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    Born to Be Blue

    Poster of the movie Born to Be Blue
    2015     Musical biography    
    USA/Canada/United Kingdom
    1h 37min
    R
    13+
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA.

    Born to be Blue finds Baker at the end of the 1960s, starring in a film about his own already-infamous life. He strikes up a passionate romance on and off the film set with Jane (Carmen Ejogo), the actress playing one of his lovers, but his hopes for a bright future are suddenly darkened when he suffers a brutal beating in a parking lot after a gig. The film is shelved, and his mouth so badly damaged that his musical career looks in doubt. With a modified sound, a youthful hunger, and Jane's unflagging support, he becomes determined to regain his place among his peers -- chiefly his friend and collaborator Dizzy Gillespie (Kevin Hanchard), his rival Miles Davis (Kedar Brown), and his reticent producer (Callum Keith Rennie).

    Directed byRobert Budreau
    Written byRobert Budreau
    CompanyIFC FilmsEntertainment OneLes Films Séville

    Starring

    Ethan Hawke
    Carmen Ejogo
    Callum Keith Rennie
    Stephen McHattie
    Katie Boland
    Joe Cobden
    + MORE

    Video

    2:23

    Trailer

    8 years ago

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