Powder Blue is a 2009 American drama film with an ensemble cast featuring several interconnected story arcs. It was written and directed by Timothy Linh Bui, and features Patrick Swayze s last film role before his death in September that year. The film saw only limited theatrical release in the United States and was ultimately released principally on DVD in May 2009. The film was subsequently released in Kazakhstan and Russia and on US cable television premium movie channels in late 2009.

Plot

Several Los Angeles residents meet on Christmas Eve through chance, tragedy, loss and divine intervention.

Velvet Larry is the head of a corporate crime organization. He owns a sleazy strip club where Rose-Johnny, a single mother whose young son is in a coma, dances. Qwerty Doolittle is a young mortician who falls in love with her. Velvet Larry tries to convince Jack Doheny, his former employee, not to seek vengeance on his co-workers. Doheny later reveals to Rose-Johnny that he is her father. Charlie is a suicidal ex-priest. Lexus is a pre-op trans woman prostitute who shares an unexpected emotional bond with the priest.

Cast

• Jessica Biel as Rose-Johnny
• Eddie Redmayne as Qwerty Doolittle
• Forest Whitaker as Charlie
• Ray Liotta as Jack Doheny
• Lisa Kudrow as Sally
• Patrick Swayze as Velvet Larry
• Kris Kristofferson as Randall
• Alejandro Romero as Lexus
• Sanaa Lathan as Diana
• Chandler Canterbury as Billy
• Jeffrey Adam Baker as Slim
• Ravi Patel as Sanjay
• Don Swayze as The Bouncer
• L. Scott Caldwell as Nurse Gomez
• Riki Lindhome as Nicole
• Billy Wirth as David

Reception

According to Variety magazine, the heartstring-pulling contrivances of the film, set during Christmastime, go way over the top… Biel often overacts even more than her role requires . The magazine calls director Bui s trumpeting of the power of love in the city of lonely hearts … both ear-splittingly loud and tone-deaf at the same time with Jonathan Sela s color palette of nightmarish reds and blues and blinding whites, simply enforc the pic s borderline hysteria .

Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 25% rating from eight critic reviews with an average rating of 3.7 out of 10.

