Bye Bye Blackbird (2005) ( Adieu, schöner, schwarzer Vogel ) ( Bye Bye Black bird )

Bye Bye Blackbird (2005) (DVD) (*)

Out of Stock

Original Title: Adieu, schöner, schwarzer Vogel
Alternate Title: Bye Bye Black bird
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Luxembourg ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Robinson Savary

Written By:
Robinson Savary
Patrick Faure

Actors:
James Thiérrée ..... Josef
Derek Jacobi ..... Lord Dempsey
Izabella Miko ..... Alice
Jodhi May ..... Nina
Michael Lonsdale ..... Robert
Andrej Acin ..... Roberto
Chris Bearne ..... Lord Strathclyde
Niklas Ek ..... Djamako
Claire Johnston ..... Emma
Carlos Pavlidis ..... Jenkins
Claudine Peters ..... Miss Julia

Synopsis:

Starring Derek Jacobi and Jodhi May, Bye Bye Blackbird is a tragic and compelling love story set in a turn of the century travelling circus. When Josef falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist, Alice, he knows the only way to woo her is if he too masters the trapeze. Lord Dempsey the circus owner and Alice's father is at first opposed to Josef's attempts to create a new act but as he sees how talented Josef is he reluctantly agrees to allow it to go ahead. On the night of the first time the act is performed Alice falls and word reaches the camp that she has died. Josef is destroyed and vows never to set foot on the ground again. Using Josef as a curious circus act Lord Dempsey tours the circus through various European cities until his popularity begins to wane and he persuades Josef to recreate the act, solo. But in doing so Josef is plagued by terrible visions and the scene is set for a final unexpected revelation. Elegantly filmed by photographer Robinson Savory, Bye Bye Blackbird has a stellar cast including stage and screen star Derek Jacobi in the role of Lord Dempsey and James Thierre, in his first lead role as Josef, who grew up in a circus and is an acrobat, performer and musician and creator of 'La Veillee des abysses' a French circus.

Josef (James Thiérrée) is a former construction worker who now works as a sweeper at the circus, and falls for the aerialist, Alice (Izabella Miko) and is befriended by the horseback performer, Nina (Jodhi May). One day, he defies death and gravity by doing an aerial display on the trapeze. When he is spotted by the big top's owner, Lord Dempsey (Derek Jacobi), he is paired with Alice in a dangerous aerial display as part of a new act for the circus. However, things turn tragic as an accident happens and Alice is declared dead, with the circus turned topsy turvy with the loss of their only profitable act and Josef going mad with grief, destroying the 'White Angels' act.

A period drama set in the early years of the 20th century. Josef, a former construction worker who delighted in dancing on girders high above the city, who now sweeps up at the circus. Once the big top's owner spots the young roustabout defying gravity on the trapeze, however, he endeavors to pair Josef with his aerialist daughter Alice in a perilous sky-high pas de deux. Offers a romantic view of big top life, with a moth-eaten angel in his feathered, tattered costume.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 March, 2014.