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Directed by Bruce Weber
Starring Chet Baker; with Joyce Night Tucker, Jack Sheldon, Vera Baker, Lawrence Trimble, Ruth Young, Carol Baker, Dick Bock, William Claxton, Flea, Hersh Hamel, Chris Isaak, Lise Marie, Andy Minsker, Cherry Vanilla, Diane Vavra
Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, the filmmaker Bruce Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great. The film uses excerpts from Italian B movies, rare performance footage and candid interviews with Baker, musicians, friends, battling ex-wives and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life. 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 jazz legend. Since its release in 1989, Let's Get Lost has introduced a whole new generation of jazz enthusiasts to the timeless talent of the late Chet Baker
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