''Clear Blue Tuesday'' is a 2009 musical film directed by Elizabeth Lucas. It premiered at the Quad Cinema in

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on September 3, 2010.

Plot

Over the course of seven years, eleven New Yorkers affected by the events of

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are forced to confront themselves and the dreams that brought them to the city.

Production

Casting

In February 2007, Elizabeth Lucas set out to cast the film. Casting director Michael Cassara brought in over 120 actor/singer-songwriters to audition for roles. Actors were for both on-screen roles and to write their own musical numbers. Much of the cast came from a theatrical background. Several high-profile locations, including

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and

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were donated for use in the film free of charge.

Shooting

''Clear Blue Tuesday'' was shot in just 19 days on location in New York City. Prior to production, the cast recorded a scratch-track of most of the film's story-telling soundtrack, although two songs were recorded for the first time live on the set: Becca Ayers' "Brand New Sky" and Jan O'Dell's "The Day The Sky Fell".

Cast

* Becca Ayers as Rose Burns * Julie Danao as Reena Santiago Isaacs * Vedant Gokhale as Jain Mahajan *Robi Hager as Ricardo Santiago *

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as Etta Cummins * Cassandra Kubinski as Samantha Putnam * Brother Love as Syd Black * Greg Naughton as Jack King * Jan O'Dell as Caroline King *Jeremy Schonfeld as Daniel Isaacs * Asa Somers as Kyle Cassimer

Critical reception

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'' gave the film a rating of 1 star out of 4.

References

External links

* * {{IMDb title, 1111295 2009 films American musical films Films based on the September 11 attacks 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language musical films 2009 musical films