Featuring:
Clint Eastwood, Kenny Barron, Barry Harris, Jimmy Scott, Christian McBride,
Kenny Washington, Claude Williams, Jim McShann, The Kyle Eastwood Quartet, The
Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, James Carter, Joshua Redman, Thelonious Monk Jr., Roy
Hargrove, Peter Washington, James Moody, and Joshua Redman
Writers:
Richard B. Woodward and Bruce Ricker
Director:
Bruce Ricker
Feature
length: 106 minutes
Extras:
Behind-The-Scenes Featurette, Production Notes, and Director Bio.
Languages:
English Dolby Surround 2.0
Subtitles:
English Captions and Closed Captions and French, Spanish, and Portuguese
Subtitles
Packaging:
Snap Case
Chapter
Stops: 27
Sound:
Dolby Stereo Surround Sound
Year
of DVD Release: 2002
Home
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
Whether or not you are a huge Clint Eastwood fan, there is no denying that the multitalented and Oscar® winning filmmaker is truly a renaissance man. For a person of few words, Eastwood’s accomplishments are nothing short of outstanding. An admirer of Jazz, this surprise tribute honoring the American music art form, which Eastwood has contributed to in his own way through cinema and as a musician is a soothing melodic journey through Eastwood’s career as it relates to Jazz.
The
concert was recorded from a live event held in Carnegie Hall back in 1996 and
features an extensive menu of performers singing songs that have been used
throughout Eastwood’s feature film career and intercut with scenes from those
films as well as brief excerpts from a videotaped interview with Eastwood
discussing the various pieces in relation to his career and his experiences.
Eastwood even plays the piano at the end an impressive selection of Jazz
artists.
Warner
Home Video presents “Eastwood After Hours: Live At Carnegie Hall” in a
beautiful videotaped (1.33:1) transfer complete with a great English Dolby
Surround Soundtrack. English Captions and Closed Captions and French, Spanish,
and Portuguese Language Subtitles are encoded on to the DVD as options.
There
is a ten-minute behind-the-scenes featurette with various Jazz artist
interviews, production notes and biographical information on the show’s
director. The menus are standard interactive still frames that are easy to
navigate.
A
perfect companion for one’s Jazz on DVD collection in addition to the
incredible library of Clint Eastwood films distributed by Warner Brothers,
“Eastwood After Hours: Live At Carnegie Hall” is available on DVD-Video now
at retailers on and offline from Warner Home Video.
©
Copyright 2002 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.