Blue in the Face

Paul Auster
Wayne Wang
Harvey Wang

Paul Auster
Wayne Wang

[Cast Group]
Actor: Lou Reed | Character: Man with Strange Glasses
Actor: Michael J. Fox | Character: Pete Maloney
Actor: Roseanne Barr | Character: Dot
Actor: Mel Gorham | Character: Violet
Actor: Jim Jarmusch | Character: Bob
Actor: Lily Tomlin | Character: Waffle Eater
Actor: Jared Harris | Character: Jimmy Rose
Actor: Giancarlo Esposito | Character: Tommy Finelli
Actor: Malik Yoba | Character: Watch Man
Actor: José Zúñiga | Character: Jerry
Actor: Victor Argo | Character: Vinnie
Actor: Stephen Gevedon | Character: Dennis
Actor: The John Lurie National Orchestra | Character: Street Band
Actor: Madonna | Character: Singing Telegram
Actor: Sharif Rashed | Character: Purse Snatcher
Actor: Mira Sorvino | Character: Young Lady
Actor: Keith David | Character: Jackie Robinson
Actor: Peggy Gormley | Character: Sue the Waitress
Actor: Harvey Keitel | Character: Auggie Wren
Actor: Chief Bey | Character: Brooklyn Resident
Actor: Ian Frazier | Character: Brooklyn Resident
Actor: Sasalina Gambino | Character: Brooklyn Resident
Actor: Robert Jackson | Character: Brooklyn Resident
Actor: Rusty Kanokogi | Character: Brooklyn Resident
Actor: Lucy Sante | Character: Brooklyn Resident
Actor: Tatienne Hendricks-Tellefsen | Character: Baby Jackie
Actor: Chelsea Altman | Character: Statistician
Actor: Michael Badalucco | Character: Statistician
Actor: Teodorina Bello | Character: Statistician
Actor: Billy Cherry | Character: Statistician
Actor: Rehanna Ellis | Character: Statistician, Dancer
Actor: Michelle Hurst | Character: Statistician
Actor: Edmund Ikeda | Character: Statistician
Actor: Ahmed Ben Larby | Character: Statistician
Actor: William Preston | Character: Statistician
Actor: Debra Wilson | Character: Statistician
Actor: RuPaul | Character: Dancer
Actor: Diana Brownstone | Character: Dancer
Actor: Liz Curtis | Character: Dancer
Actor: James Dickson | Character: Dancer
Actor: Esteban Fernández | Character: Dancer
Actor: Eileen Galindo | Character: Dancer
Actor: Cotton Green | Character: Dancer
Actor: Nick Kosovich | Character: Dancer
Actor: Kyle Larsen | Character: Dancer
Actor: Gregory Mitchell | Character: Dancer
Actor: Liz Ramos | Character: Dancer
Actor: Ray Rodriguez | Character: Dancer
Actor: Charles LaSalle | Character: Dancer
Actor: Lisa Scarola | Character: Dancer
Actor: Dale Stotts | Character: Dancer
Actor: Ginger Thatcher | Character: Dancer
Actor: Julien Bardakoff | Character: Detective
Actor: Richard Conte | Character: Pvt. Rivera
Actor: Harley Kaplan | Character: Juggler
Actor: Luz Alexandra Ramos | Character: Dancer

[Directors Group]
Name: Paul Auster | Role: Director
Name: Wayne Wang | Role: Director
Name: Harvey Wang | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Paul Auster | Role: Writer
Name: Wayne Wang | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Francey Grace | Role: Producer
Name: Greg Johnson | Role: Producer
Name: Harvey Keitel | Role: Producer
Name: Hisami Kuroiwa | Role: Producer
Name: Peter Newman | Role: Producer
Name: Diana Phillips | Role: Producer
Name: Bob Weinstein | Role: Producer
Name: Harvey Weinstein | Role: Producer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Adam Holender | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Christopher Tellefsen | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Heidi Levitt | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Kalina Ivanov | Role: Production Designer

