Stars
Dina Korzun
Rip Torn
Andrew Lawrence Henderson
Elizabeth Morton
Joanne Pankow
Arielle Kight
J. Blackfoot
Red West
Jenny O'Hara
Jerry Chipman
Writers
Michael Rohatyn
Ira Sachs
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Dina Korzun | Character: Laura
Actor: Rip Torn | Character: Alan James
Actor: Andrew Lawrence Henderson | Character: Sam James
Actor: Elizabeth Morton | Character: Cindy
Actor: Joanne Pankow | Character: Aunt Betty
Actor: Arielle Kight | Character: Teenage Singer
Actor: J. Blackfoot | Character: J. Blackfoot
Actor: Red West | Character: Duigan
Actor: Jenny O'Hara | Character: Celia
Actor: Jerry Chipman | Character: Shel
Actor: Mary Jean Bentley | Character: Gena
Actor: Charly Kayle | Character: Karin
Actor: J. Allen Scott | Character: Press Photographer
Actor: Earl Randle | Character: Old Timer
Actor: Charles 'Skip' Pitts | Character: Charles Skip Pitts
Actor: Don Pirl | Character: Man at Peabody Bar
Actor: Stuart Greer | Character: Tom Skolnick
Actor: Jennifer LaCapra | Character: Woman with Tom
Actor: Darren E. Burrows | Character: Michael James
Actor: Lillie White | Character: Minnie
Actor: Mimmye Goode | Character: Nursery School Teacher
Actor: Monette McLin | Character: Nursery School Parent
Actor: Paprika Steen | Character: Lonni
Actor: Forrest Pruett | Character: Studio Engineer
Actor: Todd Malta | Character: Waiter
Actor: Charles J. Ingram | Character: Ronnie
Actor: John Boyd West | Character: Barry
Actor: Howard Keltner | Character: Salesman
Actor: Claude Phillips | Character: Tennis Club Valet
Actor: Emily McKenna | Character: April
Actor: Stan Prachniak | Character: Lake Party Bartender
Actor: Archie Mitchell | Character: Lake Party Reveler
Actor: Steve Potts | Character: Banquet Musician
Actor: Dave Smith | Character: Banquet Musician
Actor: Ronnie Williams | Character: Banquet Musician
Actor: Michael Toles | Character: Banquet Musician
Actor: James Spake | Character: Banquet Musician
Actor: Scott Thompson | Character: Banquet Musician
Actor: Jim Dickinson | Character: Lake Party Musician
Actor: Sid Selvidge | Character: Lake Party Musician
Actor: Sam Shoup | Character: Lake Party Musician
Actor: Tommy Burroughs | Character: Lake Party Musician
Actor: D'Army Bailey | Character: Man
Actor: Josh Driver | Character: David James
Actor: Christy Hamilton | Character: Tennis Player
Actor: Kimberly Hill | Character: Party Guest
Actor: Erica Hines | Character: Party Girl
Actor: Tony Isbell | Character: Husband
Actor: Laurie Johnson | Character: Picnic Guest
Actor: Donald Meyers | Character: Picnic Guest
Actor: Lydia Meyers | Character: Picnic Guest
Actor: Rich Parham | Character: Banquet Dancer
Actor: Nancy Wilder | Character: Banquet and Lakehouse Guest
[Directors Group]
Name: Ira Sachs | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Michael Rohatyn | Role: Writer
Name: Ira Sachs | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Mary Bing | Role: Producer
Name: Margot Bridger | Role: Producer
Name: DTeflon | Role: Producer
Name: Adam Hohenberg | Role: Producer
Name: Jawal Nga | Role: Producer
Name: Heather Parks | Role: Producer
Name: Sydney Pollack | Role: Producer
Name: Michael Rohatyn | Role: Producer
Name: Donald Rosenfeld | Role: Producer
Name: Mike S. Ryan | Role: Producer
Name: Ira Sachs | Role: Producer
Name: Christopher Singleton | Role: Producer
Name: Geoff Stier | Role: Producer
Name: Diane von Fürstenberg | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Dickon Hinchliffe | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Julian Whatley | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Affonso Gonçalves | Role: Editor
[Casting Group]
Name: Avy Kaufman | Role: Casting Director
[Production Design Group]
Name: Teresa Mastropierro | Role: Production Designer
[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Mylene Santos | Role: Set Decorator
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Eric Daman | Role: Costume Designer
[Makeup Department]
Name: Gloria Belz | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Janice Byrd | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Barbara Sanders | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Cathi Ashton Thomas | Role: Makeup Department
[Production Management]
Name: Christopher Edwards | Role: Production Manager
Name: Jay Van Hoy | Role: Production Manager
[Assistant Directors]
Name: Keith Jones | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Nicholas Owen Langholff | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Curtis Smith | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
[Art Department]
Name: Melissa A. Dunn | Role: Art Department
Name: Thomas W. Gilbert | Role: Art Department
Name: Emily Oliva | Role: Art Department
Name: Brian Pera | Role: Art Department
Name: Spencer H. Register | Role: Art Department
Name: Dalton Cole Young | Role: Art Department
[Sound Department]
