''Clear Blue Tuesday'' is a 2009 musical film directed by Elizabeth Lucas.
It premiered at the Quad Cinema in
New York City
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on September 3, 2010.
Plot
Over the course of seven years, eleven New Yorkers affected by the events of
September 11, 2001 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
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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
7 World Trade Center
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and
Rockefeller Center 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
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Becca Ayers
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* Becca (Singer, Songwriter), (Born 1994), Venezuelan Urban Singer
* Beca (musician), American singer
*Be ...
as Rose Burns
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Julie Danao as Reena Santiago Isaacs
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Vedant Gokhale as Jain Mahajan
*Robi Hager as Ricardo Santiago
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Erin Hill
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as Etta Cummins
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Cassandra Kubinski as Samantha Putnam
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Brother Love as Syd Black
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Greg Naughton as Jack King
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Jan O'Dell as Caroline King
*Jeremy Schonfeld as Daniel Isaacs
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Asa Somers
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Education
He is an alumnus of the Phillips Exeter Academy and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and theatre studies at Yale University.
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as Kyle Cassimer
Critical reception
Slant Magazine gave the film a rating of 1 star out of 4.
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, 1111295
2009 films
American musical films
Films based on the September 11 attacks
2000s musical films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films