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'Round midnight
Uniform Title
'Round midnight (Motion picture)
Title
'Round midnight / Warner Bros presents ; an Irwin Winkler production ; written by David Rayfiel, Bertrand Tavernier ; produced by Irwin Winkler ; directed by Bertrand Tavernier.
ISBN
9781681439327
1681439328
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Medium
4 3/4 in.
stamping
Notes
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; essay by scholar Mark Anthony Neal
Director of photography, Bruno de Keyzer ; editor, Armand Psenny ; music, Herbie Hancock.
English and French dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Summary
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 jazz film, a bittersweet opus that glows with a lived-in, soulful authenticity.
Variant and related titles
Around midnight
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
May 04, 2022
Series
Criterion collection ; 1122
Credits
Director of photography, Bruno de Keyzer ; editor, Armand Psenny ; music, Herbie Hancock.
Cast
Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Christine Pascal, Herbie Hancock, John Berry, Martin Scorsese.
System details note
DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen; 2.0 stereo or 5.1 surround.
Audience
MPA rating: R.
Videorecording number
CC3351D The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Films historiques.
Films de fiction.
Also listed under
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), presenter.
Little Bear Production, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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