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A Man Called Adam (1966)

 -  Drama | Music  -  3 August 1966 (USA)
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A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

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Adam Johnson
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Nelson Davis
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Claudia Ferguson
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Willie Ferguson
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Vincent
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Manny
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Himself
Lola Falana ...
Theo
Jeanette Du Bois ...
Martha
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Les
George Rhodes ...
Leroy
Michael Silva ...
George
Michael Lipton ...
Bobby Gales
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A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.

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He lives it... makes love to it... he makes it loud when they laugh... soft when they cry... he says it all with his music... and, when he says it... you listen! See more »

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3 August 1966 (USA)  »

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O tragoudistis me tin hrysi trompeta  »

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Lola Falana's film debut. See more »

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"Whisper To One"
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"Young Man With a Horn" for a cynical, racially-heated era...a decent showcase for the assembled talents
1 September 2010 | by (las vegas, nv) – See all my reviews

Sammy Davis Jr. does well with a self-destructive, unlikable role, that of a jazz trumpet player (with the ridiculously Anglo-ized name of Adam Johnson) who finds true love for the first time with a virginal bleeding heart: a sensible civil rights activist who wants to reform the hot-headed musician of his hard liquor and hard-living. Adam, carrying around a multitude of shoulder-chips, lashes out at everybody and never seems to land on his feet; after burning all his bridges, he finds himself at the end of his professional rope--yet the faithful are still hopeful he can make a comeback. Davis mimes the trumpet well enough, but this character is tough to take (if he's not humiliating himself, he's hurting all his loved ones). Much better are Ossie Davis as a friend with a strong center and endless patience, as well as love-interest Cicely Tyson (her sparkling smile is particularly ingratiating, though she has a speech late in the movie about robbing Davis of his manhood that plays all wrong). Mel Tormé stops the show with a terrific rendition of "All That Jazz", while the superb soundtrack and Jack Priestley's gleaming cinematography are first-rate throughout. Director Leo Penn is best at the smaller bits of business; the action happening just left of center is far more interesting than the film's big dramatic moments, which tend to run away from Penn. Worse, the montage-heavy final act is movie-shorthand for the Last Hurrah, a worn-out cliché even in 1966. ** from ****


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