Desert Blue poster

Desert Blue( 1999)

TV-MAComedyDrama
57%
User
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Once You Get There, You'll Never Want To Leave

Overview

An academic obsessed with roadside attractions and his tv-star daughter stop at a small desert town to see the world's largest ice cream cone, where, because of an accident that spilled an unknown substance all over the highway, they are forced to spend a few days with the towns eccentric residents.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Kate Hudson

      Skye Davidson

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      Brendan Sexton III

      Blue Baxter

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      John Heard

      Prof. Lance Davidson

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      Christina Ricci

      Ely Jackson

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      Casey Affleck

      Pete Kepler

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      Sara Gilbert

      Sandy

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      Ethan Suplee

      Cale

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      Peter Sarsgaard

      Billy Baxter

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      Lucinda Jenney

      Caroline Baxter

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      Michael Ironside

      Agent Frank Bellows

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      Daniel von Bargen

      Sheriff Jackson

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      Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

      Agent Summers

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      Lee Holmes

      Deputy Keeler

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      Isidra Vega

      Haley Gordon

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      Rene Rivera

      Dr. Gordon

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      Fred Schneider

      KBLU Radio DJ (voice)

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      Liev Schreiber

      Mickey Moonday (voice)

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      Richmond Arquette

      Truck Driver

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      Jerry Agee

      Insurance Agent

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      Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine

      Agent Green

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Sun Sep 07 2025
    **_Long stop at a desolate settlement in the Southwest and the peculiar people thereof_** A TV actress and her professor father (Kate Hudson and John Heard) stop at a dying mining town in the desert to see a roadside attraction and inadvertently become stuck there for a few days. The eccentric citizens include a young man preoccupied with his late father’s dream (Brendan Sexton III), a girl obsessed with pipe bombs (Christina Ricci), an ATV racer (Casey Affleck) and a woman who runs a diner (Lucinda Jenney). “Desert Blue” (1998) is a quirky indie drama influenced by TV’s Northern Exposur...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2000000.00

    Revenue

    100590.00

    Keywords

    • fire
    • quarantine
    • bomb
    • explosive
    • fbi
    • water park
    • bonfire
    • ice cream cone
    • four-wheelers
    • soda
    • aqueduct
    • beer bong