
Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross.... (Full plot summary below)
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Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross.
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| User ReviewDonovan DFinally was released on DVD. Best Jazz-movie ever, pity Miles Davis died before screen launch. |
| User ReviewRafael TThis movie is impossible to be found. I tried all over Los Angeles and nothing of it. Great performance and music from Miles Davis! |
| User ReviewDeclan MLoved this film. Bit slow at times but the soundtrack is brilliant and Colin Friels chews up the outback scenery. |
| User ReviewPrivate UThe greatest film ever made about Australian jazz music. |
| User ReviewTamzin RAbsolutely the most amazing visual stunning movie with equally well matched sound track. Footage of Miles Davis Live !!! |
| User ReviewPaul G[font=Arial]Dingo is about a man, John "Dingo" Anderson (Colin Friels), who makes his living doing odd jobs by day and playing trumpet in a "bush-band" at night. Dingo takes his music much more seriously than his bandmates. As a child he had heard jazz trumpeter Bill Cross (played by real-life jazz great Miles Davis) and realized that making music was his destiny. Ever since he has dreamt of someday catching up with Cross in Paris and playing with him. Despite financial hardship and a troubled marriage, Dingo takes a leap of faith and sets off for Paris to meet his hero. Their meeting is not only a milestone for Dingo, but also a redemption of sorts for Cross.[/font] [font=Arial] [/font] [font=Arial]This is a slow-moving and low budget film with a great jazz soundtrack. At times it has an almost dreamlike quality which seems fitting for a story about a man in pursuit of his dream, Miles Davis gives a superb performance both musically and dramatically. [/font] |
| User Reviewchad gI'm not sure if this is the Dingo I saw back in 1995 or not. I've searched high and low for the film where Miles Davis lands in the Australian outback and plays some of those awesome Davis tunes (with Aussie Anderson). It was called Dingo but can't find any info on it at all. If this is it I want a copy! Davis fans should catch it for sure. This was made a short time before he died if it the right flic. |
| User ReviewLee MDingo is a jazz-infused tale set in what seems the most unlikely of places to inspire such music: the Australian outback. If you are a jazz aficionado, an Australian film connoisseur, or both, Dingo might be the film for you. |
| User ReviewTrent RNot de Heer's best by any means, this Aussie-French co-production is an unsurprisingly uneven affair. But it does feature a fantastic soundtrack, and the opportunity to see Miles Davis on screen shortly before passing. The story is simple, and Davis' acting as an idealized version of himself is quite naturalistic and effective. It opens with Miles Davis playing Billy Cross, emerging from a jetliner, (with TNT stenciled on the side) in the desert to give an offhand concert for the locals. This makes quite an impression on the young lad of the title who grows up to become Colin Friels. So, dreams are pursued and expectations met. But Friels gives a highly sympathetic performance opposite the stoic Davis, and the early scenes of him playing in the spectacular Australian vistas pay off in the closing jam session at an intimate PAris jazz club. |
| User ReviewAdam KA little rough around the edges but this early Rolf de Heer film is worth seeing for the Miles Davis soundtrack! |