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61% Critic Match
Full Moon in Blue Water
“The full moon is for lovers and lunatics. Every night there's a full moon in Blue Water, Texas.”
6.1 / 10• 1988• 1h 35m•R• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law "The General" and is helped by Jimmy, a former asylum inmate, and the good-natured Louise. The bar is rapidly losing money and Charlie wants to buy it cheaply before it becomes publicly known that a nearby bridge is to be built. Louise offers her savings to go into partnership with Floyd, but Floyd decides to sell when he is forced to pay his back taxes.
Cast & Crew
Gene Hackman
Floyd
Lead
Teri Garr
Louise
Burgess Meredith
The General
Elias Koteas
Jimmy
Kevin Cooney
Charlie O'Donnell
David Doty
Virgil
Gil Glasgow
Baytch
Becky Ann Baker
Dorothy
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Masterson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Full Moon in Blue Water is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
