Bix (film)

Bix
Film poster
Directed by	Pupi Avati
Produced by	Pupi Avati Gianfranco Piccioli
Written by	Pupi Avati Antonio Avati Fred Chalfy Lino Patruno
Starring	Bryant Weeks
Cinematography	Pasquale Rachini
Edited by	Amedeo Salfa
Release dates	15 May 1991 (1991-05-15)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	English

Bix is a 1991 Italian drama film about the final years of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke. It was directed by Pupi Avati and was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Cast

• Bryant Weeks as Leon Bismark 'Bix' Beiderbecke, a cornet and piano player (1903-1931)
• Emile Levisetti as Joe Venuti, a jazz violin player, Bix' friend
• Brenda K. Mohr as Joe Venuti's girlfriend
• Julia Ewing as Agatha 'Aggie' Beiderbecke, Bix' mother
• Mark Collver as Burnie Beiderbecke, Bix' brother
• Romano Orzari as Hoagy Carmichael, a pianist and jazz band leader
• Matthew Buzzell as Don Murray, a jazz clarinettist
• Ray Edelstein as Bismark Beiderbecke, Bix' father
• Mark Sovel as Frankie Trumbauer, a jazz saxophone player
• Barbara Wilder as Marie Louise Beiderbecke, Bix' sister
• Sally Groth as Liza, Bix' alleged fiancée
• Michael T. Henderson as Pee Wee Russell, a jazz clarinettist
• Timothy L. Williams as Esten
• Debbon Ayer as Vera Cox
• Darrell Bishop as Andy Secrest, a jazz cornet player
• Curtis N. Wollan as Paul Whiteman, a jazz band leader
• Terry W. Anderson
• Kelli J. Andresen
• Virginia K. Armstrong
• Chris B. Beiderbecke
• Karen Anderson Bernick
• Bill Bicksler
• John Ferry

References

External links

• Bix at the Internet Movie Database