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  1. Round Midnight is a 1986 American musical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and David Rayfiel. It stars Dexter Gordon, with a soundtrack by Herbie Hancock. The title comes from Thelonious Monk's 1943 composition 'Round Midnight, which is featured in this film in a Hancock arrangement.

  2. Oct 3, 1986 · 'Round Midnight: Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. With Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips. A troubled, but talented musician flees the US to escape his problems, finding refuge and support in Paris.

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    • Bertrand Tavernier
    • 1986-10-03
  3. In "Round Midnight," he plays Dale Turner, an American jazzman who goes to Paris in 1959 to play at a club called the Blue Note. Turner is about 60, an alcoholic and drug user whose pattern has been to pull things together for a while and then let them slide. Each slide is closer to death.

  4. ’Round Midnight is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris. In a sui generis, Oscar-nominated fusion of performer and character, legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon plays Dale Turner, a brilliant New York jazz ...

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  5. www.amazon.com › Round-Midnight-Dexter-Gordon › dpRound Midnight - amazon.com

    Jan 30, 2001 · Round Midnight. Dexter Gordon (Actor), François Cluzet (Actor), Bertrand Tavernier (Director, Writer) Rated: R. Format: DVD. 4.6 541 ratings. IMDb 7.4/10.0. $2792. Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime. FREE Returns.

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  7. Feb 15, 2024 · The Front Row. “ ’Round Midnight,” Revisited: A Feast of Music and Acting. The saxophonist Dexter Gordon has the role of a lifetime in Bertrand Tavernier’s 1986 drama of an American jazz icon...

  8. Overview. Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius. Bertrand Tavernier. Director, Writer. David Rayfiel.

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