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Diane Lederman | Role: Set Decorator
Name: Karin Wiesel Holmes | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Claudia Brown | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Sharon Ilson Burke | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Judi Goodman | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Wayne Herndon | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Patricia Regan | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Margot Lulick | Role: Production Manager
Name: Karen F. McCarthy | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Vebe Borge | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Jude Gorjanc | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Mary Beth Mann | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Todd Pfeiffer | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Sheila G. Waldron | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Joseph Badalucco Jr. | Role: Art Department
Name: Robert Barnett | Role: Art Department
Name: Andrew Dimeo | Role: Art Department
Name: Anthony Dimeo | Role: Art Department
Name: Lauren Doner | Role: Art Department
Name: Loretta Farb | Role: Art Department
Name: Gus Papadopoulos | Role: Art Department
Name: Erick Schiele | Role: Art Department
Name: Rae Umsted | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Michael Barry | Role: Sound Department
Name: Marko A. Costanzo | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mark Goodermote | Role: Sound Department
Name: Robert Hein | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Hirst | Role: Sound Department
Name: Drew Kunin | Role: Sound Department
Name: Julie Lindner | Role: Sound Department
Name: Richard Murphy | Role: Sound Department
Name: Bruce Pross | Role: Sound Department
Name: Richard Riedel | Role: Sound Department
Name: Philip Stockton | Role: Sound Department
Name: Dominick Tavella | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Daniel Leung | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: K.C. Bailey | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ralph Brandofino | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: John Cambria | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michael Cambria | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: James A. Dolan | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: James P. Dolan | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Therese Dolan | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Thomas Dolan | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: John Donohue | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: James W. Finnerty | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Harry Ford | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brad Goss | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: David Knox | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Thomas Landi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jim Manzione | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: John Mazzola | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Billy Miller Jr. | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Billy Miller | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Peter Norman | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Collin Quinlan | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gerard Sava | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Joseph Viano | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Barry Wetcher | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: John Denison | Role: Costume Department
Name: Cheryl Kilbourne-Kimpton | Role: Costume Department
Name: Stephanie Maslansky | Role: Costume Department
Name: Mary Myers | Role: Costume Department
Name: Marcia Patten | Role: Costume Department
Name: Caroline Seckinger | Role: Costume Department
Name: Miriam Wong Tsao | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Murphy Birdsall | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Meg Bowles | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Kenna Doeringer | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Joel Hirsch | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Maysie Hoy | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Jean Mandel | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Liz Schenck | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Chieh Huei Tsai | Role: Editorial Department
Name: David Wahnon | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Avi Zev Weider | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: David Appelson | Role: Location Management
Name: Alex Corven | Role: Location Management
Name: Lys Hopper | Role: Location Management
Name: George Lazaros | Role: Location Management
Name: Mindy Rosenberg | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Arnaldo Antunes | Role: Music Department
Name: Steve Borne | Role: Music Department
Name: David Byrne | Role: Music Department
Name: Yale Evelev | Role: Music Department
Name: Lynn Geller | Role: Music Department
Name: The John Lurie National Orchestra | Role: Music Department
Name: Todd Kasow | Role: Music Department
Name: Billy Martin | Role: Music Department
Name: Marisa Monte | Role: Music Department
Name: Patrick Mullins | Role: Music Department
Name: Calvin Weston | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Keith Adams | Role: Production Department
Name: Nina Chien | Role: Production Department
Name: Jean-Paul Cummings | Role: Production Department
Name: John Daschbach | Role: Production Department
Name: John Easley | Role: Production Department
Name: Ann Gastler | Role: Production Department
Name: Marlon Lawe | Role: Production Department
Name: Timothy T.P. Robbins | Role: Production Department
Name: Jennifer Roth | Role: Production Department
Name: Lisbeth Storandt | Role: Production Department
Name: Sean Thomas | Role: Production Department
Name: Christopher Wade | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Karen Kelsall | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: John Edler Jr. | Role: Transportation Department
Name: John Edler Sr. | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Robert Featherstone | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Michael Fennell | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Ronald Gildea | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Charlie Hoffman | Role: Transportation Department
Name: J.J. McGrane | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Vincent Russo | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Louis Volpe | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Daniel Young Jr. | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Joan Altman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Randall Balsmeyer | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Robert Covelman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Charles Croughwell | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ann Edgeworth | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Maurice 'pee-wee' Edwards | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Camilo García | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joyce Hsieh | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Laura Iler | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michael J. Luisi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Allan R. McKinnon | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Layne Messing | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marta Padovan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Terry 't-bone' Rhodes | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tom Salvatore | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ira Schreck | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Linda Talcott | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mark Urman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Harvey Wang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sergi Zamora | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ante Novakovic | Role: Additional Crew

Official Trailer | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2890710553/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi2890710553/1434659379400-8cjq25-1598635150273.mp4?Expires=1788012033&Signature=rUSyi90I3MZXDM9U8qgpgDmJs-XeW0~rVzKK-F~-ijwLolg5QdgY2s1jW~EckyyvjxHNzTUmgKCKvHiyHrbjdqaqziHuw9h-SDMg~39LxflmbTxD3uu5mhfI3SCA991dSHvNWbVIZeh33Zas2ATfVL0H2Lh~qz84rc2vNXWW5mywg7lRy7gD8yXzizTSXmClbPPYBgfvmz-r0jRuzU4aFEJxA6um3anB2K0HJOIEkA88H~jJgLnDGBafSqhjFkGFydA~3kE1l3-WVaqJF1cOyQJnDEiZ~S4r3wxDYhYN0pnvzXOYUwKIJdc8JujtddDHtT0ymqRdTFd5BdNx3pYowA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Germany: February 12, 1995 (Berlin International Film Festival)
United States: May 1995 (Seattle International Film Festival)
Israel: July 1995 (Jerusalem Film Festival)
Canada: September 15, 1995 (Toronto International Film Festival)
United States: October 1995 (Chicago International Film Festival)
United States: October 7, 1995 (Austin Film Festival)
United States: October 13, 1995
Denmark: October 27, 1995
Greece: November 1995 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Finland: November 3, 1995
Norway: November 10, 1995
Sweden: November 20, 1995
Brazil: December 15, 1995
Spain: December 22, 1995
France: January 3, 1996
Germany: January 4, 1996
Italy: January 18, 1996
Belgium: February 21, 1996
Netherlands: February 22, 1996
Japan: March 2, 1996
Greece: March 8, 1996
Australia: April 4, 1996
Hungary: May 2, 1996
United Kingdom: May 17, 1996
Portugal: June 21, 1996
Czech Republic: July 1996 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Turkey: October 11, 1996
Hong Kong: November 28, 1996
Poland: January 3, 1997
Argentina: November 14, 1997 (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Argentina: November 27, 1997
Czech Republic: March 1, 1998 (video premiere)
South Korea: May 27, 2000
Germany: July 3, 2015 (Munich International Film Festival)
Taiwan: May 27, 2025 (Taipei Literature Film Festival)

Nominee | 1995 | Stockholm Film Festival | Bronze Horse | Blue in the Face
Nominee | 1996 | American Comedy Awards, USA | American Comedy Award | Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Lily Tomlin, Blue in the Face

Domestic: USD 1268636
Period: Oct 13 – 15, 1995 | Rank: 19 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 16 | Gross to date: USD 104365 | Interval gross: USD 104365 | Per theater average: USD 6522