This inventive reimagining of jazzman chet bakers life picks up during the late 1960s, when the trumpeter is almost as famous for his addiction as he is for his music. Bake r earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his voca ls chet baker sings, it could happen to you. Born to be blue trailer 1 2016 ethan hawke, carmen ejogo drama movie hd official trailer. What it does have in addition to an immersive performance from ethan hawke as the coolcat jazz man is an emotional understanding of who baker was, or may have been. By that i mean, these are soundtracks from the great piero umiliani, some of which feature chet baker. Italian movies by maurizio zerbo, published on may 30, 2016. Hawke became famous at the age of 18 with his third movie, 1989s dead poets society. In born to be blue, chet baker gets lost and found the. Rent born to be blue 2016 starring ethan hawke and carmen ejogo on dvd and bluray. Winona ryder praises ethan hawke in born to be blue. Born to be blue tells the tragic and trueish story of chet baker. Born to be blue 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Born to be blue official trailer i hd i ifc films youtube. Mar 25, 2016 when born to be blue leaves the filmwithinafilm behind, it settles down into something more conventional, and the film misses that electric charge of unreality.
Jazz historian dave gelly described the promise of baker s early career as james dean, sinatra, and bix, rolled into one. As ethan hawke plays chet baker in born to be blue, he talks about perfection versus charisma and the perils of early success joe queenan wed 20 jul 2016 12. The movie begins in the 1960s with a scene of baker on the set of a. Find chet baker discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Linklater and i developed this idea of a movie about playing chet baker, and i really researched it. Ethan hawke reflects on playing jazz musician chet baker in movie born to be blue. Ethan hawke hits the right notes as jazz great chet baker. Ethan hawke stars as jazz legend chet baker in born to be. The film is about american jazz musician chet baker, portrayed by hawke.
Ethan hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend chet baker, whose tumultuous. Mar 30, 2016 born to be blue starring ethan hawke is a reimagining of jazz trumpeter chet baker s life in the 60s. Born to be blue is a 2015 internationally coproduced drama film directed, produced and written by robert budreau. Feb 18, 2016 born to be blue trailer 1 2016 ethan hawke, carmen ejogo drama movie hd official trailer. Mar 24, 2016 born to be blue movie clip trumpet or nothing 2016 ethan hawke, carmen ejogo movie hd a reimagining of jazz legend chet bakers musical comeback in the late 60s. The film gave me encouragement that i would be able to play again. When chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his costar, the enigmatic jane carmen ejogo. With chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker. Playing chet baker in born to be blue was an unexpected second. So when he lost his ability to play the trumpet as the result of a brutal attack, he was forced to imagine his life without everything hed. Looking for a career boost, he agrees to take part in a movie about his life. Ethan hawke as chet baker in born to be blue, a film directed by robert budreau. I dont think its exactly deceptive, but selling this as a chet baker album is a little off the truth. Born to be blue is perhaps a tooclever fictionalised take on the life of the jazz trumpeter chet baker, although ethan hawkes performance as the musician is as compelling as it is painful.
Photographer william claxton, who took so many memorable photographs of jazz trumpet legend chet baker, said in lets get lost, bruce. This isnt the first film robert budreau wrote and directed about chet baker. Chet baker biopic features equal doses of truth and fiction. In born to be blue, chet baker gets lost and found. Watch born to be blue starring ethan hawke in this biography on directv. In his innovative antibiopic, director robert budreau zeroes in on bakers life at a key moment. The film had a limited canadian release on 11 march 2016, and a limited release in the united states two weeks later. Jazz historian dave gelly described the pro mise of baker s early career as james dean, sinatra, and bix, rolled into one. There was no need to put in a movie all messages about drug addiction, gender violence, selfdestruction, genius unable to discover true love, etc. May 25, 2016 why i give a hoot for competing dead jazz musician movies miles ahead and born to be blue immortalise miles davis and link him to chet baker. Playing, singing jamming and drinking,sweet,sad and wonderful. Why i give a hoot for competing dead jazz musician movies miles ahead and born to be blue immortalise miles davis and link him to chet baker. Movie for jazz musician chet baker, music was everything.
After all, no other jazz musician better embodied the guiltypleasure romance of the hipsteraddict archetypenot even. Ethan hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend chet baker, whose tumultuous life is thrillingly reimagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. Among the greats celebrated in new biopics are miles davis in miles ahead april 15, nina simone in nina on vod april 22, and ethan hawke as chet baker in robert budreaus born to be blue. Ethan hawke hits the right notes as jazz great chet baker hawke and carmen ejogo star in a biopic about the thrill of. Ethan hawke stars in born to be blue, about jazz artist chet baker. No matter how the writer may try to have it otherwise, most biographies. Mar 25, 2016 ethan hawke as chet baker in born to be blue, a film directed by robert budreau. A blog supreme bakers legacy may be debated, but his artistry shouldnt be.
