont Ask Dont Tell policy. Begs the question What if our heros true love survives. Even after the repeal of Dont Ask Dont Tell they would be ineligible for the same benefits as their peers maintaining a shared home in government quarters like all of their heterosexual colleagues is forbidden. Without the nationwide repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act without the civil right to marry in any of the 50 states and have it recognized federally these Americans will forever be second class. The injustice of the current situation cannot be ignored. The story appeals to the fair-minded and compassionate in humanity. An estimated 100,000 people saw the stage play in seven different productions around the world. This is some of what the press said: London JoBerg Tel Aviv Los Angeles San Francisco New York Burning Blue is more than a historical depiction of a policy that destroyed countless lives and careers its a call to action for the ongoing/continuing struggle towards equality and acceptance. Beyond Tolerance. Following two fatal aircraft accidents aboard an America aircraft carrier, a government agent is placed aboard the ship posing as a Safety Officer from Washington D.C. His mission -- to determine what may be at the root of these mishaps and prevent the inevitable third chain-breaking accident abruptly changes course when a young sailor reports seeing one of the fleets top-ranking fighter pilots in a gay club. The aviator (son of The Chief of Naval Operations) and three of his squadron mates and their spouses become the subject of a deadly modern-day witch hunt entangling them in a web of jealousy and deceit which tests their concept of love, friendship and honour and changes their lives forever. Pitch Drawn from the Directors own experience in the U.S. Navy, Burning Blue is the story of a group of F/A-18 fighter pilots and their spouses whose careers and personal lives are thrown into disarray when two of the men unexpectedly fall in love. After being seen in a gay club while on liberty in New York City, our protagonist, Lt. Dan Lynch one of the fleets top-ranked pilots -- is apprehended by military agents, isolated from his squadron mates, family and friends and forced to make the most difficult decision of his life. Seen through the lens of the Dont Ask, Dont Tell military, Burning Blue is at once a raucously funny, deeply tragic, and utterly compelling love story that explores the complicated nature of friendship and love between men with uncommon clarity and insight. Running parallel to the civil rights struggle for federally recognized same-gender marriage equality and the ongoing effort to finally achieve cultural acceptance -- beyond the current tolerance -- of gay relationships, there is a timeliness and urgency to these issues which will continue to be relevant through the 2012 election and beyond. Originally depicted on the stage in 1995, Nicholas DeJonge of The Evening Standard described Burning Blue as: The most topical, spellbinding play in London Since then it has attracted a mostly mainstream audience of more than 100,000 people in 7 productions around the globe including London, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Los Angeles and New York. Identifiable markets include the gay community, the military -- estimated active duty and veterans groups totaling more than 30 million people -- and women of all ages and backgrounds who have expressed a fascination with the storys depiction of the male psyche. The best way to effect change is through personal experience -- having the opportunity to get to know they who are nothing more, nothing less than unfamiliar expressions of all of us. In the absence of a personal encounter, which could lead to meaningful conversation, films like Burning Blue can make this intimate, deeply personal experience possible. We fall in love with the characters as they fall in love with each other -- we identify with their joy and their struggle and our hearts and minds shift. Navy fighter pilots Lt. Dan Lynch and Lt. Will Stephensen are the closest of friends. Will is married with a son and Dan is engaged to longtime love, Nancy, but when Dan falls for replacement squadron mate, Matt Blackwood, everybodys worlds unravel. Logline Option 1: The lives and careers of a group of Navy fighter pilots and their spouses are thrown into disarray when two of them find themselves in the midst of a forbidden love affair. Logline Option 2: Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives, families and careers into disarray. Logline Option 3: A Navy fighter pilots world is thrown into disarray when he falls in love with a squadron mate creating a dilemma that isolates him from his friends, family and fiancee as he struggles to find the truth of his new reality. Written in 1992, Burning Blue is compelling love story set against the backdrop of the U.S. Navy as experienced through the lens of the repressive Dont Ask Dont Tell policy. Begs the question What if our heros true love survives. Even after the repeal of Dont Ask Dont Tell they would be ineligible for the same benefits as their peers maintaining a shared home in government quarters like all of their heterosexual colleagues is forbidden. Without the nationwide repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act without the civil right to marry in any of the 50 states and have it recognized federally these Americans will forever be second class. The injustice of the current situation cannot be ignored. The story appeals to the fair-minded and compassionate in humanity. An estimated 100,000 people saw the stage play in seven different productions around the world. This is some of what the press said: London JoBerg Tel Aviv Los Angeles San Francisco New York Burning Blue is more than a historical depiction of a policy that destroyed countless lives and careers its a call to action for the ongoing/continuing struggle towards equality and acceptance. Beyond Tolerance. Following two fatal aircraft accidents aboard an America aircraft carrier, a government agent is placed aboard the ship posing as a Safety Officer from Washington D.C. His mission -- to determine what may be at the root of these mishaps and prevent the inevitable third chain-breaking accident abruptly changes course when a young sailor reports seeing one of the fleets top-ranking fighter pilots in a gay club. The aviator (son of The Chief of Naval Operations) and three of his squadron mates and their spouses become the subject of a deadly modern-day witch hunt entangling them in a web of jealousy and deceit which tests their concept of love, friendship and honour and changes their lives forever.
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