The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes | |
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Directed by | Robert Clouse |
Written by | Edward P. Brophy (as Edmund Brophy) |
Starring | Donald Elson Garland Thompson |
Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
Edited by | Robert Wollin |
Music by | Teddy Buckner Mario Casetta Lincoln Mayorga |
Distributed by | Manson Distributing[1] |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes is a 1964 short film directed by Robert Clouse.[2]
Summary
[edit]'In Storyville, where blues were born/ There's a legend of a golden horn/ And a hot-lipped kid, blue-eyed and fair/ Who tried for a note that wasn't there.'[3]
Production
[edit]Teddy Buckner composed the film score.[4] Janee Michelle had her film acting debut in the film.[5] John A. Alonzo, who would later become best known for his camerawork for Chinatown, served as the cinematographer for The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes.[6]
Accolades
[edit]The film was screened at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.[7] The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 37th Academy Awards,[8] but lost to Casals Conducts: 1964.[9] The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes was Clouse's second film to be nominated for this award, the first being the 1962 film The Cadillac.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ World Cinema Paradise|The Other Manson Family or Bottom Feeding In The Overseas Distribution Aquarium – An Exploitative Memoir
- ^ "The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes (1964)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ^ The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes posted by Lynne Whelden on YouTube
- ^ McCarty (2000), p. 54.
- ^ "Meet the Actors". NOVAC. 2014. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ Oliver, Myrna (March 16, 2011). "John Alonzo: Filmed 'Chinatown,' Other Movies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
- ^ "The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ^ MUBI
- ^ "The 37th Academy Awards: 1965". Academy Awards. 5 October 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- ^ "Enter the Dragon". Turner Classic Movies, tcm.com. June 25, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
Bibliography
[edit]- McCarty, Clifford (2000). Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195114736.
External links
[edit]- 1964 films
- American short films
- 1964 short films
- Films directed by Robert Clouse
- African-American films
- Jazz films
- The Devil in film
- Films set in 1935
- Films set in the 1930s
- 1960s rediscovered films
- Rediscovered American films
- 1960s English-language films
- 1964 independent films
- American independent films
- English-language independent films
- English-language short films