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Paris Blues

During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.

Director

Martin Ritt

Year

Genre

drama, music, romance

Box Office

$1,300,000

Production

Monmouth,Pennebaker Productions,Diane Productions,Jason Films,Monica Corp.

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total

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Ram Bowen

Lillian Corning

Joanne Woodward

Eddie Cook

Wild Man Moore

Louis Armstrong

Connie Lampson

Diahann Carroll

Marie Séoul

René Bernard

Nicole

Mustachio

Pianist

Bass Player

Michel 'Gypsy' Devigne

Man with alto sax in jazz cave when Armstrong enters

Emilien Antille

Fausto the Moor

Luggage Carrier in Train

Charles Bouillaud

Guest at Devigne's Party

The Pusher

Hélène Dieudonné

Club 33 Customer

Musician

Christian Garros

Man with Dog in the Park

Club 33 Customer

Club 33 Waiter

Luggage Carrier on the Platform

Musician

Club 33 Customer

Guest at Devigne's Party

Club 33 Bartender

Pianist

Dominique Zardi

Ricardo

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Ram Bowen Lillian Corning Eddie Cook Connie Lampson Michel 'gypsy' Devigne Wild Man Moore Marie Séoul

No sleep no dames no nothing - Paris Blues

No sleep no dames no nothing

When you clear the decks, you
really clear them, don't you? - Paris Blues

When you clear the decks, you really clear them, don't ...

What are you gonna do?
You gonna stew the chicken? - Paris Blues

What are you gonna do? You gonna stew the chicken?

Well... - Paris Blues

Let me look at you - Paris Blues

Let me look at you

Why do you need me today - Paris Blues

Why do you need me today

No, I think you want what I want. - Paris Blues

No, I think you want what I want.

No, no, no, monsieur. - Paris Blues

No, no, no, monsieur.

Thank you. Thank you very much.
I think I can manage by myself. - Paris Blues

Thank you. Thank you very much. I think I can manage by myse...

Is your friend as pretty as you are Yes - Paris Blues

Is your friend as pretty as you are Yes

Thank you. - Paris Blues

I hear you've taken the town right over - Paris Blues

I hear you've taken the town right over

People's talking about your playing - Paris Blues

People's talking about your playing

I don't see why we can't
go and hear him tonight. - Paris Blues

I don't see why we can't go and hear him tonight.

Besides Lillian I know these jazz musicians - Paris Blues

Besides Lillian I know these jazz musicians

- Okay, you guys...
- What happened with Wild Man? - Paris Blues

- Okay, you guys... - What happened with Wild Man?

The pusher does not want to wait
until tomorrow when I get paid. - Paris Blues

The pusher does not want to wait until tomorrow when I get p...

- He uses two decks, right?
- Four. - Paris Blues

- He uses two decks, right? - Four.

Oh, Eddie, has it
started down there yet? - Paris Blues

Oh, Eddie, has it started down there yet?

So, you think it's all right for two
girls to go out to a nightclub alone? - Paris Blues

So, you think it's all right for two girls to go out to...

You think it's all right for two girls to go out to a nightclub alone - Paris Blues

You think it's all right for two girls to go out to a...

You in the band? - Paris Blues

You in the band?

You in the band - Paris Blues

You in the band

I gotta go to work. I'll
see you in a few minutes. - Paris Blues

I gotta go to work. I'll see you in a few minutes.

That sure is a cute little devil you tried to pick up in the station today big daddy - Paris Blues

That sure is a cute little devil you tried to pick up in the...

Well, how about something to eat? - Paris Blues

Well, how about something to eat?

No, I'm sorry. - Paris Blues

You don't want me for what you want - Paris Blues

You don't want me for what you want

Don't you need to sleep - Paris Blues

Don't you need to sleep

You didn't even look - Paris Blues

You didn't even look

You know if I had a teacher like you when I went to school - Paris Blues

You know if I had a teacher like you when I went to school

And not just what you see - Paris Blues

And not just what you see

We do need our roots - Paris Blues

We do need our roots

It really is like every painting
of Paris I've ever seen. - Paris Blues

It really is like every painting of Paris I've ever see...

You like this all the time Like what - Paris Blues

You like this all the time Like what

Do you know anything about music? - Paris Blues

Do you know anything about music?

What's Paris Blues - Paris Blues

What's Paris Blues

You know something - Paris Blues

You know something

What do you do with yourself - Paris Blues

What do you do with yourself

- What do you do, collect dolls?
- No. - Paris Blues

- What do you do, collect dolls? - No.

Guess Eddie's still out
with that friend of yours. - Paris Blues

Guess Eddie's still out with that friend of yours.

