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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.
'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.
Credits. ’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.
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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...
May 9, 2022 · Blu-ray review by Jane Mann) At last, Bertrand Tavernier’s ‘Round Midnight is re-released today (9 May 2022) on Blu-ray by Criterion. The film, originally made in 1986, is master film director Tavernier’s impressionistic love letter to the Black American bebop musicians who, escaping the…
View All Round Midnight photos. Round Midnight Round Midnight (1986) Round Midnight (1986) View ... Bertrand Tavernier. Producer Irwin Winkler. Production Co Little Bear [fr] Rating R. Genre Drama.
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May 20, 2022 · Bertrand Tavernier’s ode to jazz music and late-night Parisian culture gets a melodious 4K restoration from the Criterion Collection. by Clayton Dillard. May 20, 2022. Jazz music is a state of mind in Bertrand Tavernier’s 1986 film ’Round Midnight.
