Details

Other Title:

Around midnight [videorecording]

Subjects:

Jazz musicians -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Musicians -- France -- Paris -- Drama.
Jazz -- 1951-1960.

Form/Genre:

Feature films.

Language:

In English with optional subtitles in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Closed-captioned.

System Details:

DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; Region 1.

Summary:

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius in the fading musician.

Participant:

Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Martin Scorsese.

Credits:

Photography, Bruno DeKeyzer; music, Herbie Hancock.

Notes:

Videodisc release of 1986 motion picture by Warner Bros.
Special features: Interactive menus, cast/director film highlights, theatrical trailer, scene access.
Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Bud Powell and Francis Paudras.

Contributor:

Tavernier, Bertrand. , Director, Screenwriter
Winkler, Irwin. , Producer
Rayfiel, David. , Screenwriter
Hancock, Herbie, 1940- , Actor, Performer
Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990 , Actor, Performer
Cluzet, François. , Actor
Haker, Gabrielle. , Actor
Hutcherson, Bobby. , Actor, Composer
McKee, Lonette. , Actor, Performer
Scorsese, Martin. , Actor
Warner Bros. , Producer
Warner Home Video (Firm). , Distributor

ISBN:

0790752999

OCLC:

45848514

Publisher Number:

085391160328
11603 Warner Home Video