This superb documentary originally made in 1988 deals with the legendary chet baker, a musician who was hailed as a genius for his trumpet playing when he started. A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great thelonious sphere monk. Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict chet baker. Star trek v, no holds barred, dead poets society, lets get. Chet baker s face, and the extraordinary ways in which bruce weber has photographed it, encapsulate the story of baker s life in a succession of ghostly, indelible images that are at once hauntingly beautiful and desperately sad. Leila is a free spirited young woman on the ultimate road tripshe s headed from her home in louisiana to see the northern lights, which she has always wanted.
Let s get lost is an atmospheric blackandwhite portrait of a jazz trumpet player, an exemplar of west coast cool jazz in the age when rapidfire bebop was hot, whose life, career and face were. Notice agerestricted video based on community guidelines category. Let s get lost, an oscarnominated documentary about jazz trumpeter chet baker. Liam payne lyric video song let s get lost alternate take remastered 2004.
Chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker, dean baker, missy baker, dick bock, william claxton, hersh hamel, chris isaak, lisa marie. Lets get lost 1998 a woman sidse babett knudsen deals with her neglectful boyfriend, an unemployed roommate bjarne henriksen and his two shady friends. The film is a improvisational sliceoflife comedy shot in black and white. Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, the filmmaker bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. As was the case during many of baker s final sessions, the artist performs with a makeshift combo of relative unknowns. Lets get lost 1988 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Canada 15 september 1988 toronto film festival west germany 18 february 1989 berlin international film festival usa 24 march 1989 new york new directors and new films festival. Rent lets get lost 1988 starring chet baker and carol baker on dvd and bluray. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing lets get lost near you. Mar, 2008 let s get lost is an atmospheric blackandwhite portrait of a jazz trumpet player, an exemplar of west coast cool jazz in the age when rapidfire bebop was hot, whose life, career and face were ruined by his various addictions. I hadnt seen lets get lost since it first came out, in 1988, and what i remembered, mostly, was the downbeat glory of the movie s textures.
Watch lets get lost 1988 movie online for free in hd documentary about jazz great chet baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of west coast cool, and from his last years. Travelling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter chet baker, bruce weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. Let s get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written. The dialogue in many scenes was improvised which gives the movie an everyday feel. Let s get lost is a roadtrip story about leila, who has left louisiana for alaska in hopes of seeing the northern lights. This disc includes music used in let s get lost 1989, the bruce weber directed biopic centering on the tragic life and times of the west coast cool jazz icon chet baker trumpetvocal. Watch lets get lost 1989 full movie free online streaming. Let s get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by bruce weber. The title is derived from the song let s get lost by jimmy mchugh and frank loesser from the 1943 film happy go lucky, which baker recorded for pacific records.
We have to be grateful to iconic fashion photographer bruce weber, for giving us this perfect film about the timeless jazz singer and trumpeter, chet baker. Watch lets get lost 1988 full hd movie online for free. Vimeo is an amazing video service for original creative work, but its also a company with real human employees. Music let s get lost song, a classic jazz song by jimmy mchugh and frank loesser from the 1943 film happy go lucky, recorded by chet baker and others.
Lets get lost 1989 stream and watch online moviefone. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. It is not completely successful, but it has a lot going for it. Lets get lost is a love poem to tuscany, about a divorced woman who takes her family to italy, as a gift to her holocaustsurvivor parents who fell in love there after the war. Let s get lost is a 1997 danish film written and directed by jonas elmer and produced by per holst. Winner of the 1989 critics prize at the venice film festival and nominated for an academy award, let s get lost has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a. Lets get lost, bruce webers haunting documentary about legendary jazz musician chet baker, first came out in 1989 and hasnt been easy to catch since. Take me down take me all the way down tonight, soon ill be leaving break me down break me all the way down, before the night is over over let s get lost, let s get. Winner of the 1989 critics prize at the venice film festival and nominated for an academy award, lets get lost has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a jazz legend. It seems to be about real people who live and talk just like in real life.
Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed with film from baker s earlier life and some modernday performances. Features live performances by monk and his band, and interviews with friends. The film uses excerpts from italian b movies, rare performance footage and candid interviews with baker, musicians, friends, battling exwives and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life. Nov 23, 20 winner of the 1989 critics prize at the venice film festival and nominated for an academy award, let s get lost has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a. Let s get lost is sweet, quirky, and more than slightly implausible in places, but it s one of those books where the characters act like and say things you wish people would in real life. The film earned the 1998 bodil award for best danish film and shared the robert award for best danish film with barbara. The result is an unforgettable impressionistic portrait that rings true. Jonas elmer made this blackandwhite danish movie by taking the funds provided for a short film and escalating the project economically into a full feature, commercially successful in denmark. Lets get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by.
Released april 21st, 1989, lets get lost stars chet baker, carol baker, ruth young, diane vavra the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of 85 out of 100 on. Lets get lost 1989 cast and crew whether in his golden youth or premature old age, legendary jazz trumpeter chet bakers musical virtuosity always shone through. Touch me im cold, unable to control touch me im golden and wild as the wind blows and tumbling tumbling, dont go fascination if just for. Mar 09, 2019 star trek v, no holds barred, dead poets society, lets get lost, renegades, 1989 march 9, 2019 march 9, 2019 firstmagnitude 1065 views 1 comment 1989, dead poets society, lets get lost, no holds barred, renegades, star trek v. The director remembers a musician who wanted to be as free as a bird. Watch let s get lost 1988 movie online for free in hd documentary about jazz great chet baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of west coast cool, and from his last years. Since filming chet baker in let s get lost, bruce weber has searched in vain for someone with such magic. Lets get lost 2000 bruce weber cast and crew allmovie. With chet baker, carol baker, vera baker, paul baker. The book unfolds in a series of five stories, each of which sees leila happening upon a teen dealing with a lifechanging situation. Since its release in 1989, lets get lost has introduced a whole new generation of jazz enthusiasts to the timeless talent of the late chet baker. Lets get lost is an atmospheric blackandwhite portrait of a jazz trumpet player, an exemplar of west coast cool jazz in the age when rapidfire bebop was hot, whose life, career and face were. That s not an unfamiliar story among musicians of any stripe.
Lets get lost lost in each others arms lets get lost let them send out alarms and though theyll think us rather rude lets tell the world were in that crazy. Lets get lost is a 1988 american documentary film about the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter chet baker written and directed by bruce weber. Winner of the 1989 critics prize at the venice film festival and nominated for an academy award, lets get lost has become an important document in the career of the filmmaker on the life of a. This is a really terrific film made by another artist, bruce weber, who knew exactly what he was. The films true poignancy lies in the contemporary footage of baker, as he plays, sings, and almost sleepwalks through life. Find movie and film cast and crew information for lets get lost 2000 bruce weber on allmovie. Rent lets get lost 1988 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Rent let s get lost 1988 starring chet baker and carol baker on dvd and bluray. I hadnt seen lets get lost since it first came out, in 1988, and what i remembered, mostly, was the downbeat glory of the movies textures. At the very end of bruce webers seductive, unsettling lets get lost, the movies subject, the semilegendary cooljazz trumpeter and singer.
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