Chet baker film toronto

Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of joaquin phoenix as johnny cash in walk the. Toronto film festivals canadian program includes ethan. The toronto international film festival announced its program of canadian films on wednesday, with homegrown features including ethan hawke as jazz musician chet baker, ellen page and evan rachel. Presente en 2015 au tiff toronto international film festival, puis au fnc festival du nouveau cinema, le film du realisateur canadien. Im starting to think the crew the guardian sent to toronto are pretty negative. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. The film is about american jazz musician chet baker, portrayed. How brexit is boosting canadas film industry hollywood. Lets get lost, which won the critics prize at last summers venice film festival, documents the last days of west coast jazz musician chet baker, the most legendary white trumpeter. Ethan hawke dazzles as chet baker in first clip from born. Bruce webers critically acclaimed film makes it into this udiscover. Born to be blue is a 2015 internationally coproduced drama film directed, produced and written by robert budreau.

Launched at tiff last year, robert budreaus film born to be blue examines the life of trumpeter and vocalist chet baker. In toronto, ethan hawke talks about his chet baker anti. The film is about american jazz musician chet baker, portrayed by hawke. It was shown in the special presentations section of the 2015 toronto international film festival. In toronto, ethan hawke talks about his chet baker. In robert budreaus longawaited born to be blue, ethan hawke stars as troubled jazz trumpeter chet baker. Chet baker lovers have yet another reason to come to this years td toronto jazz festival. Known as the james dean of jazz, the film begins in the late 1960s with baker playing. Actor ethan hawke plays the acclaimed musician with a lifelong struggle with addiction. Having bowed at the toronto film festival, canadian director robert budreau has now brought his chet baker biopic born to be blue to the. Toronto film festival cranks it up with chet baker, keith. Ethan hawke gives one of the best performances of his career in robert budreaus chet baker nonbiopic. Filmmaker robert budreau says filming born to be blue in sudbury was the perfect place to replicate the transformative years of legendary musician chet baker s career.

Watch ethan hawke as chet baker in born to be blue trailer. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of joaquin phoenix as johnny cash in walk the line, a whopping eight music biopics and docs were scheduled for release in toronto. Ethan hawke and ellen page films added to toronto film festival lineup. Chet baker biopic born to be blue starring ethan hawke to debut at toronto film fest. Its tough about the ugly facts of chet baker s life as a liar, user, and junkie. Standard by bash daily group archive feed august 11, 2015 no comments. When chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his costar, the enigmatic jane carmen ejogo.

Production is shelved when chet s past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again but jane challenges. Ethan hawke plays jazz trumpeter and famous addict chet baker in the film born to be blue, which premieres soon at the toronto international film festival. In the 1960s, chet had to dig deep and mount a comeback, budreau says, referring to an era depicted in the film with the musicians release from an italian jail and the losing of his front teeth in a street beating in california. Two new movies highlight the ups and downs of hank williams, chet baker. Ethan hawke and ellen page films added to toronto film. The last day of legendary jazz trumpeter chet baker. Paul desmondas, ed bickertg, don thompsonb, jerry fullerds. Born to be blue tells the tragic and trueish story of. Shooting in sudbury took place at the end of 2014, it premiered at cinefest film festival last fall and opens today at silvercity sudbury. Ethan hawke gets to the heart of chet baker toronto star. His solo in my funny valentine is a classic of the west coast jazz in the fifties. Paying homage to one of his many influences chet baker, nicholas james murphy put his own spin on. Born to be blue starring ethan hawke is a reimagining of jazz trumpeter chet bakers life in the 60s. The toronto international film festival tiff was a strange one this year.

He became famous with the gerry mulligan quartet in 1952. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. So budreaus 2016 chet baker jazz film born to be blue, structured as a canadau. The long saga of the attempts to bring the life of chet baker to the screen has. Baker eventually fell to his death from his secondstory room at hotel prins hendrik in amsterdam in 1988. It opens with a film within a film as baker plays himself in a biopic. Intense fandom doesnt often make for objectivity, and the tragicartistgonetoseed narrative is so, so tired. Chet baker biopic born to be blue starring ethan hawke. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of joaquin phoenix as johnny cash in walk the line, a whopping eight music biopics and docs were scheduled for release in toronto this week. Chet baker, in his prime the james dean of jazz, is shown as a musically gifted junkie, a childlike outsider and a needy jerk in a dreamy.

The film is described as semifactual, semifictional. Lets get lost could have so easily been done badly. The film score features performances by baker from the 1950s and 1960s along with newly recorded performances from 1987 and the soundtrack album was released on the rca novus label full title chet baker sings and plays from the film lets get lost in 1989. Ethan hawke plays jazz legend chet baker in born to be blue, which premiered this week at the toronto international film festival. On this day in 1988, the film lets get lost, about chet baker, had its premiere at the toronto international film festival. Film ethan hawke finally picks up chet baker s trumpet in born to be blue. The tragic but true story behind born to be blues chet baker.

In a cinematic landscape awash with hairsplittingly literal musical biopics, it comes as a pleasant surprise to discover that robert budreaus chet baker film, born to be blue, is not a chet baker biopic at all. Ethan hawke dazzles as chet baker in first clip from born to be blue watch the biopic for the american jazz trumpeter debuts at this months toronto international film festival. Born to be blue tells the tragic and trueish story of chet baker. Chet fakers 2014 headlining tour in support of his debut album built on glass will have fans dancing to his seductive beats all night long. Variety has been given exclusive access to a clip from born to be blue, which stars ethan hawke as jazz trumpeter chet baker. Toronto country music star hank williams and jazz trumpeter chet baker biopics, as well as a new keith richards documentary headlined at the toronto film festival.

Toronto canada afp country music star hank williams and jazz trumpeter chet baker biopics, as well as a new keith richards documentary headlined at the toronto film festival. Ethan hawke is remarkable as chet baker in born to be blue, a movie about the legendary trumpet player that initially skitters around like a freeform jazz composition. Born to be blue ethan hawke gives one of the best performances of his career in robert budreaus chet baker nonbiopic. When chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats. Ethan hawke talks about playing jazz trumpet legend chet baker, and why shooting the movie in sudbury was helpful, in born to be blue. Chet faker tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster ca. Of the 342 films shown over 10 days at the 2018 toronto international film festival tiff, there are two big music ones. Black hanger studios over a breakfast interview last december, ethan hawke was, as he put it, a little weepy, having just finished shooting born to be blue about jazz legend chet baker. His indie contribution of the year sees him in the role of chet baker but, rather. Ethan hawke finally picks up chet bakers trumpet in born. Oliver simon and daniel baurs k5 international will be. Bundreaus newest film, a featurelength biopic titled born to be blue, will premiere at the toronto film festival on 9, and stars ethan hawke as baker in the latter half of the 1960s.