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I Called Him Morgan
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An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated in his murder in 1972.
An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated in his murder in 1972.
Actors:
Bennie Maupin,
Jerry Schultz,
Billy Harper,
Wayne Shorter,
Albert Tootie Heath,
Judith Johnson,
Helen Morgan,
Jymie Merritt,
Charli Persip,
Larry Reni Thomas,
Paul West,
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Bennie Maupin
Jerry Schultz
Billy Harper
Wayne Shorter
25 August 1933, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Albert Tootie Heath
Judith Johnson
Helen Morgan
Jymie Merritt
Charli Persip
Larry Reni Thomas
Paul West
Genre:
Drama, Documentary, History
Director:
Kasper Collin
Kasper Collin
Country:
United States, Sweden
Keywords:
#Al Harrison #Albert Tootie Heath #Bennie Maupin #Billy Harper #Helen Morgan #I Called Him Morgan #I Called Him Morgan (2016) #Judith Johnson #Jymie Merritt #Kasper Collin #Larry Reni Thomas #Lee Morgan #Paul West #Wayne Shorter
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November 16, 2017
This is, like Tracy Chapman's song 'Fast Car,' a quintessential American story, full of promise, hope, heartbreak, tragedy and racism. It is a tragic, confounding and touching story, well told.
September 15, 2017
[I Called Him Morgan is] a film that is more than just another story about a flawed artist who dies young. You have something that is far closer to a work of art.
April 14, 2017
Collin's approach to this incendiary material is both blatant and oblique - a bit like Lee's playing itself. Thankfully, we hear quite a bit of that playing in the film.
July 28, 2017
Collin's exceptional, atmospheric film avoids the hysteria and hyperbole of similar true crime documentaries to usher this delicate story in with a palpable sense of sorrow rather than a desire to retroactively point the finger of justice.
March 30, 2017
Musicians sometimes paraphrase Debussy, or one another, in saying that music is the silence between the notes. I Called Him Morgan has it all -- the notes and the silence, plus the music of spoken language, pitched in rueful tones of recollection.
April 21, 2017
"I Called Him Morgan" works as a jazz documentary as well as a bizarre true crime tale about a mysterious crime of passion. All these years later, many questions remain.
March 30, 2017
Using a dazzling blend of cinematic tools, aural as well as visual, Collin recreates both individual lives and an entire world.
April 07, 2017
Morgan's relationship with Helen was so star-crossed and layered it's a mystery why the story hasn't yet been made into a biopic.
October 11, 2017
I Called Morgan is a dexterous work of fusion: it's jazz history meets true crime. And it's fascinating.
May 02, 2017
It's rare that a film makes you feel so acutely in its brief run-time, covering albums and addictions alike, but I Called Him Morgan accomplishes just that.
April 26, 2017
Ultimately, Collin's film is one of forgiveness.
September 08, 2017
It's Helen's story that truly fascinates.