Name: Antonio L. Arroyo | Role: Sound Department
Name: Nancy Cabrera | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rachel Chancey | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ryan Collison | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Gutierrez | Role: Sound Department
Name: Kelly Neese | Role: Sound Department
Name: Dave Paterson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mary Ellen Porto | Role: Sound Department
Name: Dominick Tavella | Role: Sound Department
Name: Andrew Turner | Role: Sound Department
Name: Damian Volpe | Role: Sound Department
[Visual Effects]
Name: Jennifer Russomanno | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Keith Yurevitz | Role: Visual Effects
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Edward V. Bauman | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Stephanie Beman | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jesus Carrillo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kenneth R. Cole | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tracy Facelli | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michael J. Grant | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Beth Horton | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michael Jacobson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Greg Karamov | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Josh Malloy | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: David Mellow | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Charlies Patrick Muir | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mark Norris | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Robert Oliva | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Bryce Southard | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
[Casting Department]
Name: Cody Beke | Role: Casting Department
Name: Jordan Beswick | Role: Casting Department
Name: Jessica Daniels | Role: Casting Department
Name: Lisa M. Friedrichs | Role: Casting Department
Name: Elizabeth Greenberg | Role: Casting Department
Name: Robert Saba | Role: Casting Department
[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Meriwether Nichols | Role: Costume Department
Name: Kelly Anne Ross | Role: Costume Department
[Editorial Department]
Name: Ian Calderon | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Rachel Chancey | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Katherine Skjerping | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Stan Sztaba | Role: Editorial Department
[Location Management]
Name: Payton Dunham | Role: Location Management
Name: Sarah Fleming | Role: Location Management
Name: Liza Hanson | Role: Location Management
Name: David S. Merrill | Role: Location Management
Name: Nicholas Ross | Role: Location Management
[Music Department]
Name: Dickon Hinchliffe | Role: Music Department
Name: Susan Jacobs | Role: Music Department
Name: David Less | Role: Music Department
Name: Anne Pope | Role: Music Department
Name: Anthony W. Thomas | Role: Music Department
Name: Timothy J. Trudeau | Role: Music Department
[Production Department]
Name: Roy Bogy | Role: Production Department
Name: Jim Alan Cook | Role: Production Department
Name: Lisa M. Friedrichs | Role: Production Department
Name: Stephan Horbelt | Role: Production Department
Name: Kimberly James | Role: Production Department
Name: Angela Meadows | Role: Production Department
Name: Melodie Myers | Role: Production Department
Name: Nicki Newburger | Role: Production Department
Name: Donrico Webber | Role: Production Department
[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Veronica Lupu | Role: Script and Continuity Department
[Transportation Department]
Name: Wendy Martin | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Steve Moffit | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Billy Moffitt | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Eugene Purcell | Role: Transportation Department
[Additional Crew]
Name: Rachel Baker | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Nalla Black | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Josh Braun | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Paul Clark | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Darian Corley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Scott Crary | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jessie Flanders | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Andy Gilbert | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Frank Gray III | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Frank Gray | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Justin Gullett | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marlus Harding | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kimberly M. Hill | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lucas Joaquin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Loretta Johnson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Roger Kass | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rona Katz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Allison Sommers Kelly | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ross Miller | Role: Additional Crew
