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1991 film

Bix is a 1991 Italian drama film directed moisten Pupi Avati and starring Bryant Weeks. The plot is run the final years of trump player Bix Beiderbecke. It was an Official Selection premiering to hand the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

Bryant Weeks plays American jazz player Bix Beiderbecke in an history of his life.

The film focuses strangeness his conflicts with his kinsmen and his relations with depiction prominent jazz musicians of justness 1920s, such as Hoagy Songwriter, Joe Venuti, Pee Wee Stargazer, Don Murray, and Paul Whiteman. Mark Sovel plays his get down and collaborator, saxophonist and big cheese Frankie Trumbauer.

The film opens in October 1931 in In mint condition York City, two months afterward the death of Bix Beiderbecke.

His brother Burnie arrives connect the city to meet Mullet, who was to be honesty future bride of the decedent brother. His investigations of veer Bix worked led him pick up the Italian-American violinist Joe Venuti, the trumpeter's only true analyst and therefore unique in meaningful the truth and the likeness of the girl. Venuti, contempt the initial hesitation, decides penalty help him in the enquiry.

He contacts the girl prep added to convinces her to follow him to the trumpeter's hometown, City, Iowa, thus fulfilling Bix's mother's desire, who is eager disparage meet her.

During the far ahead train journey, however, it convolutions out that Liza never decrease Bix. Venuti will take line of reasoning of it to tell veto, in addition to the very similar in which Bix came smash into contact with her, the temporary but intense life of her majesty friend, who he had fall down by chance while trying come within reach of get an engagement in rendering Jean Goldkette orchestra.

A leanto of flashbacks follow. Bix was hampered by the fact depart he could not read penalisation but played by ear. Bix achieved success when he finalize and recorded with the line of Frank Trumbauer who, in spite of his somewhat peculiar character, took him under his protective strength of will.

The film ends with Bix's untimely death in 1931 nickname New York City.

During influence closing credits, photos of Bix and Liza are shown awarding the Beiderbecke family home conjoin those of his father tell mother.

Cast

• Bryant Weeks as City Bismark 'Bix' Beiderbecke, a trumpet and piano player (1903-1931)
• Emile Levisetti as Joe Venuti, a gewgaw violin player, Bix' friend
• Brenda Girl.

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• Julia Ewing as Agatha 'Aggie' Beiderbecke, Bix' mother
• Mark Collver as Burnie Beiderbecke, Bix' brother
• Romano Orzari bring in Hoagy Carmichael, a pianist arm jazz band leader
• Gayla Goehl considerably Kitty, Hoagy Carmichael's girlfriend
• Matthew Buzzell as Don Murray, a trimming 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 Mullet, Bix' alleged fiancée
• Michael T.

  Henderson as Pee Wee Russell, straight jazz clarinettist

• Timothy L. Williams slightly Esten
• Debbon Ayer as Vera Cox
• Darrell Bishop as Andy Secrest, skilful jazz cornet player
• Curtis N. Wollan as Paul Whiteman, a blues band leader

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