Basic Info
Title: Born to Be Blue
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, United Kingdom
Language: English
Running time: 97 minutes
Release date: 13 September 2015 (TIFF), 11 March 2016
(Canada)
Staff
Director: Robert Budreau
Producer: Jennifer Jonas, Robert Budreau, Leonard
Farlinger, Jake Seal
Screenplay by: Robert Budreau
Music: David Braid, Todor Kobakov, Steve London
Cinematography: Steve Cosens
Edited by: David Freeman
Cast
Ethan
Hawke as Chet Baker
Carmen
Ejogo as Jane/Elaine
Summary
"Born
to Be Blue" is a 2015 drama film directed, produced and written by Robert
Budreau. Starring Ethan Hawke and Carmen Ejogo, the film premiered at the 2015
Toronto International Film Festival. The film tells the story of American jazz
musician Chet Baker, portrayed by Hawke.
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| Chet Baker |
Chet
Baker was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist, born on December 23, 1929
and died on May 13, 1988, nicknamed the "Prince of Cool" in the cool
jazz scene. Baker's 1950s albums, particularly "Chet Baker Sings
(1954)" and "It Could Happen to You (1958)," received much
attention and critical acclaim.
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| Album "It Could Happen to You", Chet Baker |
Jazz
historian Dave Gelly described Baker in his early career as "James Dean,
Frank Sinatra and Bix Beiderbecke, rolled into one." However, along with
fame and notoriety for drugs, he was found dead with serious head injury on the
street below his room in Hotel Prins Hendrik in Amsterdam on May 13, 1988.
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| Chet Baker plaque at the Hotel Prins Hendrik |
Movie Review
“Even Miles Davis would applaud for this movie”
“A touching story”
“Ethan Hawke shines in this film about Chet Baker”
“A good movie”
“Excellent”
“Beautifully Acted”
“Terrific Performances”
“Classy and atmospheric”
“Beautiful movie”
Interesting stories about the film
1.
According to Ethan Hawke, he wanted to play Chet Baker going back 15 to 20
years before.
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| Ethan Hawke |
2.
Stephen McHattie, who played Chet Baker's father in this film, also starred as
Chet Baker in Robert Budreau's short film "The Deaths of Chet Baker
(2009).”
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| Stephen McHattie |
3.
Ethan Hawke wore prosthetic teeth to get the teeth gap in the first scene of
the film.
4.
This is not the first film Robert Budreau wrote and directed about Chet Baker,
and he also made a short film called "The Deaths of Chet Baker
(2009)."
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| The Deaths of Chet Baker (2009) |
5.
Both Ethan Hawke and Carmen Ejogo have appeared in a Purge movie. Hawke
appeared in "The Purge (2013)" and Ejogo appeared in "The Purge:
Anarchy (2014)."
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| The Purge (2013) |
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| The Purge: Anarchy (2014) |
Thank
you.
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