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'Round midnight

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Languages

In English and French, with English subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Herbie Hancock, Martin Scorsese, Gabrielle Haker, Christine Pascal, Bobby Hutcherson, John Berry.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2022]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (131 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: R.

Summary

"'Round Midnight is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and to 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 veteran whose music aches with beauty but whose personal life is ravaged by addiction. Searching for a fresh start in Paris, Turner strikes up an unlikely friendship with a struggling single father and ardent jazz fan who finds his life transformed as he attempts to help the self-destructive musician. Herbie Hancock's evocative, Oscar-winning score sets the mood for this definitive jazz film, a bittersweet opus that glows with lived-in, soulful authenticity."--Container.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration ; alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack ; new interview with jazz and cultural critic Gary Giddins ; new conversation with music producer Michael Cuscuna and author Maxine Gordon ; Before Midnight, a 1986 behind-the-scenes documentary by Jean Achache ; panel discussion from 2014 featuring Cuscuna, Maxine Gordon, director Bertrand Tavernier, and jazz scholar John Szwed, moderated by jazz critic and broadcaster Mark Ruffin ; performance from 1969 of "Fried Bananas" by Dexter Gordon, directed by Teit Jorgensen ; new English subtitle translation.

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