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Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said to be his soulmate through music. A residency at New York's Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in one night. Ten days later, LaFaro dies in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing. Everybody Digs Bill Evans is the story of what happened next for one of the most influential and tragic figures in 20th century music.

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Jonathan Romney New Statesman 6h
This is a bold film about a protagonist who barely speaks while everyone talks around him. Lie’s nuanced, mumbling reserve is astonishing; Laurie Metcalf and a bullishly affable Bill Pullman are terrific as his folks. Go to Full Review Hugh Montgomery BBC.com 1d
4/5
[The film] should have you searching out Evans's music if you didn't know it before: we may only hear relatively brief snatches of it, but it's no slur on the film to suggest its piercing intimacy is the single most hypnotic thing here. Go to Full Review John Bleasdale Time Out 2d
4/5
Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie tickles the ivories with a melancholy charm in a quiet and restrained performance. He looks album-cover cool, while at the same time drifting through a life marked with tragedy and addiction. Go to Full Review Violeta Kovacsics Otroscines.com 3d
3.5/5
At its core, there is something distinctly jazz-like in the way Gee portrays his subject. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Grant Gee

Director

Anders Danielsen Lie

Bill Evans

Bill Pullman

Harry Evans

Laurie Metcalf

Mary Evans

Barry Ward

Harry Evans Jr.

Valene Kane

Ellaine Schultz

Movie Info

Synopsis June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said to be his soulmate through music. A residency at New York's Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in one night. Ten days later, LaFaro dies in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing. Everybody Digs Bill Evans is the story of what happened next for one of the most influential and tragic figures in 20th century music.
Director
Grant Gee
Producer
Janine Marmot, Alan Maher
Screenwriter
Mark O'Halloran
Production Co
Cowtown Pictures, Hot Property Films
Genre
Biography, Drama, Music
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 42m