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ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU'VE GOT (4K RESTORATION)

NEW 4K RESTORATION

By Brigitte BERMAN

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Art - Culture - Completed 1985

ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, 1986

Toronto - TIFF 2023

TIFF Classics

- Year of production
- 1985
- Genres
- Art - Culture, Female director, Documentary
- Countries
- CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 115 mn
- Director(s)
- Brigitte BERMAN
- Writer(s)
- Brigitte BERMAN
- Cast
- Artie SHAW, Polly HAYNES, John WEXLEY, Lee CASTLE, John BEST, Helen FORREST, Buddy RICH, Mel TORMÉ, Mack PIERCE, Frederic MORTON, Evelyn KEYES
- Producer(s)
- Brigitte BERMAN (Bridge Film Productions Inc.)
- Synopsis
- “Beware of what you wish for in your youth, you may be so unfortunate as to get it. I got it and I realized it was not what I wanted.” Artie Shaw
  
  Academy Award-winning film ARTIE SHAW: TIME IS ALL YOU'VE GOT portrays the life of the restless and gifted clarinetist/ bandleader. He broke the color barrier by hiring legendary Billie Holiday, Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge for his bands. He was outspoken, independent and an intellectual, never satisfied with the life he was living at the moment. Shaw’s complex love/hate relationship with his own celebrity caused him to walk away from performing almost as many times as he walked away from marriages with the most beautiful women. One of the women, actress Evelyn Keyes (Gone With The Wind, Here Comes Mr. Jordan) was married to Shaw the longest and she illuminates their personal life with wit and emotion. This entertaining documentary is much more than a jazz film - it’s the insightful story of a brilliant and complex individual.