MILES AHEAD, inspired by events in his life, is a wildly entertaining,
impressionistic, no-holds barred portrait of one of 20th century music’s
creative geniuses, Miles Davis, featuring a career defining performance
by Oscar® nominee Don Cheadle in the title role. Working from a script
he co-wrote with Steven Baigelman, Cheadle makes his bravura directorial
debut.
In the midst of a dazzling and prolific career at the forefront of
modern jazz innovation, Miles Davis (Cheadle) virtually disappears from
public view for a period of five years in the late 1970s. Alone and
holed up in his home, he is beset by chronic pain from a deteriorating
hip, his musical voice stifled and numbed by drugs and pain medications,
his mind haunted by unsettling ghosts from the past.
A wily music reporter, Dave Braden (Ewan McGregor) forces his way into
Davis’ house and, over the next couple of days, the two men unwittingly
embark on a wild and sometimes harrowing adventure to recover a stolen
tape of the musician’s latest compositions. Davis’ mercurial behavior
is fueled by memories of his failed marriage to the talented and
beautiful dancer Frances Taylor (Emayatzy Corinealdi). During their
romance and subsequent marriage, Frances served as Davis’ muse. It was
during this period that he released several of his signature recordings
including the ground-breaking “Sketches of Spain” and “Someday My Prince Will Come.”
By the late ‘70s, plagued by years of regret and loss, Davis flirts with
annihilation until he once again finds salvation in his art.
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