American Blue Note (1989)
Directed by Ralph Toporoff
Genres - Comedy |
Release Date - Aug 6, 1989 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 92 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
American Blue Note concentrates on a Manhattan jazz quintet. Peter MacNichol, Carl Capotorto, Tim Guinee, Bill Christopher-Myers and Jonathan Walker play the five musicians, each with individual crosses to bear. Allotting themselves one year to get booked into a major jazz club or else they'll split, the quintet performs a lot of nickel-and-dime gigs in the meantime. But only one of the five makes it to the band's "Valhalla." Louis Guss, Zohra Lampert and Trini Alvarado appear in peripheral roles. Filmed in 1989, the independently produced American Blue Note didn't get a distributor until 1991.
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music-business, friendship, music, psychedelic, self-discovery, stars [celebrities], success, jazz, struggle