When mulligan was arrested in 1953, chet led the group until 1955, when he went to europe. By limiting the chet baker story to a few crucial years in born to be blue, robert budreau hits just the right tone. And the movie resorts to pat poppsychology in a sequence where chet and jane visit his disapproving family in oklahoma implying that an overly stern dad led to baker. A reimagining of jazz legend chet bakers musical comeback in the late 60s. Published on jun 18, 2016 ethan hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend chet baker, whose tumultuous life is thrillingly reimagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. Why cant movies about jazz greats get what makes jazz great. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from baker s earlier life and some modernday performances.
Six nights at the canteen in london in 1983 told the mourners critics that, although the sculptured facial features that had adorned so many magazine covers and album sleeves had been replaced by the tightly drawn, anguished, gaunt face of a man twice his age, the music hadnt paled. Born to be blue critics consensus born to be blue benefits from a highlightreel performance from ethan hawke and an impressionistic, nonhagiographic approach to chet baker s life and times. Ethan hawke on playing chet baker in born to be blue variety. Chet baker ethan hawke in robert budreaus born to be blue. Join the oscarnominated actor and director robert budreau as they discuss the film. This is chet, served as he was, from before,during and after his rise to fame.
At one point in born to be blue, baker, on methadone for heroin withdrawal, talks to jane yearningly about what heroin provided his trumpetplaying. Why i give a hoot for competing dead jazz musician movies. As ethan hawke plays chet baker in born to be blue, he talks about perfection versus charisma and the perils of early success joe queenan wed 20 jul 2016. Born to be blue an intriguing and partly fictionalized portrait of jazz legend chet baker runs on an inventive structure and a strong central performance from ethan hawke.
Not only does it over sell things for chet fans, but italian soundtrack and piero umiliani fans are likely to miss this one. Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals chet baker sings, it could happen to you. On the eve of a new biopic starring ethan hawke, heres an. Greta gerwig movie maggies plan picked up by sony pictures classics. Born to be blue, a less ballyhooed film starring ethan hawke as chet baker, isnt as awful as miles ahead, but its not as interesting eithermainly because baker s story is kind of boring. A blog supreme baker s legacy may be debated, but his artistry shouldnt be. Part of the charm of writerdirector robert budreaus halftribute, halfspeculative dive into the musicians life is that born to be blue doesnt pretend to have all the answers. Get lost with jazz idol chet baker originally published april 7, 2016 at 6. The movie is slight but silly, goofy without being goony. Not only does it over sell things for chet fans, but italian soundtrack and piero umiliani fans are. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict chet baker. Absolutely the best film biography of chet baker youre ever going to see.
Jul 20, 2016 he was the hypnotic trumpeter with a divine voice who lost it all to heroin. Jun 21, 2016 miles ahead, taking its title from the 1957 album miles made with bill evans, in which don cheadle debuts as a director and also plays miles davis, is the result of a long gestation in which cheadle, a sax player, taught himself to play the trumpet, while born to be blue, from the 1965 mel torme song sung by chet baker, is produced, written and. They include work by baker, of course, but also a movie soundtrack and music from miles davis, nina simone and the pianist hampton hawes. Opening in theaters march 25th and on vod march 31st 2016.
At sxsw, ethan hawke and his 5 favorite jazz recordings. His solo in my funny valentine is a classic of the west coast jazz in the fifties. Mar 16, 2016 for jazz musician chet baker, music was everything. In this watchable biopic, the troubled jazz trumpeter makes a tempestuous comeback, embracing drugs, sex. It was shown in the special presentations section of the 2015 toronto international film festival. So when he lost his ability to play the trumpet as the result of a brutal attack, he was forced to imagine his life without everything he. Production is shelved when chets past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again. Ethan hawke reflects on playing jazz musician chet baker. The last day of legendary jazz trumpeter chet baker. Born to be blue movie clip i want my life back 2016. Ethan hawke lights up the screen as jazz legend chet baker, whose. Chet baker biopic, sky ferreira drug thriller anchor fest lineup a doc about the brooklyn music scene and a nick kroll comedy also slated to debut in austin. With gijs naber, steve wall, raymond thiry, sam louwyck.
Up there with the music matters releases in overall quality. Ethan hawke channels chet baker in born to be blue duration. Among sxsws 2016 crop are the trust, a crime drama starring nic cage and elijah wood that also features altpop singer sky ferreira, the ethan hawkestarring chet baker biopic born to be blue. As ethan hawke plays chet baker in born to be blue, he talks about perfection versus charisma and the perils of. As ethan hawke plays chet baker in born to be blue, he talks about perfection. Caitlin cronenbergifc films so, this rendition of baker has baker making a fictitious thespian go of it, playing himself. Rent born to be blue 2016 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. On the eve of a new biopic starring ethan hawke, heres an introduction to the. Im so proud of him, gushed winona ryder about her longtime friend and colleague ethan hawke at a special screening of ifc films born to be blue, held at the roxy hotel in new. Born to be blue tells the tragic and trueish story of. He became famous with the gerry mulligan quartet in 1952. December 23, 1929 may, 1988 was an american jazz trumpeter and vocalist.