'Round midnight / Warner Bros. ; directed by Bertrand Tavernier ; produced by Irwin Winkler ; written by David Rayfiel, Bertrand Tavernier.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Tavernier, Bertrand, director, screenwriter.
• Winkler, Irwin, producer.
• Rayfiel, David, screenwriter.
• Hancock, Herbie, 1940- actor, performer.
• Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990, actor, performer.
• Cluzet, François, actor.
• Haker, Gabrielle, actor.
• Hutcherson, Bobby, actor, composer.
• McKee, Lonette, actor, performer.
• Scorsese, Martin, actor.
• Warner Bros, producer.
• Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.

Language:

• English
• French
• Portuguese
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Jazz musicians--France--Paris--Drama.
• Musicians--France--Paris--Drama.
• Jazz--1951-1960.
• Jazz.
• Musicians.
• Jazz musicians.
• France--Paris.

Genre:

• Feature films.
• Drama.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• polychrome

Edition:

Widescreen version.

Other Title:

Around midnight

Place of Publication:

Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 2001.

Language Note:

• In English with optional subtitles in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.
• Closed-captioned.

System Details:

• DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; Region 1.
• digital
• optical
• Dolby digital 5.1
• video file
• DVD video
• region 1

Summary:

Inside 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 form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius in the fading musician.

Participant:

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

Credits:

Photography, Bruno DeKeyzer; music, Herbie Hancock.

Notes:

• Videodisc release of 1986 motion picture by Warner Bros.
• Special features: Interactive menus, cast/director film highlights, theatrical trailer, scene access.
• Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Bud Powell and Francis Paudras.

ISBN:

0790752999

OCLC:

45848514

Publisher Number:

• 085391160328
• 11603 Warner Home Video