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Round Midnight|Dexter Gordon

Round Midnight

Dexter Gordon
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Overview

'ROUND MIDNIGHT is the moving story of an expatriate black jazz musician and his struggle to create the bebop sound in 1959 Paris. Dexter Gordon is sensational in the lead role--he earned an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Dale Turner--and Herbie Hancock, who appears in the film, was nominated for his score. Director Bertrand Tavernier beautifully captures the many joys and sorrows that encompass the jazz world.

Awards:
1986 - Academy Awards - Best Original Score - Winner

Main Cast & Crew:
Bertrand Tavernier - Director
François Cluzet
Dexter Gordon
Gabrielle Haker
Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Lonette McKee
Christine Pascal
Herbie Hancock
Liliane Rovere
John Berry
Arnaud Chevrier

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray (Dubbed)
  • Run Time: 131
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 715515271318
  • Genre: DRAMA
  • Rating: R
  • Release Date: April 2022

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"...[ROUND MIDNIGHT] packs a terrific emotional punch..." - 12/01/1986 Sight and Sound, p.67


"...[Gordon] becomes the very embodiment of the music itself....Masterly..." - 09/30/1986 New York Times, p.C11


"...Watching Dale and Francis grow close is a subdued experience that evolves in quiet ways..." - 02/11/1994 Los Angeles Times, p.F31


"...This is the world of jazz from the very inside....'ROUND MIDNIGHT is the first film about jazzmen to be made in their own rhythms; it's a ballad, with repeated themes, long sustained passages and a perfect, delicate gravity about it..." - 10/16/1986 Los Angeles Times, p.C1


"...This Oscar-winning ode to the power of jazz gets at the root of the great American art form..." - 02/23/2001 Entertainment Weekly, p.141

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