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Jazz legend Chet Baker searches for love and redemption when he is approached to star in a movie about his own troubled life in order to mount a comeback in the late 1960s.

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Born to be Blue starring Ethan Hawke is a re-imagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 60's. When Chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his costar, the enigmatic Jane (Carmen Ejogo). Production is shelved when Chet's past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again but Jane challenges him to mount a musical comeback against all the odds. Written by Leonard Farlinger

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This isn't the first film Robert Budreau wrote and directed about Chet Baker, he has also made a short film called The Deaths of Chet Baker. See more »

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