Check Out The New Poster For Ethan Hawke’s BLAZE – Premiering In Austin, Texas August 17

Opening in Austin, Texas on August 17th is BLAZE. Sundance Selects has released the brand new poster for the upcoming film.

Directed by Ethan Hawke, BLAZE stars newcomer Ben Dickey as Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw music movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.

The film weaves together three different periods of time, braiding re-imagined versions of Blaze’s past, present and future. The different strands explore his love affair with Sybil Rosen (Alia Shawkat); his last, dark night on earth; and the impact of his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes. The storyline terminates in a bittersweet ending that acknowledges Blaze’s profound highs and lows, as well as the impressions he made on the people who shared his journey.

Ben Dickey and Ethan Hawke on the set of Ethan Hawke’s BLAZE. Courtesy of IFC Films.

Of Blaze’s music, Hawke says, “I’ve always considered this film to be a country western opera. The film aspires to be about creativity – and where it intersects with romantic love as a healthy manifestation, and where it intersects with narcissism as it’s negative manifestation. To separate the film and the film’s music is impossible. The film is about the music.  And country music at its simple best has an ability to penetrate.”

BLAZE premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival where Dickey’s performance won him the Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting. Dickey stars alongside Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, Josh Hamilton, Richard Linklater, Alynda Segarra, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn and Kris Kristofferson.

Co-written by Hawke and Sybil Rosen, BLAZE is based on Rosen’s memoir Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley.

Opens in Texas August 2018, in theaters September 2018.