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Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said to be his soulmate through music. A residency at New York's Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in one night. Ten days later, LaFaro dies in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing. Everybody Digs Bill Evans is the story of what happened next for one of the most influential and tragic figures in 20th century music.

Critics Reviews

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David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter 14h
...the movie’s artful direction, nimble structure, visual richness and impeccable performances make for something full-bodied, compelling and deeply affecting, its melancholy beauty lingering long after the end credits roll. Go to Full Review Guy Lodge Variety 2d
What could feel contrived emerges as elegant and honestly felt, a study not just of the tumult that often produces great art, but the silence too. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian 3d
4/5
This elusive, ruminative and very absorbing movie presents its successive scenes like a sequence of unresolved chords carrying the listener on a journey without a destination... Go to Full Review Violeta Kovacsics Otroscines.com 20h
3.5/5
At its core, there is something distinctly jazz-like in the way Gee portrays his subject. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 2d
3.5/5
It’s a film of impressions, moulding the sometimes cliched struggles of artistic ambition and turning broken hearts into art. In the end, you really will dig Bill Evans if you don’t already. Go to Full Review Lee Marshall Screen International 3d
Watching Everyone Loves Bill Evans is a little like being in a darkroom and seeing the image of a creative artist gradually emerge. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Grant Gee

Director

Anders Danielsen Lie

Bill Evans

Bill Pullman

Harry Evans

Laurie Metcalf

Mary Evans

Barry Ward

Harry Evans Jr.

Valene Kane

Ellaine Schultz

Movie Info

Synopsis June 1961, NYC: legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans has found his musical voice and created the perfect trio, including bass player Scott LaFaro, said to be his soulmate through music. A residency at New York's Village Vanguard culminates in the live taping of two of the greatest jazz records of all time in one night. Ten days later, LaFaro dies in a car crash. Numb with grief, Evans stops playing. Everybody Digs Bill Evans is the story of what happened next for one of the most influential and tragic figures in 20th century music.
Director
Grant Gee
Producer
Janine Marmot, Alan Maher
Screenwriter
Mark O'Halloran
Production Co
Cowtown Pictures, Hot Property Films
Genre
Biography, Drama, Music
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 42m