Review by unofficial reviewer
A very strong performance by Cheadle in the leading role cannot carry this film which has so many cuts to the past, mid-past and present as to make it clumsy. Good music, of course.
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Summary & Details
Full Record Details Table
| Title Statement | Miles ahead [DVD] / a Crescendo Productions film ; produced by Darryl Porter, Vince Wilburn, Daniel Wagner [and four others] ; screenplay by Steven Baigelman & Don Cheadle ; directed by Don Cheadle. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | vie de Miles Davis |
| Additional Contributors | Cheadle, Don |
| McGregor, Ewan,1971- | |
| Stuhlbarg, Michael | |
| Cheadle | |
| Don | |
| Publication | Culver City, California: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,[2016]©2016 |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) |
| ISBN | (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 043396478138 |
| Other Number | 3052382 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 2015. Widescreen version. Special features include: commentary, featurettes. Bilingual packaging (English/French) |
| Performance Credits | Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Don Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Keith Stanfield. |
| Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: 14A. MPAA rating: R. |
| Languages | English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai language tracks, with Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai subtitles.SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing)English audio description track. |
| System Details | DVD, Dolby 5.1 surround. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Summary | "An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis"--www.imdb.com. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Trumpet players--Fiction--United States |
| Jazz musicians--Fiction--United States | |
| By Name | Davis, Miles |
| By Genre | Biographical films |
| Feature films | |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
| Films for people with visual disabilities | |
