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Young Man with a Horn

1950 · 112 min

A brooding, brass-soaked rise-and-fall that aches with self-destruction, offering old-Hollywood glamour and a mournful jazz heartbeat.

Tagline
Put down your trumpet, jazzman. I'm in the mood for love!
Overview
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • music
  • love
  • addiction
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, music, romance
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Written by
Carl Foreman, Edmund H. North
Starring
Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernández, Jerome Cowan, Mary Beth Hughes, Nestor Paiva
Cinematography
Ted D. McCord
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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