Round Midnight (1986) ( Autour de minuit ) ( Round Midnight )

Round Midnight (1986) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Autour de minuit
Alternate Title: Round Midnight
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
126 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Bertrand Tavernier

Written By:
David Rayfiel
Bertrand Tavernier

Actors:
Dexter Gordon ..... Dale Turner
François Cluzet ..... Francis Borler
Gabrielle Haker ..... Berangere
Sandra Reaves-Phillips ..... Buttercup
Lonette McKee ..... Darcey Leigh
Christine Pascal ..... Sylvie
Herbie Hancock ..... Eddie Wayne
Bobby Hutcherson ..... Ace
Pierre Trabaud ..... Francis's Father
Frédérique Meininger ..... Francis's Mother
Hart Leroy Bibbs ..... Hershell
Liliane Rovère ..... Madame Queen
Ged Marlon ..... Beau
Benoît Régent ..... Psychiatrist
Victoria Gabrielle Platt ..... Chan Turner

Synopsis:

In 'Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner, a musician slowly losing the battle with alcoholism, estranged from his family, and hanging on by a thread in the 1950's New York jazz world. Dale gets an offer to play in Paris, where, like many other black American musicians at the time, he enjoys a respect for his humanity that is not based upon the color of his skin. A Parisian man who is obsessed with Turner's music befriends him and attempts to save Turner from himself. Although for Dale the damage is already done, his poignant relationship with the man and his young daughter re-kindles his spirit and his music as the end draws near.

Drama centred on the world of jazz musicians, living in Paris in the late 1950's. Concerns the relationship between an ageing jazz saxophonist, and a passionate French admirer who is prepared to make sacrifices to help his idol.

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