Bix (film)
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Bix is a 1991 Italian
drama film
about the final years of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke
. It was directed by Pupi Avati
and was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival
.
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
about the final years of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer.With Louis Armstrong, Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s...
. It was directed by Pupi Avati
Pupi Avati
Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter.-Early life and career:...
and was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival
1991 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Roman Polanski *Férid Boughedir *Whoopi Goldberg *Margaret Menegoz *Natalia Negoda *Alan Parker *Jean-Paul Rappeneau *Hans Dieter Seidel *Vittorio Storaro...
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Cast
- Bryant Weeks as Leon Bismark 'Bix' Beiderbecke, a cornet and piano player (1903-1931)
- Emile Levisetti as Joe Venuti, a jazz violin player, Bix' friend
- Brenda K. Mohr as Joe Venuti's girlfriend
- Julia Ewing as Agatha 'Aggie' Beiderbecke, Bix' mother
- Mark Collver as Burnie Beiderbecke, Bix' brother
- Romano OrzariRomano OrzariRomano Orzari is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in TV shows such as Bugs, Mutant X, Durham County, and Banshee and has appeared in films such as Punisher: War Zone, Immortals, The Last Hit Man, and One Way Out....
as Hoagy Carmichael, a pianist and jazz band leader - Matthew Buzzell as Don Murray, a jazz 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 Liza, Bix' alleged fiancée
- Michael T. Henderson as Pee Wee Russell, a jazz clarinettist
- Timothy L. Williams as Esten
- Debbon Ayer as Vera Cox
- Darrell Bishop as Andy Secrest, a jazz cornet player
- Curtis N. Wollan as Paul Whiteman, a jazz band leader
- Terry W. Anderson
- Kelli J. Andresen
- Virginia K. Armstrong
- Chris B. Beiderbecke
- Karen Anderson Bernick
- Bill Bicksler