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Miles Ahead get a groovy first trailer

04 Feb 2016

Words by Luke Channell

Jazz leg­end Miles Davis gets the biopic treat­ment cour­tesy of actor-direc­tor Don Cheadle.

Hop­ing to emu­late the suc­cess of last year’s Straight Out­ta Comp­ton, Don Cheadle’s direc­to­r­i­al debut Miles Ahead is the lat­est in a string of biopics fea­tur­ing promi­nent black musi­cians. Rather than chart­ing the highs and lows of the huge­ly influ­en­tial Amer­i­can jazz artist’s career, the film appar­ent­ly focus­es exclu­sive­ly on Davis’ come­back in 1979 after a five year hiatus.

Ewan McGre­gor plays jour­nal­ist Dave Brill, who reluc­tant­ly becomes involved in Davis’ attempts to steal back a miss­ing tape of impor­tant ses­sion music. Judg­ing by this trail­er, the film looks to be a fran­ti­cal­ly paced romp with Chea­dle a per­fect fit as Davis – although we’ll have to wait and see if he can deliv­er some con­vinc­ing musi­cal per­for­mances too.

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Miles Ahead is set to receive its Euro­pean pre­miere at the Berlin Film Fes­ti­val this month before hit­ting cin­e­mas in April. We’re eager to see what such a sea­soned on-screen pres­ence will bring to this sto­ry of a true musi­cal inno­va­tor both in front of and behind the camera.

Miles Ahead is released in the UK 22 April.

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