Forty Shades of Blue
- Director: Ira Sachs
- Writer: Michael Rohatyn; Ira Sachs
- Producer: Mary Bing; Margot Bridger
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Wealthy music producer Alan James lives with his beautiful Russian girlfriend Laura, thirty years younger than him, whom he met while he was in Russia on business. They have a three-year-old son. Alan is a music legend, having produced black music during the 60's and 70's, the golden era of Memphis Soul. They live an affluent life in a sprawling mansion on the banks of the Mississippi in Memphis, Tennessee. But, although she is comfortable, Laura feels lonely and isolated. Alan has an estranged adult son from a previous marriage, Michael, a literature professor, who is married and lives with his wife in Los Angeles.
Michael and his father have a complicated relationship that is marred by disappointment, hampered by jealousy, and fueled by anger. When Michael returns home to Memphis for the first time in many years, although he had at first disapproved of his father's young girlfriend, a painful and dangerous love affair develops between him and Laura, his contemporary.
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Cast & Characters
Dina Korzun as Laura;
Rip Torn as Alan James;
Darren E. Burrows as Michael James;
Andrew Henderson as Sam James;
Liz Morton as Cindy, Babysitter;
Joanne Pankow as Aunt Betty;
Arielle Kight as Teenage Singer;
J. Blackfoot as Herself;
Red West as Duigan;
Jenny O'Hara as Celia;
Jerry Chipman as Shel;
Mary Jean McAdams as Gena;
Charly Kayle as Karin;
J. Allen Scott as Press Photographer;
Earl Randle as Old Timer