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Branford Marsalis is a Actor and Original Music Composer American born on 26 august 1960 at New Orleans (USA)
Branford Marsalis est un saxophoniste, compositeur de jazz et acteur américain né le 26 août 1960 au Pont Breaux, Louisiane. Il est le frère de Wynton Marsalis.
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Filmography of Branford Marsalis (10 films)
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, 1h47Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Actors Ice-T, Michael Peter Balzary, Gwen Stefani, Branford Marsalis, Eugene Hütz, Tim Robbins
Roles Himself
Rating74%
Everyday Sunshine is a rock documentary that recounts Fishbone's near breakthrough. It chronicles the birth of the band, its highs and lows, and its influence on other bands. The film centers on the partnership between founding members Norwood Fisher and Angelo Moore, and their struggle to keep Fishbone going. Everyday Sunshine features interviews with members of the band, footage of the band performing live, and incorporates interviews with their friends and colleagues, including Les Claypool, George Clinton, Perry Farrell, Flea, Bob Forrest, Eugene Hütz, Ice-T, Branford Marsalis, Questlove, Tim Robbins, Gwen Stefani, and Mike Watt. The band's origin story is told in animated flashbacks in the visual style of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
Before the Music Dies (2006)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Forest Whitaker, Erykah Badu, Bonnie Raitt, Branford Marsalis, Billy Preston
Roles Self - Musician
Rating75%
The film looks at the evolution of American popular music and discusses the marketing of contemporary pop stars. "The reality is that superficiality is in," says Marsalis. "And depth and quality is kind of out."
Eve's Bayou (1997)
, 1h49Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about families
Actors Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Debbi Morgan, Lynn Whitfield, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson, Lisa Nicole Carson
Roles Harry
Rating71%
Eve Batiste (Jurnee Smollett), a ten-year-old girl, lives in a prosperous African American community in Louisiana with her younger brother Poe (Jake Smollett) and her older sister Cisely (Meagan Good), a pretty girl who is just entering puberty. Their parents are Roz (Lynn Whitfield) and Louis (Samuel L. Jackson), a well respected doctor in Louisiana's "colored" community who claims descent from the French aristocrat who founded the town of Eve's bayou. One night after a raucous party, Eve accidentally witnesses her father having sex with family friend Matty Mereaux (Lisa Nicole Carson). However, Cisely, who has a very affectionate relationship with her father, convinces Eve that she misinterpreted an innocent moment. The unreliability of memory and observation remain important themes throughout the film.
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
, 2h9Directed by Spike Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Spike Lee, Joie Lee, Bill Nunn
Rating66%
The film begins with a scene set in Brooklyn, New York in 1969. A group of four boys walk up to Bleek Gilliam's brownstone and ask him to come out and play baseball with them. Bleek's mother insists that he continue his trumpet lesson, to his chagrin. His father becomes concerned that Bleek will grow up to be a sissy, and a family argument ensues. In the end, Bleek continues playing his trumpet, and his friends go away.
School Daze (1988)
, 2h1Directed by Spike Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Darryl M. Bell, Jasmine Guy, Joe Seneca
Roles Jordan
Rating60%
Vaughn "Dap" Dunlap (Fishburne) is a politically conscious black American student at Mission College, a leading historically black college whose motto is "Uplift the Race". The college administration is portrayed as inept.
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
, 1h24Directed by Danny DeVito
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, Kim Greist, Kate Mulgrew, Anne Ramsey, Branford Marsalis
Roles Lester
Rating62%
Novelist Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) struggles with writer's block due to his resentment towards his ex-wife Margaret (Kate Mulgrew), who stole his book and garnered mainstream success and critical acclaim with it. Owen Lift (Danny DeVito) is a timid, middle-aged fellow who still lives with his overbearing, abusive and paranoid mother (Anne Ramsey). Owen fantasizes about killing his mother but can't summon the courage to bring his desires into fruition. As a student in Larry's community college writing class, Owen is given advice by Larry to view an Alfred Hitchcock film to gain some insight into plot development for his mystery stories. He sees Strangers on a Train, in which two strangers conspire to commit a murder for each other, figuring their lack of connection to the victim will, in theory, establish a perfect alibi. Having overheard Larry's public rant that he wished his ex-wife dead, Owen forms a plan to kill Margaret, believing that Larry will, in return, kill his mother.
Sting: Bring on the Night (1985)
, 1h37Directed by Michael Apted
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Sting, Branford Marsalis
Rating74%
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The Eye of the Storm (2011)
, 1h54Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Geoffrey Rush, Charlotte Rampling, Judy Davis, Robyn Nevin, Helen Morse, Colin Friels
Roles Musician
Rating59%
In the Sydney suburb of Centennial Park, a dying matriarch, Elizabeth Hunter (Rampling) is attended to by two nurses, a housekeeper and her two adult children (Rush and Davis). Despite her deteriorating health, Elizabeth continues to wield considerable control over her affairs and those around her.
3 A.M. (2001)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Danny Glover, Michelle Rodríguez, Pam Grier, Sergej Trifunović, Spike Lee, Isaac de Bankolé
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating57%
Une nuit mouvementée à Manhattan en compagnie de trois chauffeurs de taxi, un ancien joueur de base-ball, une Latino-Américaine aux allures de garçon manqué et un réfugié bosniaque.
Once in the Life (2000)
Directed by Laurence Fishburne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Films based on plays, Heist films
Actors Titus Welliver, Eamonn Walker, Gregory Hines, Michael Paul Chan, Laurence Fishburne, Annabella Sciorra
Roles Music
Rating52%
Once in the life of drug dealing and organized crime, can anyone get out? During a brief jail stay, two half-brothers, who have rarely seen each other while growing up, connect. One of them, called 20/20 Mike because he can sense people nearby, concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal drugs from young couriers. The heist goes awry when Billy, the junkie brother, shoots the victims of the theft. The brothers hole up in an abandoned building, and 20/20 Mike seeks help from an old cellmate, Tony, whom he thinks is out of the life. It turns out that they have stolen Tony's dope, and Tony's boss wants the two thieves dead.