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Lush Life (1993) (TV)
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Writer (WGA):
Michael Elias (written by)
Release Date:
October 1993 (USA)
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Plot:
Superb drama about two best friends who play jazz in night clubs. | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy.
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A perfect little jazz gem.
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Jeff Goldblum | ... | Al Gorky | |
| Forest Whitaker | ... | Buddy Chester | |
| Kathy Baker | ... | Janis Oliver | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ernie Andrews | ... | Himself | |
| Buddy Arnold | ... | Benny | |
| Valerie Bickford | ... | Singer | |
| Frank Cavestani | ... | Trombone #1 | |
| Don Cheadle | ... | Jack | |
| Lois Chiles | ... | Lucy | |
| Alex Désert | ... | Lester | |
| Pat Distefano | ... | Waiter | |
| Ryal Haakenson | ... | Pedestrian | |
| Everette Harp | ... | Session Leader | |
| Charlie Heath | ... | Young Man | |
| Tom La Grua | ... | Howard | |
| Laraine Mestman | ... | Party Guest #1 | |
| Katherine A. Meyer | ... | Eleonor | |
| Perry Moore | ... | Michael Kelly | |
| Tracey Needham | ... | Sarah | |
| Zack Norman | ... | Beanstrom | |
| Carlton Lee Russell | ... | PeeWee | |
| Jack Sheldon | ... | Norman | |
| Ron Taylor | ... | Clerk | |
| Nancy Wallach | ... | Woman #1 | |
| Lee Weaver | ... | Harry | |
| Nita Whitaker | ... | Dana | |
| Patti Yasutake | ... | Doctor | |
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106 min
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The little container that contained Forest Whitaker's "suicide pills" was actually an empty camera film holder.
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References "The Twilight Zone" (1959)
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All the Things You Are
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My brother turned me on to this movie and I've about worn out my VHS copy of it. A lot of jazz movies suffer from "short attention span camera syndrome"... i.e., once the music starts, after a bit, the camera wanders away and busies itself with some irrelevant bit of drama or dialog. "Lush Life" suffers from this problem only slightly, I'm happy to say. I was particularly impressed with how believable the actors look when they're playing their instruments. I do have one criticism of this movie, however, and it's a doze as far as I'm concerned: why, why, why, didn't they release a soundtrack album? I would have bought it in a heartbeat and I'll bet most of the other people who saw this movie would have, too. In an age when the soundtrack album is all but ubiquitous, to have a movie that does not have one -- when the movie is ABOUT MUSIC -- is beyond understanding.