'Round Midnight
“The music and the magic come together...”
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.
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Cast
24 people
Dexter Gordon
Dale Turner
Known for
Awakenings
François Cluzet
Francis Borler
Known for
The Intouchables
Little White Lies
Gabrielle Haker
Bérangère
No other roles listed
Christine Pascal
Sylvie
Known for
The Best Way to Walk
The Grand Highway
Pierre Trabaud
le père de Francis
Known for
Lucky Luke
Asterix the Gaul
Frédérique Meininger
la mère de Francis
Known for
The Lover
Flic Story
Liliane Rovère
Madame Queen
Known for
Call My Agent!
Family Business
Ged Marlon
Beau
Known for
Cycling with Molière
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
Benoît Régent
Le psychiatre
Known for
Three Colors: Blue
Subway
Philippe Noiret
Redon
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
The Postman
Eddy Mitchell
L'ivrogne au bar du Blue Note
Known for
Happiness Is in the Field
An Ideal Father
Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Buttercup
Known for
For Love or Money
Lean On Me
Bertrand Tavernier Director · David Rayfiel Writer Herbie Hancock Composer
Worldwide gross $10M · Budget $3M · United States release October 3, 1986
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Gross vs. budget
3.3×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Winkler Films
Production
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
Production
Little Bear
Production
PECF
Production
United States · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Italy · August 30, 1986
Premiere · Venice Film Festival, 30 August to 10 September, 1986
United States · October 3, 1986
Theatrical
United States · July 8, 1994
Physical · VHS Re-iusse
United States
September 30, 1986 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
January 30, 2001 · Physical · DVD
January 1, 2009 · Digital · VOD
April 26, 2022 · Physical · The Criterion Collection Blu-ray / DVD
Argentina
November 27, 1986 · Theatrical
Canada
September 12, 1986 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
September 23, 1986 · Theatrical
December 4, 2024 · Physical · Tamasa Collector's Edition 4K Blu-ray / Blu-ray
Germany
October 30, 1986 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
October 26, 2009 · Limited theatrical · Panorama of European Cinema
Ireland
January 9, 1987 · Theatrical
Italy
October 9, 1986 · Theatrical
April 13, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Japan
October 10, 1986 · Theatrical
May 1, 1987 · Physical · LaserDisc
October 25, 1989 · Physical · LaserDisc
Netherlands
January 22, 1987 · Theatrical
May 18, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
January 9, 1987 · Theatrical
Spain
April 19, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
January 30, 1987 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
February 6, 1987 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 9, 2022 · Physical · The Criterion Collection Blu-ray / DVD
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