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  1. Round Midnight was filmed in Paris and New York City. It was produced by Irwin Winkler . Tavernier defied the film studio by insisting that real-life jazz tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon play the role of Turner.

  2. Oct 3, 1986 · Although the movie takes place in 1959, in one scene near the end where Francis and Dale are walking along the East River in New York, one can clearly see the twin World Trade Center towers in the background. These towers were not completed until the '70's.

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    • Drama, Music
    • Bertrand Tavernier
    • 1986-10-03
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  4. 6 days ago · 1. Who directed Round Midnight? Round Midnight was directed by Bertrand Tavernier. 2. When was Round Midnight released? Round Midnight was released in 1986. 3. Who stars in Round Midnight? The movie stars the renowned jazz musician Dexter Gordon in a leading role. 4. Is Round Midnight based on a true story?

  5. It is about a few months in a man's life, and about his music. It has more jazz in it than any other fiction film ever made, and it is probably better jazz; it makes its best points with music, not words. Gordon plays the central role with an eerie magnetism. He is a musician, not an actor, and yet no actor could have given this performance ...

  6. Round Midnight. Brought brilliantly to life by Dexter Gordon's outstanding performance, Round Midnight is the rare jazz-inflected drama that matches the power of the music. In the 1950s, Dale ...

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  7. Bobby Hutcherson. ’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 ...

  8. Feb 15, 2024 · “ ’Round Midnight” was backed by an American producer, Irwin Winkler, and an American studio, Warner Bros.; it wasn’t easy for Tavernier and Winkler to persuade the studio to let them cast ...

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