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’Round Midnight is a love letter from director Bertrand Tavernier to the heyday of bebop and the Black American musicians who found refuge in the smoky underground jazz clubs of 1950s Paris. In a sui generis, Oscar-nominated fusion of performer and character, legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon plays Dale Turner, a brilliant New York jazz veteran whose music aches with beauty but whose personal life is ravaged by addiction. Searching for a fresh start in Paris, Turner strikes up an unlikely friendship with a struggling single father and ardent jazz fan (François Cluzet) who finds his life transformed as he attempts to help the self-destructive musician. Herbie Hancock’s evocative, Oscar-winning score sets the mood for this definitive jazz film, a bittersweet opus that glows with lived-in, soulful authenticity. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1987 - Herbie Hancock (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
- 1987 - Dexter Gordon (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1987 - Herbie Hancock (Best Music)
César Awards
- 1987 - Herbie Hancock (Best Original Music)
- 1987 - Best Sound
- 1987 - Best Editing
- 1987 - Best Production Design
Golden Globes
- 1987 - Dexter Gordon (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama)
- 1987 - Herbie Hancock (Best Original Score)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1986 - Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock (Best Music Score)
- 1986 - Dexter Gordon (Best Actor)
- 1986 - Bruno de Keyzer (Best Cinematography)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1986 - Best Foreign Language Film
Venice Film Festival
- 1986 - Bertrand Tavernier (Golden Lion for Best Film)