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Miles ahead / a Crescendo Productions film ; produced by Darryl Porter, Vincent Wilburn, Jr. ; produced by Daniel Wagner, Robert Ogden Barnum ; produced by Don Cheadle, Pamela Hirsch, Lenore Zerman ; screenplay by Steven Baigelman & Don Cheadle ; directed by Don Cheadle.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davis, Miles--Drama.
- Davis, Miles.
- Jazz musicians--Drama.
- Jazz musicians.
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (101 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Miles Ahead is a wildly entertaining exploration of one of 20th century music's creative geniuses, Miles Davis, featuring a career defining performance by Oscar nominee Don Cheadle in the title role. In the midst of a prolific career at the forefront of modern jazz, Miles Davis (Cheadle) virtually disappears from public view for a period of five years in the late 1970s, his musical voice stifled and numbed by drugs and pain medications. Dave Braden (Ewan McGregor), a wily music reporter, forces his way into Davis' life and, over the next couple of days, the two men unwittingly embark on a wild and sometimes harrowing adventure to recover a stolen tape of the musician's latest compositions. Plagued by years of regret and loss, Davis flirts with annihilation until he once again finds salvation in his art.
- Participant:
- Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed March 31, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1245589330
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