Bix Movie Review 1990

Based on the brief life of legendary Jazz Age cornetist Leon Bix Beiderbecke, who died at age 28. Story unfolds in flashbacks, through friend Joe Venuti memories of the dissipated genius and the music he created with Hoagy Carmichael, Pee Wee Russell, Paul Whiteman, and others.

Distribution

Rhapsody Films, Inc., 46-2 Becket Hill Rd., Old Lyme, CT 06371, Email: rhapsodyfilms@sbcglobal.net, URL: http://rhapsodyfilms.com

Available on VHS
Running time 100 minutes.
Originally from Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Musicians, Jazz & Blues, Period Piece: 1920s, Jazz & Blues

Screenplay

Pupi Avati, Antonio Avati, Lino Patruno

Cast

Bryant Weeks, Emile Levisetti, Mark Collver, Sally Groth

Director

Pupi Avati

Producer

Antonio Avati, DUEA Film