Bix (film)

Bix
Film poster
Directed by Pupi Avati
Produced by Pupi Avati
Gianfranco Piccioli
Written by Pupi Avati
Antonio Avati
Fred Chalfy
Lino Patruno
Starring Bryant Weeks
Cinematography Pasquale Rachini
Edited by Amedeo Salfa
Release date
  • 15 May 1991 (1991-05-15)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Italy
Language English

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.[1]

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 Orzari 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
  • John Ferry

References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Bix". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
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