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Paris Blues
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | January 1, 1998 |
| Running time: | 98 minutes |
| Cast: | Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong, Diahann Carroll |
| Director: | Martin Ritt |
| Writer: | Walter Bernstein, Harold Flender |
Description: The second film of director Martin Ritt with both Paul Newmanand Sidney Poitier, it's set in a city that has long been a haven for black musicians eager to escape the racism of the U.S. Newman is Ram Bowen, a trombone player who makes his living in a jazz group, which also includes tenor man Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier), while studying music and aspiring to a career as a serious composer. Eddie stays in Paris to bask in the respect that its people feel for his music, a respect rarely accorded him in the States. A pair of tourists, Connie Lampson (Diahann Carroll) and Lillian Corning (Joanne Woodward) arrive in the city for a two-week vacation, and the two musicians lose no time in hooking up. Soon both relationships take a serious turn and the musicians are forced to make some important decisions about the possibility of returning to their native soil.~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
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