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'Round Midnight
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 will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
1986 · Directed by Bertrand Tavernier · 131 min · Drama · Music · 10 frames
Tagline
The music and the magic come together...
Crew
- Written by: David Rayfiel, Bertrand Tavernier
- Cinematography: Bruno de Keyzer
- Edited by: Armand Psenny
- Music: Herbie Hancock
- Production design: Alexandre Trauner
- Produced by: Irwin Winkler
Cast
- Dexter Gordon as Dale Turner
- François Cluzet as Francis Borler
- Gabrielle Haker as Bérangère
- Christine Pascal as Sylvie
- Pierre Trabaud as le père de Francis
- Frédérique Meininger as la mère de Francis
- Liliane Rovère as Madame Queen
- Ged Marlon as Beau
- Benoît Régent as Le psychiatre
- Philippe Noiret as Redon
Production
- Country: United States of America, France
- Language: French, English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Winkler Films, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Little Bear
- Budget: $3,000,000
- Box office: $10,000,000
- Themes: jazz, musician, jazz singer or musician, saxophonist, saxophone, jazz club, biography, expatriate
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