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Director:
David Carson
Writers (WGA):
Ronni Kern (teleplay)
Nora Roberts (novel)
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Release Date:
12 February 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | Thriller more
Plot:
Detective Reena Hale (Witt) is revisited by the stalker who traumatized her years ago by offing any man she fell in love with. | full synopsis
User Comments:
Better than the others more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alicia Witt ... Reena Hale

Scott Bakula ... John Minger
Matthew Settle ... Bo Goodnight

Talia Shire ... Bianca Hale

Eric Keenleyside ... Gib Hale

John Reardon ... Josh

Benjamin Ayres ... Hugh (as Ben Ayres)
Chris Fassbender ... Joey Pastorelli Jr.
Taylor Dauphinais ... Young Reena

David Brown ... Joe Pastorelli Sr.

Liam Nelson ... Young Joey Pastorelli Jr.

Rod Heatheringston ... Steve (as Rod Heatherington)
Chad Nobert ... Xander Hale

Peter Skagen ... FBI Agent
Daniela Vlaskalic ... Fran Hale
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
Germany:88 min | Argentina:95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: No legitimate firefighter training center anywhere in America would be open long if the "graduation exercise" they had in their burn building included potentially deadly traps. Yet the lead character runs into at least TWO traps that had potential to be deadly. more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Better than the others, 14 February 2007
7/10
Author: jenmcclave from United States

The first two adaptations (Angels Fall and Montana Sky) were disappointing for someone who read the books. I was actually pleased by Blue Smoke.

They did a good job of adapting a complex book down to a short movie. The flashbacks were a great way of letting us understand Reena's history and her current emotional state. Of course, they changed some of the details, but those changes didn't bother me, and worked well for the movie. And I think they did a good job of casting for this one - Alicia Witt and Scott Bakula were very good.

The only complaint I have is that due to the short time constraint, they were not able to really focus as much on the relationship with Bo, so the chemistry wasn't as strong as it could have been. Matthew Settle is very cute, but we didn't really get to know his character.

That said, I enjoyed it.

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