American Blue Note
American Blue Note ★★ Fakebook 1989 (PG-13)
Loosely plotted, bittersweet account of a struggling jazz quartet in the early 1960s, as its leader (MacNicol) must decide if their fruitless tours of sleazy bars and weddings are still worth it. The debut of director Toporoff. 96m/C VHS . Peter MacNichol, Carl Capotorto, Tim Guinee, Bill Christopher-Myers, Jonathan Walker, Charlotte d'Amboise, Louis Guss, Zohra Lampert, Trini Alvarado, Sam Behrens; D: Ralph Toporoff; W: Gilbert Girion, Larry Schanker.
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