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Paris Blues(Movie, 1961)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 38min | Genres: Romance / Love, Drama, Music
Paris BluesRating: 3.3/5 (with 2424 votes)
Paris Blues is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sidney Poitier as expatriate jazz saxophonist Eddie Cook, and Paul Newman as trombone-playing Ram Bowen. The two men romance two vacationing American tourists, Connie Lampson (Diahann Carroll) and Lillian Corning (Joanne Woodward). The film also deals with American racism of the time contrasted with Paris's open acceptance of [[black people]. The film was based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Harold Flender. The film also features trumpeter Louis Armstrong (as Wild Man Moore) and jazz pianist Aaron Bridgers; both play music within the film. It was produced by Sam Shaw, directed by Martin Ritt ()
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Awards & Nominations for Paris Blues

Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score

About Paris Blues

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Paris
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/15/1961 (World premiere: 09/27/1961)
Director: Martin Ritt
Film Editor: Roger Dwyre
Director of Photography: Christian Matras
Composer: Duke Ellington
Performer: Duke Ellington
Production Designer: Alexandre Trauner
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Un día volveré"

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