Movie
'Round Midnight
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-09-23
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Winkler Films, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Little Bear
- Country
- United States of America, France
- Original language
- EN
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
- Eddy Mitchell as L'ivrogne au bar du Blue Note
- Sandra Reaves-Phillips as Buttercup
Crew
- Bertrand Tavernier - Director
- Bertrand Tavernier - Writer
- David Rayfiel - Writer
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