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Chet Baker developed his gift for self-destruction at an early age. As a 12-year-old Oklahoma farm kid, he threw a rock at a stop sign. It ricocheted back and hit him in the face, knocking out a front ...

You have an incredibly mysterious and enigmatic person that’s very difficult to make sense out of. Then you have to try to capture somebody who has a unique relationship to music. And then there’s the ...

Biopics tend to follow the same basic formula — a sequence featuring the main character’s childhood, their rise to fame and then his or her subsequent downfall or death. “Born to Be Blue” breaks that ...

You don't want to be near Ethan Hawke when he's learning to play trumpet. Filming Born to Be Blue, in which he portrays jazz icon Chet Baker, "the challenge was largely for my co-star, Carmen Ejogo, ...

Two studies of jazz luminaries in theaters this month riff on the legend. Hollywood often sings the same tune when it comes to biopics: the “greatest hits” approach is typically a box-checking, ...

Ethan Hawke as jazz trumpeter Chet Baker is comforted by his girlfriend, Jane (Carmen Ejogo) in a clip from "Born To Be Blue." Photo: IFC Films ...