Roy Dupuis in "Jack Paradise"
In
response to an email this exciting news about Roy's upcoming film "Jack
Paradise" was announced from the film's distributor:
"The movie will be released throughout Quebec in February, 2004. At
the same time, a version with English sub-titles will be presented at the AMC
Forum in Montreal.
A jazz CD will be released in the fall of 2003. A Jack Paradise Jazz Band tour
is also planned for the fall of 2003."
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Captures by Gayla from
CBC News-Canada Now; Arts Report by Anna Asimakopulos ~ May 30,
2003
See the video clip here.
Click on "Arts: Anna Asimakopulos" and scroll down to May 30.
A
note from the Mira Charity Event 2003:
When asked if he played the piano in
"Jack Paradise", Roy Dupuis said that the hands that are shown playing the
piano in the film are his. Roy stated that he spent hours before filming those
scenes listening to recordings of piano jazz, so he could get the rhythm of the
hand movements. He does play a little, but when the scenes were shot the piano
keys were muffled. (Thanks to Linda for the anecdote.)
Synopsis: Translated from Allocine.com:
In 1929, Jack Paradise, as a child, reveals a talent for the piano. At 20 years old, he becomes one of the pillars of nightclub jazz, where the best musicians of the time are to be found. We follow his passion for Curly, the singer he knows how to love only through music, across the century.
The film
depicts Montreal's jazz age in the 1930's and 40's when the city was a "hotbed
of hedonism and jazz". Filmed in Montreal in April/May 2003.
Also starring Dawn Tyler Watson as Curly. Directed by Gilles Noël. Expected
release date: Spring, 2004.
Translated from
Radio-Canada.ca:
In an
unused factory in Pointe Saint-Charles, the shooting of "Jack
Paradise", the history of a jazz pianist who saw his hour of glory in Montreal in the
40s, is coming to an end. The film, which stars Roy Dupuis, will be out on
our screens in some months.
First
source of inspiration: Bob
Langlois: The character of Jack Paradise, who is a mixture of several musicians who nourished the
jazz tradition in Montreal, is the brainchild of Richard Langlois, Bob's son, one of the foremost pianists of
the time. Gilles Noël signed on for the screenplay and the
direction.
The Saint-Henri Quarter:
In 1929, little Jack Paradise (Roxan Bourdelais), who lives
in Saint-Henri, secretly goes out to listen to jazz in the city. At the age of 11, he already likes
ragtime and 'plays' the keys that he drew on a window sill. It is there, in the alleys of
the quarter, that he meets Curly, a black woman with a bewitching voice, and her friends,
all of them musicians.
Debuts
beside Oliver Jones: Ten years later, hired to clean the
Terminal Club, the young man makes his debut as a pianist beside Oliver Jones,
then forms his own group, the Jack Paradise Band,
which will become the official orchestra of the club. .....
Jack will be split between the
passionate relationship he has with Curly (Dawn Tyler Watson) and his love for Gisèle
(Geneviève Rioux), who will become his wife.
Choreographies: Roy Dupuis, neither musician, nor particularly passionate about jazz, listened to lots of music and researched for a long time before 'entering the skin' of Jack Paradise. He had to learn real choreographies, he explained, to play this pianist's role, accompanied on set by about fifteen musicians.
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Captures
courtesy of Gayla from Flash interview May 22, 2003
Pictures from Jack Paradise website
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premiere photo's from Dawn Tyler Watson's site