Suppose your friend's not
there when you get back. - Paris Blues

Suppose your friend's not there when you get back.

You just do anything
I say, don't you? - Paris Blues

You just do anything I say, don't you?

You just do anything I say - Paris Blues

You just do anything I say

Well, I ain't getting
involved with no nut. - Paris Blues

Well, I ain't getting involved with no nut.

For you lunch and dinner with the same woman that's unusual - Paris Blues

For you lunch and dinner with the same woman that's...

- We've got company, man. Remember?
- Oh, yeah. - Paris Blues

- We've got company, man. Remember? - Oh, yeah.

It's only been a couple of days.
Give it a chance. Come on. - Paris Blues

It's only been a couple of days. Give it a chance. Come...

I can always eat - Paris Blues

I can always eat

I have never seen so many of them. - Paris Blues

I have never seen so many of them.

It's the City of Love - Paris Blues

It's the City of Love

You'd think he'd be exhausted after working all night - Paris Blues

You'd think he'd be exhausted after working all...

It's such a crazy life - Paris Blues

It's such a crazy life

You dig each other - Paris Blues

You dig each other

Come on let's cut out - Paris Blues

Come on let's cut out

Come on, let's cut out. - Paris Blues

Come on, let's cut out.

So, you don't mind being
called "Mr. Black Man." - Paris Blues

So, you don't mind being called "Mr. Black Man.&qu...

Do you want to have fun or do you want to discuss the race question - Paris Blues

Do you want to have fun or do you want to discuss the race...

That's what I am here - Paris Blues

That's what I am here

But things are much better than they were five years ago - Paris Blues

But things are much better than they were five years ago

Never thinkin' of tomorrow - Paris Blues

Never thinkin' of tomorrow

And when nobody is there - Paris Blues

And when nobody is there

You gotta get a different system,
or a different thing, Gypsy. - Paris Blues

You gotta get a different system, or a different thing, Gyps...

If you keep on this way - Paris Blues

If you keep on this way

Many people fear birds - Paris Blues

Many people fear birds

They look so sad - Paris Blues

They look so sad

At the Café Cité Bel Abbas, - Paris Blues

At the Café Cité Bel Abbas,

You're gonna see a
doctor, you hear me? - Paris Blues

You're gonna see a doctor, you hear me?

Go ahead. - Paris Blues

You think that melody's heavy? - Paris Blues

You think that melody's heavy?

- Lady, this romance is doomed.
- Why? - Paris Blues

- Lady, this romance is doomed. - Why?

This romance is doomed - Paris Blues

This romance is doomed

Well, what do you know? - Paris Blues

Well, what do you know?

We'll probably cut a record. Soon as
it's performed, I'll send you one. - Paris Blues

We'll probably cut a record. Soon as it's performe...

What do you want to do,
wrap me up and take me home? - Paris Blues

What do you want to do, wrap me up and take me home?

I got no time for what you want - Paris Blues

I got no time for what you want

Anyway, you know, you want to see
some more of Paris before you go. - Paris Blues

Anyway, you know, you want to see some more of Paris before ...

- Well, you want me to get you a cab?
- No. I'd rather walk. - Paris Blues

- Well, you want me to get you a cab? - No. I'd rather ...

You just picked the wrong guy for what you wanted - Paris Blues

You just picked the wrong guy for what you wanted

- You ready, man?
- Yeah, I'm ready, man. - Paris Blues

- You ready, man? - Yeah, I'm ready, man.

Yes. - Paris Blues

- I can't carry these any further.
- Okay. - Paris Blues

- I can't carry these any further. - Okay.

You're interested in a cause - Paris Blues

You're interested in a cause

Come on, I'll take you
back to the hotel. - Paris Blues

Come on, I'll take you back to the hotel.

What did we come to Paris for - Paris Blues

What did we come to Paris for

Yes, what is it? - Paris Blues

Yes, what is it?

When are you leaving? - Paris Blues

When are you leaving?

I'm no martyr I want you - Paris Blues

I'm no martyr I want you

- Connie, I must talk to you.
- Fine. - Paris Blues

- Connie, I must talk to you. - Fine.

- Hi, Eddie.
- Hi. - Paris Blues

- Hi, Eddie. - Hi.

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During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.

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Director: Martin Ritt

Writer: Jack Sher, Irene Kamp, Walter Bernstein

Production: Monmouth,Pennebaker Productions,Diane Productions,Jason Films,Monica Corp.

Genre: drama, music, romance

Year: 1961

MetaScore: 61/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $1,300,000

Released: 30 May 1961

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total

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