Page to Stage to Screen: 1944, Part Six

Mark Twain, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O’Neill: July 1944 was a month of literary giants. 

1986: An Additional 10

Ten more flicks from the year '86. Wokka-wokka.

'Round Midnight

dir: Bertrand Tavernier

scr: David Rayfiel/Bertrand Tavernier

Oscar Winner: Best Original Score

Oscar Nominee: Best Actor (Dexter Gordon)

A quiet study of two men: one an alcoholic jazz great knowing his last days are creeping in on him, the other a French fan who offers him a burst of energy. It's great to see this kind of story taking place between friends, instead of the May-December romance this kind of plot usually describes. It's a little long for what it is, but Gordon is magnetic.

[Captain Kirk, Ferris Bueller, and Mark Twain after the jump...]