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Round Midnight
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7.1Inside 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.
Released: 1986-09-23131 minDir: Bertrand TavernierDrama, MusicBudget: $3.0MBox office: $10.0M
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Cast
- Dexter Gordon as Dale Turner
- François Cluzet as Francis Borler
- Gabrielle Haker as Bérangère
- Christine Pascal as Sylvie
- Pierre Trabaud as le père de Francis
- Frédérique Meininger as la mère de Francis
Themes
- jazz
- musician
- jazz singer or musician
- saxophonist
- saxophone
- jazz club
- biography
- expatriate
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
6,064 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 13 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 408029
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- publication date
- 1986-10-30
- title
- Round Midnight
- review score
- 100%
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Connections
Dexter Gordon
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Warner Bros.
Concept
jazz
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blues
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IMDb
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The New York Times
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Martin Scorsese
Person
Roger Ebert
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Charlie Parker
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Lars Ulrich
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Academy Award for Best Actor
Concept
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Entity
drama film
Entity
Toronto International Film Festival
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Box Office Mojo
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Philippe Noiret
Entity
Thelonious Monk
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ragtime
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Categories
1980s musical drama films1986 American films1986 drama films1986 English-language films1986 films1986 French films1986 musical filmsAfrican-American biographical dramasAfrican-American diaspora in ParisEnglish-language biographical drama filmsEnglish-language French filmsEnglish-language musical drama filmsFilms directed by Bertrand TavernierFilms produced by Irwin WinklerFilms scored by Herbie HancockFilms set in ParisFilms set in the 1950sFilms that won the Best Original Score Academy AwardFrench drama filmsJazz filmsJazz navigational boxesPopular music navigational boxesRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameter