Bix (film)
| Bix | |
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| Directed by | Pupi Avati |
| Written by | Pupi Avati Antonio Avati Fred Chalfy Lino Patruno |
| Produced by | Pupi Avati Gianfranco Piccioli |
| Starring | Bryant Weeks |
| Cinematography | Pasquale Rachini |
| Edited by | Amedeo Salfa |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | English |
Bix is a 1991 Italian drama film about the final years of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke. It was directed by Pupi Avati and was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Cast
- Bryant Weeks as Leon Bismark 'Bix' Beiderbecke, a cornet and piano player (1903-1931)
- Emile Levisetti as Joe Venuti, a jazz violin player, Bix' friend
- Brenda K. Mohr as Joe Venuti's girlfriend
- Julia Ewing as Agatha 'Aggie' Beiderbecke, Bix' mother
- Mark Collver as Burnie Beiderbecke, Bix' brother
- Romano Orzari as Hoagy Carmichael, a pianist and jazz band leader
- Matthew Buzzell as Don Murray, a jazz clarinettist
- Ray Edelstein as Bismark Beiderbecke, Bix' father
- Mark Sovel as Frankie Trumbauer, a jazz saxophone player
- Barbara Wilder as Marie Louise Beiderbecke, Bix' sister
- Sally Groth as Liza, Bix' alleged fiancée
- Michael T. Henderson as Pee Wee Russell, a jazz clarinettist
- Timothy L. Williams as Esten
- Debbon Ayer as Vera Cox
- Darrell Bishop as Andy Secrest, a jazz cornet player
- Curtis N. Wollan as Paul Whiteman, a jazz band leader
- Terry W. Anderson
- Kelli J. Andresen
- Virginia K. Armstrong
- Chris B. Beiderbecke
- Karen Anderson Bernick
- Bill Bicksler
- John Ferry
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Bix". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
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