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14 dic 2023 · While people today look down on jazz as boring and lacking in structure and modernity, these incredible films about jazz and jazz musicians will have you appreciating the genre like never before. 15. Born to Be Blue (2015)
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- 15 The Glenn Miller Story
- 14 All Night Long
- 13 New York, New York
- 12 The Cotton Club
- 11 Born to Be Blue
- 10 The Fabulous Baker Boys
- 9 Kansas City
- 8 Round Midnight
- 7 Chicago
- 6 Stormy Monday
Directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in the leading role, The Glenn Miller Storyis a biopic that narrates the story of Glenn Miller, a famous jazz orchestra leader whose big band became one of the most notorious in the 20th century. Alongside Stewart, June Allyson plays Miller's wife Helen, and several cameos are present by artists l...
Co-produced and directed by Basil Dearde, All Night Longis an adaptation of a William Shakespeare's tragedy, Othello. It sees protagonists Patrick McGoohan as Johnny Cousin and Marti Stevens as Delia Lane. At the same time, the movie features an ensemble of British and American jazz artists playing themselves in the movie, among which we find Charl...
New York, New York was directed by Martin Scorsese, and it stars Robert DeNiro as a saxophone player named Jimmy Doyle and Liza Minelli as a singer Francine Evans. The two meet on V-J Day in 1945 and, soon after, become lovers and music partners. New York, New Yorkis not one of the most famous movies by the Italian-American filmmaker, but still shi...
Co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, The Cotton Clubis characterized by a giant ensemble cast that includes Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Nicolas Cage, James Remar, and Laurence Fishburne. Set in 1930s Harlem, the movie details the story of musician Michael "Dixie" Dwyer (Gere) and the jazz club The Cotton Club, which really ...
Co-produced, written and directed by Robert Budreau, Born to Be Blueis a creative and inventive biopic about the jazz trumpeter Chet Baker interpreted by Ethan Hawke. Rather than following the canonic exploration of his biography, the movie focuses on a part of the life of the artist, adding a good measure of creative freedom. Born to Be Blue shows...
Written and directed by Steve Kloves, The Fabulous Baker Boyssees real-life brothers Beau and Jeff Bridges portraying respectively Frank and Jack Baker, two brothers who play piano for a living. In order to rebrand themselves while struggling with their career, the duo hires singer Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer). The Fabulous Baker Boysis charac...
Co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Altman, Kansas Cityis set in the homonymous city, and it features an impressive soundtrack detailing the Kansas City style of jazz. While her husband, Johnny O'Hara (Dermot Mulroney), is held captive by a local gangster, Blondie (Jennifer Jason Leigh) decides to kidnap the wife of a politician in exchang...
Co-written and directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Round Midnightstars American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon as Dale Turner, a jazz musician, like the actor in real life, who is struggling with his career and has problems with substance abuse and alcoholism. After relocating to Paris, Turner meets Francis Borler (François Cluzet), a graphic designer ...
Chicagowas written by Bill Condon and directed by Rob Marshall, and it stars an impressive ensemble cast that includes Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly. The movie tells the story of Roxie Hart (Zellweger), a housewife who wants to be a vaudevillian, and Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones), who is vaudevill...
Written and directed by Mike Figgis in his directorial debut, Stormy Monday is an atmospheric neo-noir that is set in Newcastle upon Tyne. The movie features an effective and amazing ensemble cast that includes Sean Bean, Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sting. Partially set in a jazz club owned by Mr. Finney (Sting), Stormy Mondayis a story ...
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Plot. The protagonist is a successful young man with charm and the ability to please all women regardless of their age and position in society. The heroine is a girl of twenty-six, with a head gone to work, disappointed in love and no longer dreaming of a woman's happiness.
9 mar 2024 · From Cabin in the Sky to Mo' Better Blues, these are the best movies about jazz music.
15 set 2024 · Vote up the jazz movies that hit a high note. Music movies dance to the beat of their own drums. Whether they're straight-up musicals or dramatic stories about famous musicians, these features tap dance all over the audience's emotions and leave a mark.
20 giu 2024 · The personal stories of the jazz greats are often just as exciting, entertaining and emotional as the music they created. In this article, we’ll look at some of the best movies about jazz, from documentaries and biopics to fictional films.
