Round Midnight 1986

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 130 min

genre: drama

theme: musical

director: Bertrand Tavernier

Score: 5 / 10

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.

Plot

In 1950s New York, Dale Turner is an accomplished saxophone player barely getting by playing at local jazz clubs and struggling with substance abuse, particularly of alcohol. After talking with a fellow musician who is currently disabled by illness, Dale decides to try to improve his life by traveling to Paris and making a living playing at jazz club until his luck gets better.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Bertrand Tavernier Colo Tavernier O'Hagan David Rayfiel
award	Academy Award for Best Original Score César Award for Best Music Written for a Film César Award for Best Sound National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Blue Note Lyon New York City Paris
director	Bertrand Tavernier
editor	Armand Psenny
events	alcoholism jazz
genre	drama
keywords	alcohol abuse dedicate disabled drug dealer graphic design jazz club music manager old friends struggle substance abuse talk travel
musicBy	Herbie Hancock
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Original Score César Award for Best Editing César Award for Best Production Design Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
producer	Irwin Winkler
productionCompany	Little Bear PECF
publisher	Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	Lyon New York City Paris
theme	biographical drama musical musical drama