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. Hoping to follow in the footsteps of joaquin phoenix as johnny cash in walk the. Chet faker tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster ca. 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. His indie contribution of the year sees him in the role of chet baker but, rather. Chet baker biopic born to be blue starring ethan hawke. Having bowed at the toronto film festival, canadian director robert budreau has now brought his chet baker biopic born to be blue to the. 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. 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 sunday. Chet baker lovers have yet another reason to come to this years td toronto jazz festival.
Lets get lost could have so easily been done badly. In toronto, ethan hawke talks about his chet baker anti. The toronto international film festival tiff was a strange one this year. It was shown in the special presentations section of the 2015 toronto international film festival. Its tough about the ugly facts of chet baker s life as a liar, user, and junkie. Oliver simon and daniel baurs k5 international will be. Intense fandom doesnt often make for objectivity, and the tragicartistgonetoseed narrative is so, so tired.
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. Ethan hawke talks about playing jazz trumpet legend chet baker, and why shooting the movie in sudbury was helpful, in born to be blue. Born to be blue starring ethan hawke is a reimagining of jazz trumpeter chet baker s life in the 60s. 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. In toronto, ethan hawke talks about his chet baker.
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. 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. Of the 342 films shown over 10 days at the 2018 toronto international film festival tiff, there are two big music ones. The actor discusses the effect of addiction on artistry while promoting his new chet baker biopic at the toronto film festival. Presente en 2015 au tiff toronto international film festival, puis au fnc festival du nouveau cinema, le film du realisateur canadien. Born to be blue tells the tragic and trueish story of chet baker.
Born to be blue starring ethan hawke is a reimagining of jazz trumpeter chet bakers life in the 60s. Variety has been given exclusive access to a clip from born to be blue, which stars ethan hawke as jazz trumpeter chet baker. Ethan hawke finally picks up chet bakers trumpet in born. Chet baker biopic born to be blue starring ethan hawke to debut at toronto film fest. 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. 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. 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. Born to be blue ethan hawke gives one of the best performances of his career in robert budreaus chet baker nonbiopic. On this day in 1988, the film lets get lost, about chet baker, had its premiere at the toronto international film festival. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. 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 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. Baker eventually fell to his death from his secondstory room at hotel prins hendrik in amsterdam in 1988. Born to be blue, a dark drama about the legendary jazz trumpeter chet baker that was written and directed by canadian filmmaker robert budreau, had its world premiere at the toronto. Born to be blue tells the tragic and trueish story of. The film is described as semifactual, semifictional. His solo in my funny valentine is a classic of the west coast jazz in the fifties. The tragic but true story behind born to be blues chet baker. So budreaus 2016 chet baker jazz film born to be blue, structured as a canadau. Ethan hawke and ellen page films added to toronto film. Film ethan hawke finally picks up chet baker s trumpet in born to be blue. Paul desmondas, ed bickertg, don thompsonb, jerry fullerds. Ethan hawke gets to the heart of chet baker toronto star.
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. 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. Paying homage to one of his many influences chet baker, nicholas james murphy put his own spin on. Known as the james dean of jazz, the film begins in the late 1960s with baker playing. Production is shelved when chet s past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again but jane challenges. 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. When chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his costar, the enigmatic jane carmen ejogo. Ethan hawke and ellen page films added to toronto film festival lineup. 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. It opens with a film within a film as baker plays himself in a biopic. 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. Canadian feature highlights, from ethan hawke to ellen page. Ethan hawke dazzles as chet baker in first clip from born.
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. Shooting in sudbury took place at the end of 2014, it premiered at cinefest film festival last fall and opens today at silvercity sudbury. When chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats. Two new movies highlight the ups and downs of hank williams, chet baker. Watch ethan hawke as chet baker in born to be blue trailer. Toronto film festival cranks it up with chet baker, keith. The last day of legendary jazz trumpeter chet baker. The film is about american jazz musician chet baker, portrayed. Actor ethan hawke plays the acclaimed musician with a lifelong struggle with addiction. Standard by bash daily group archive feed august 11, 2015 no comments. 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. In robert budreaus longawaited born to be blue, ethan hawke stars as troubled jazz trumpeter chet baker. Toronto film festivals canadian program includes ethan. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news.
Launched at tiff last year, robert budreaus film born to be blue examines the life of trumpeter and vocalist chet baker. Ethan hawke plays jazz legend chet baker in born to be blue, which premiered this week at the toronto international film festival. He became famous with the gerry mulligan quartet in 1952. The film is about american jazz musician chet baker, portrayed by hawke. The long saga of the attempts to bring the life of chet baker to the screen has. Bruce webers critically acclaimed film makes it into this udiscover.