Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988) is a documentary
about the life of Thelonious Monk
. Produced by Clint Eastwood
, Bruce Ricker
, and directed/co-produced by Charlotte Zwerin
, it features live performances by Monk and his group, and posthumous interviews with friends and family. The film was created when a large amount of archived footage
of Monk was found in the 1980s.
The film, made by Malpaso Productions
(Clint Eastwood's production company), is distributed by Warner Bros.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the life of Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
. Produced by Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
, Bruce Ricker
Bruce Ricker
Bruce Ricker was a jazz and blues documentarian. He is best known for his collaboration with Clint Eastwood on films about jazz and blues legends.-Life and career:...
, and directed/co-produced by Charlotte Zwerin
Charlotte Zwerin
Charlotte Zwerin was a documentary film director and editor best known for work concerning artists or musicians, although she also made films concerning other subjects....
, it features live performances by Monk and his group, and posthumous interviews with friends and family. The film was created when a large amount of archived footage
Footage
In filmmaking and video production, footage is the raw, unedited material as it had been originally filmed by movie camera or recorded by a video camera which usually must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work...
of Monk was found in the 1980s.
The film, made by Malpaso Productions
Malpaso Productions
Malpaso Productions, originally known as The Malpaso Company, is Clint Eastwood's production company. It was established in 1967 by Eastwood's financial adviser Irving Leonard for the film Hang 'Em High, using finances from the Dollars trilogy...
(Clint Eastwood's production company), is distributed by Warner Bros.