Year	2009
ReleaseDate	2009-10-15
RuntimeMins	106
RuntimeStr	1h 46min
Plot	Four Los Angelenos, a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper, are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.
Directors	Timothy Linh Bui
Writers	Timothy Linh Bui, Stephane Gauger
Stars	Jessica Biel, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker
Produced by	Bill Block,Timothy Linh Bui,David Chang,Tim Chun,Christopher J. Corabi,Ross M. Dinerstein,Kimberly Fox,Jeff Golenberg,Ron Hartenbaum,Paul Hellerman,Michael Horn,Aaron Kaufman,Douglas Kuber,Rick Lashbrook,Raymond Mansfield,Shaun Redick,Scott Saldana,Bobby Schwartz,Alison Semenza King,Tracee Stanley,Geoff Stults,Forest Whitaker
Music by	Didier Rachou
Cinematography by	Jonathan Sela
Film Editing by	Kevin Tent,Leo Trombetta
Casting By	Michelle Levy,Ronnie Yeskel
Production Design by	Keith Neely
Art Direction by	Dan Morski
Set Decoration by	David A. Koneff
Costume Design by	Magali Guidasci
Makeup Department	Barbara Augustus,Miia Kovero,Margarita Pidgeon,Michael Ross,Gigi Williams
Production Management	Steev Beeson,Jan Kikumoto
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Morgan Elam,Stephane Gauger,Keith Jones,Colin McGreal,Jon Recher,Joe Suarez
Art Department	Alysia Allen,Thomas Betts,Don ‘Tex’ Clark,Mark Comperry,Keith A. Cuba,Craig Davidson,Talia De Marco,Mark Finer,Jon Flenoy,Donald S. Foster,Jeffery Goyer,J. Lauren Jackson,Kay Kropp,Kami Laprade,Nancy Lowry,Colin McGreal,Jason Mueller,Cynthia Nibler,Eli Presser,Rodney Rosene,Ryan T. Valine,Michael Voelker,Maret Wicken,Tom Wilson
Sound Department	Kyle Billingsley,Willie D. Burton,Chris David,Brian Dunlop,Christopher Eakins,Andrew Edelman,David Esparza,Michael Farkas,Ron Fremstad,Marshall Garlington,John Hays,Robert Jackson,Sanaa Kelley,Travis MacKay,Cynthia Merrill,Michael Mesirow,David Parker,Gabriel J. Serrano,Gary A. Theard,Eric Thompson,Callie Thurman,Lisa Varetakis
Special Effects by	Jason Castillo,John C. Hartigan,Anthony Lee Henderson,Philip Henderson,Philip Neil Henderson,Roger Kelton,Zak Knight,Paul Sokol,Mike Thompson
Visual Effects by	Masayo Benoist,Derry Frost,Evan Ghigliotty,Drew Johnson,Benjamin Martin,Roger Mocenigo,Michael Morreale,Jeremy Oddo,Phillip Palousek,Eric Pham,Randy Polk,Jabbar Raisani,Rebecca Rakoncay,Francisco Ramos,Michael Roderick,Daniel Solano,Tammy Sutton,David Van Woert,Leo Vezzali,Johnathon Vought,Jeremy Ward,Eric Barbour,Charles Kohlmyer
Stunts	Jeff Dashnaw,Steve Davidson,Steve M. Davison,Carrick O’Quinn,Jimmy N. Roberts,Eileen Weisinger,Sala Baker
Camera and Electrical Department	Eric D. Anderson,Barry Berona,Gary Bevans,Richard W. Botchlet,Jeremie Brillant,Don Burton,Cynthia Bystrak,Andrew Clarke,Ryan Copeland,Daniel Cotroneo,John DeFazio,David Erickson,Hiroyuki Fukuda,Erik Gonzales,Mark Hyde,Stephen Irvine,Kim Magruder,Thomas McCarty,Guy Michaels,Jordan Parhad,Dustin Penrod,Jay Pope,R. Dustin Sanchez,Darryl St. Juste,Hong Suwadji,Wayne Swab,Maxwell Thorpe,Aaron Tichenor,Scott R. Todd,Remi Tournois,Raul Vasquez,Craig Wadlin,Chuck Zlotnick,Eric Zucker
Casting Department	Gil Espinoza,Jeff Olan,Ryan Omega,Anne Rieh
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Yasmine Abraham,Laura N. Flores,Tracie Leaphart,Michelle Margolis,Emanuela Vincenzi
Editorial Department	Jason Bretz,Ryan Campbell,Eunice Choi,Marisa Clayton,John Craig,Manny Dubon,Sue Gates,Cathy Hair,Carl Jacobson,Casey Leming,David Marks,Dave McCarthy,Joel T. Pashby,Christopher Wild Rogers,Howard Scott Stein
Location Management	Robert Earl Craft,TeriLee Huff,John Robert Johnson,Gregory Tapscott
Music Department	Debra Baum,Drew DeAscentis,Sandy DeCrescent,Braden Dick,Roman Tobias Pettigrew,Didier Rachou,Peter Rotter,Michael Stern,Jesse Voccia,Aaron Zigman
Script and Continuity Department	Monika Petrillo
Transportation Department	Corey Askins,Al Burton,J. Armin Garza II,Brian D. Hall,Philip Henderson,Gary Jackson,Ken Kaplan,Zoa Keith,Ebrahim Khaligh,Elie Littauer,Eli James Lozano,Kim Magruder,Lacy McGarry,Robert McKee,Dennis Metz,Kelly Murphy,Michael F. Pierre,Harry Victor Schultz,Marilyn Shannon,Eric Solmonson,Chris Warren
Additional Crew	Steev Beeson,Rosemary Bobiner,Erik Bright,Christopher J. Corabi,Ryan Costa,Celeste Den,Braden Dick,Fizaa Dosani,Caleb Emerson,Tim Farrands,Mandy Friedrich,Seamus Gibbons,Richard Healy,Philip Hoang,Michael James,Cati Jean,Jina Kim,Peter Lawani,Tanya Leal Soto,Richard Lilly,Keri Littledeer,Raymond Mansfield,Paula P. Manzanedo,Ella Marcus,Jenny Napier,Karma Neff,Andy Huan Nguyen,Navia Nguyen,Corinna Pieloch,Eli Presser,Sam Pressman,Luis Rangel,Shaun Redick,Emily Rice,Anthony Rico,Joey Rivera,Michael Salamon,David Sanfield,Martin Signore,Anthony So,Yoni Tabac,Gary Tam,Marcus Taylor,Karla Torres,Donny Tran,Gregory Williams,Allen Wong
Thanks	Lori Johnson,Raymond Mansfield
Genres	Drama
Companies	Blue Snow Productions, Eleven Eleven Films, Grosvenor Park Media
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6.2
ImDbRatingVotes	14829
Keywords	stripper pole,bare breasts,stripper,female frontal nudity,sex scene