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American Blue Note is a american film of genre Musical released in USA on 6 august 1989 with Peter MacNicol
American Blue Note (1989)
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Add to a movie listAmerican Blue Note is a 1989 film directed by Ralph Toporoff, who wrote the screenplay with Gilbert Girion. Filmed in 1989, the independently produced American Blue Note didn't get a distributor until 1991.
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The film follows a group of jazz musicians in the 1960s who play in small clubs and face constant financial hardships. Of the group, only one of them will go on to achieve success.Actors
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