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B.B. King: Into the Night is a american film of genre Documentary directed by John Landis released in USA on 1 january 1985 with John Landis

B.B. King: Into the Night (1985)

B.B. King: Into the Night
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Released in USA 1 january 1985
Length 27minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Musical
Rating68% 3.4197053.4197053.4197053.4197053.419705

B.B. King "Into the Night" is a 1985 documentary film directed by Jeff Okun and co - directed by John Landis for the Universal and it was produced by Leslie Belzberg, John Landis and George Folsey Jr.

Synopsis

Landis made three music parts of this film, which are - in fact - music videos of B.B. King's songs: "Lucille", "Into the Night" (specially composed by Ira Newborn for movie Into the Night ) and also for the song "In the Midnight Hour". Videos for "Lucille" and "In the Midnight Hour" are similar and shows B.B. King and his Band (Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin) during their performance in one of the 80's night's clubs. Video made for "Into the Night" took place in television studio and shows B.B. King with Jeff Goldblum. Jeff Okun directed the rest of this film (including editing archival King's footage and interviews with Landis and King). The movie was made to promotion Into the Night movie and as a tribute to B.B. King's life and art.

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John Landis

(Self)Dan Aykroyd

(Self)Jeff Goldblum

(Self)Steve Martin

(Self)Eddie Murphy

(Self)Michelle Pfeiffer

(Self)
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