During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Guy Pedersen
- Bass Player
- (as Guy Pederson)
Roger Blin
- Guitarist Fausto the Moor
- (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud
- Luggage Carrier in Train
- (uncredited)
Michel Dacquin
- Guest at Devigne's Party
- (uncredited)
Hélène Dieudonné
- The Pusher
- (uncredited)
Michel Garland
- Club 33 Customer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPaul Newman was coached in playing the trombone by Billy Byers, while the playing for Newman on the soundtrack was done by Murray McEachern. Sidney Poitier's tenor sax playing was done by Paul Gonsalves. The soundtrack was recorded May 1-3, 1961 at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City.
- GoofsSome may believe that the mouthpiece ligature on the tenor saxophone that Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) plays is upside down. However, in the first scene when the band is playing, it can be seen that the thumbscrew that adjusts the ligature is on the bottom, where it normally would be. It is, therefore, not upside down.
- Crazy credits"Introducing" Serge Reggiani, who by 1961 had been in French films for 20 years and a star at least throughout the 1950s.
- ConnectionsFeatured in A Century of Black Cinema (2003)
- SoundtracksTake The 'A' Train
(uncredited)
Music by Billy Strayhorn
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York on May 2 & 3, 1961.
Label - United Artists
Featured review
See it for Louis!
If you're looking for a film on the level of Godard's "Breathless" , which was made in the same year (1961), forget it. Belmondo and Seberg coolly ride the crest of the New Wave in some other Paris. But there's never a good reason not to see Louis Armstrong, who is wonderful, so if nothing, see it for him. And where else are you going to get Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier hanging out in a jazz cave with hipsters looking like they just flew in from planet square, but in the process looking a lot cooler than the people trying to look cool.
The love scenes are as melodramatic and corny as they can be, bordering on camp, with a lot of hand wringing and flinging about and running, but c'mon! Newman and Woodward and Poitier and gorgeous Diahann Carroll? Rent this with Diva or Charade or both and it can be a Paris street scene night., although Diva and Charade are far superior. You can definitely do a lot worse.
The love scenes are as melodramatic and corny as they can be, bordering on camp, with a lot of hand wringing and flinging about and running, but c'mon! Newman and Woodward and Poitier and gorgeous Diahann Carroll? Rent this with Diva or Charade or both and it can be a Paris street scene night., although Diva and Charade are far superior. You can definitely do a lot worse.
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- destarke
- Apr 6, 2005
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- Also known as
- Паризький Блюз
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,300,000
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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