Name: E. Alden Napier | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bobby Nieves | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jin Pak | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dave Pultz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kimberly Roachelle | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Robert L. Seigel | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Brett P. Smith | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Noreen Ward | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Morgan Weinberg | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Misti White | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dalton Cole Young | Role: Additional Crew
[Thanks]
Name: Karim Aïnouz | Role: Thanks
Name: David Barker | Role: Thanks
Name: John Cameron Mitchell | Role: Thanks
Name: Oren Moverman | Role: Thanks
Name: Jonathan Nossiter | Role: Thanks
Name: David Rubin | Role: Thanks
Trailers
Forty Shades of Blue | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3617849625/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi3617849625/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1563673828803.mp4?Expires=1788390773&Signature=cd76VOMCFmTGR3ZdbYumOkgfHJ-XRk2RFuraNCTlehydOHdT0odNlBYwJzBuuM24TutkGuXL0XqHmsk04w~5Wfsgc3s716tuesdqrI3ahXSrETOpXJXZCqe5zN15prg2GnOluASpDGUNndqrKvX0aUurysC59BEx866Esk8vQWDicnSdZnMioXRDS-xW5WiTUq98HX2ykUTKKLKz3-U8l6MaBbllB4tQoGS7qIT4z1TU4aP1L-jR0TwAc9b9ej4wBXhZBSpRchzP7d-8Anpb1SVM23BCfyRfogjXoXjJfXcfHFg~Khfcf6k-X4gnoO9vgF~GwoqtQyRWcd85RjeOtQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA
Release Schedule
United States: January 21, 2005 (Sundance Film Festival)
Czech Republic: April 2, 2005 (Febio Film Festival)
Hungary: June 11, 2005 (Alba Regia International Film Festival)
France: September 7, 2005 (Deauville Film Festival)
United States: September 28, 2005 (limited)
Brazil: September 29, 2005 (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival)
France: November 28, 2005 (Belfort Entrevues Film Festival)
France: December 7, 2005
Austria: January 6, 2006
Canada: March 6, 2006 (Vancouver, British Columbia)
United Kingdom: June 30, 2006
Indonesia: June 9, 2021 (DVD premiere)
Singapore: June 9, 2021 (DVD premiere)
Awards
Winner | 2005 | Sundance Film Festival | Grand Jury Prize | Dramatic | Ira Sachs, Forty Shades of Blue
Nominee | 2006 | Film Independent Spirit Awards | Independent Spirit Award | Best Female Lead | Dina Korzun, Forty Shades of Blue
Nominee | 2005 | Deauville Film Festival | Grand Special Prize | Ira Sachs, Forty Shades of Blue
Box Office
Austria: USD 13075
United Kingdom: USD 83666
Domestic: USD 75828
Period: Dec 16 – 18, 2005 | Rank: 95 | Weeks in release: 12 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 75180 | Interval gross: USD 1152 | Per theater average: USD 576
Period: Dec 9 – 11, 2005 | Rank: 114 | Weeks in release: 11 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 73527 | Interval gross: USD 1148 | Per theater average: USD 574
Period: Dec 2 – 4, 2005 | Rank: 133 | Weeks in release: 10 | Theaters: 1 | Gross to date: USD 72315 | Interval gross: USD 88 | Per theater average: USD 88
Period: Nov 25 – 27, 2005 | Rank: 105 | Weeks in release: 9 | Theaters: 3 | Gross to date: USD 71590 | Interval gross: USD 2019 | Per theater average: USD 673
Period: Nov 11 – 13, 2005 | Rank: 113 | Weeks in release: 7 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 68850 | Interval gross: USD 1746 | Per theater average: USD 873
Period: Nov 4 – 6, 2005 | Rank: 100 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 60284 | Interval gross: USD 3810 | Per theater average: USD 952
Period: Oct 28 – 30, 2005 | Rank: 92 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 7 | Gross to date: USD 54383 | Interval gross: USD 4917 | Per theater average: USD 702
Period: Oct 21 – 23, 2005 | Rank: 101 | Weeks in release: 4 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 47989 | Interval gross: USD 3387 | Per theater average: USD 846
Period: Oct 14 – 16, 2005 | Rank: 85 | Weeks in release: 3 | Theaters: 6 | Gross to date: USD 41113 | Interval gross: USD 7499 | Per theater average: USD 1249
Period: Oct 7 – 9, 2005 | Rank: 76 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 3 | Gross to date: USD 27658 | Interval gross: USD 10800 | Per theater average: USD 3600
Period: Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2005 | Rank: 76 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 3 | Gross to date: USD 11940 | Interval gross: USD 11940 | Per theater average: USD 3980