West Point, 1830. A world-weary detective is hired to discreetly investigate the gruesome murder of a cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case — a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
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Release Date:
Friday, December 23, 2022 Limited
Friday, January 6, 2023 Netflix
Plot: What's the story about?
West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry — a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).
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A look at the The Pale Blue Eye behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Scott Cooper last directed Antlers and Hostiles. The film's writer Scott Cooper last wrote Hostiles and Out of the Furnace.
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Christian BalePeter Chernin
Scott Cooper
John Lesher
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Production: What we know about The Pale Blue Eye?
Key Facts
- This is a project Scott Cooper has wanted to helm for more than a decade (5/1/2022).
- Based on the Louis Bayard novel of the same name.
Filming Timeline
- 2022 - May: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2021 - December: The film was set to Production status.
- 2021 - March: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
Netflix has scooped the worldwide pre-buy rights for $55M.
- 2011 - January: The film was set to Development status.
- 2011 - January: The film was set to Announced status.
The Pale Blue Eye Release Date: When was the film released?
Rent / Buy The Pale Blue Eye was a limited release in 2022 on Friday, December 23, 2022. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Babylon, I Wanna Dance With Somebody and Corsage.
As a limited theatrical release, The Pale Blue Eye will only be shown in select movie theaters across major markets. Please check Fandango and Atom Tickets to see if the film is playing in your area. Sometimes, limited theatrical releases are simulatenously released to buy or rent on video on demand services like Prime Video and Apple TV.
