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Round Midnight is a 1986 American-French musical drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and David Rayfiel. It stars Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet and Herbie Hancock. Martin Scorsese, Philippe Noiret and Wayne Shorter appear in cameos.[2]

Round Midnight
Theatrical release poster by Steven Chorney
Directed by	Bertrand Tavernier
Screenplay by	David Rayfiel Bertrand Tavernier Colo Tavernier (French language translation)
Based on	Dance of the Infidels by Francis Paudras
Produced by	Irwin Winkler
Starring	Dexter Gordon François Cluzet Sandra Reaves-Phillips Lonette McKee Christine Pascal Herbie Hancock John Berry Martin Scorsese
Music by	Herbie Hancock (original music)
Production companies	Little Bear PECF
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	September 12, 1986 (1986-09-12) (Toronto Festival of Festivals) October 3, 1986 (1986-10-03) (U.S.)
Running time	133 minutes
Countries	United States France
Language	English
Box office	$10 million[1]

The protagonist jazzman, Dale Turner, was based on a composite of real-life jazz legends Lester Young (tenor sax) and Bud Powell (piano). While the film is fictionalized, it is drawn directly from the memoir/biography Dance of the Infidels written by French author Francis Paudras, who had befriended Powell during his Paris expatriate days and on whom the character Francis was based. The film is a wistful and tragic portrait that captures the Paris jazz scene of the 1950s.[3][4]

Gordon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Grammy for the film's soundtrack entitled The Other Side of Round Midnight in the category for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Soloist. Hancock won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. The soundtrack was released in two parts: Round Midnight and The Other Side of Round Midnight.

Synopsis

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 Le Blue Note [fr] jazz club until his luck gets better.

Turner arrives in Paris and is befriended by Francis, a struggling French graphic designer specializing in film posters and who lives with his daughter, his marriage having broken up. He idolizes the musician and tries desperately to help him escape alcohol abuse. With time, and after Francis allows Turner to move in with him and his daughter, Turner manages to put himself on his own feet again and starts to get by without a reliance on alcohol. He eventually decides it is time to go home to New York to see his old friends and to re-acquaint himself with his own daughter.

Francis accompanies Dale, and the music community in New York is ready to accept the musician back. He writes a song dedicated to his daughter in the hope of strengthening their relationship after much time apart. He invites her to the club to hear its debut, but manages to confuse her true age and tells the audience she has just turned 15; she is actually 14, and she makes note of this to Francis, who is seated next to her in the audience. Later in the week, when Dale tries to further his bond with her by sharing a meal at a local diner, an old drug dealer recognizes him there, re-introduces himself and implies his supplies are still available to Dale.

Francis tries to intervene a few times to keep Dale protected from his old suppliers, and attempts to keep up with all of them. When Francis eventually leaves and returns to Paris and his daughter, he receives a telegram from Dale's music manager saying that the musician has died in a local hospital.

Cast

Production

Round Midnight was filmed in Paris and New York City. It was produced by Irwin Winkler.

Tavernier defied the film studio by insisting that real-life jazz tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon play the role of Turner. Gordon, who himself played with Bud Powell in Paris in the early 1960s (and earlier in their careers), helped to revise and rewrite the script. The supporting cast is likewise composed of jazz musicians (mainly from the generation which followed Gordon and Powell) such as Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, John McLaughlin, and Wayne Shorter, among others who perform the music throughout the film. The musicians are joined by actors François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, and Christine Pascal.

Soundtrack

The score for the film was composed by Hancock. The soundtrack was in two parts – Round Midnight and The Other Side of Round Midnight – released under Dexter Gordon's name and featuring his last recordings, although he does not appear on all tracks. Both albums were produced and arranged by Hancock.

Reception

Round Midnight received a 96% rating at Rotten Tomatoes from 23 reviews.

Accolades

Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
Academy Awards[5]	Best Actor	Dexter Gordon	Nominated
	Best Original Score	Herbie Hancock	Won
Bodil Awards[6]	Best European Film		Won
British Academy Film Awards[7]	Best Score	Herbie Hancock	Nominated
César Awards[8]	Best Editing	Armand Psenny	Nominated
	Best Music	Herbie Hancock	Won
	Best Production Design	Alexandre Trauner	Nominated
	Best Sound	Bernard Leroux, Claude Villand, Michel Desrois and William Flageollet	Won
David di Donatello Awards[9]	Best Foreign Actor	Dexter Gordon	Won
Golden Globe Awards[10]	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama		Nominated
	Best Original Score – Motion Picture	Herbie Hancock	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards[11]	Best Actor	Dexter Gordon	Runner-up
	Best Cinematography	Bruno de Keyzer	Runner-up
	Best Music Score	Herbie Hancock and Dexter Gordon	Won
NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Dexter Gordon	Nominated
	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	Sandra Reaves-Phillips	Nominated
Nastro d'Argento[12]	Best Foreign Director	Bertrand Tavernier	Won
	Best Foreign Actor	Dexter Gordon	Won
National Board of Review Awards[13]	Top Ten Films		8th Place
New York Film Critics Circle Awards[14]	Best Foreign Language Film		3rd Place
Sant Jordi Awards	Best Foreign Actor	Dexter Gordon	Won
Venice International Film Festival[15]	Golden Lion	Bertrand Tavernier	Nominated
	Pasinetti Award		Won

References

External links

• Round Midnight at IMDb
• Round Midnight at Rotten Tomatoes
• Round Midnight at Box Office Mojo

На других языках

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- [en] Round Midnight (film)

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[it] Round Midnight - A mezzanotte circa

Round Midnight - A mezzanotte circa è un film del 1986 diretto da Bertrand Tavernier.

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[ru] Около полуночи

«Около полуночи» (англ.: Round Midnight / Полуночный джаз) — музыкальный кинофильм.

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