Dramatizes the friendship between an aging alcoholic jazz musician and a young French jazz fan. Inspired by the real-life friendship between jazz pianist Bud Powell and Francis Paudras.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1986 For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc Director of photography, Bruno de Keyzer; production design, Alexandre Trauner; art direction, Pierre Duquesne; editor, Armand Psenny; music, Herbie Hancock Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Lonette McKee, Martin Scorsese, Christine Pascal DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound For private home use only Includes audio tracks in English with subtitles in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired Academy Award: Best Score, Herbie Hancock. Academy Award nomination: Dexter Gordon
