'Round midnight

DVD - 2022

It is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and to the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris. In a miraculous, sui generis fusion of performer and character that was nominated for an Oscar, legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon plays Dale Turner, a brilliant New York jazz veteran whose music aches with beauty but whose personal life is ravaged by addiction. Searching for a fresh start in Paris, Turner strikes up an unlikely friendship with a struggling single father and ardent jazz fan who finds his life transformed as he attempts to help the self-destructive musician. Herbie Hancock's evocative, Oscar-winning score sets the mood for this definitive ja...zz film, a bittersweet opus that glows with a lived-in, soulful authenticity.

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Subjects
Genres
Historical films
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington,, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2022]
Language
English
French
Corporate Author
Little Bear Production
Corporate Author
Little Bear Production (production company)
Other Authors
Bertrand Tavernier (film director), David Rayfiel (screenwriter), Irwin Winkler (film producer), Dexter Gordon, 1923-1990 (actor), François Cluzet (composer expression), Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Christine Pascal, 1953-1996, Herbie Hancock, 1940-, John Berry, 1917-1999, Martin Scorsese
Edition
Two-DVD special edition
Item Description
Inspired by the incidents in the lives of Francis Paudras & Bud Powell.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.
Wide screen (2.39:1).
Special features: New interview with jazz and cultural critic Gary Giddins; New conversation with music producer Michael Cuscuna and author Maxine Gordon; Before Midnight, a 1986 behind-the-scenes documentary by Jean Achache; Panel discussion from 2014 featuring Cuscuna, Maxine Gordon, director Bertrand Tavernier, and jazz scholar John Szwed, moderated by jazz critic and broadcaster Mark Ruffin; Performance from 1969 of "Fried Bananas" by Dexter Gordon.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen; 2.0 stereo or 5.1 surround.
Audience
MPA rating: R.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Bruno de Keyzer ; editor, Armand Psenny ; music, Herbie Hancock.
ISBN
9781681439327
Contents unavailable.