The Blues

Charles Burnett
Clint Eastwood
Mike Figgis
Marc Levin
Richard Pearce
Martin Scorsese
Wim Wenders

Charles Burnett
Robert Gordon
Peter Guralnick
Wim Wenders

[Cast Group]
Actor: B.B. King | Character: Self
Actor: Ike Turner | Character: Self
Actor: Pinetop Perkins | Character: Self
Actor: Dick Waterman | Character: Self, Self - Son House's manager
Actor: Chris Thomas King | Character: Blind Willie Johnson
Actor: Tommy Redmond Hicks | Character: Uncle Buddy
Actor: Nathaniel Lee Jr. | Character: Jr.
Actor: Keith B. Brown | Character: Skip James
Actor: Carl Lumbly | Character: Self - Narrator
Actor: James Hughes | Character: H.C. Speirs
Actor: David F. Hughes | Character: Art Laibely
Actor: Ivy Cassel | Character: Walking man
Actor: Shayne Tingle | Character: Sound engineer
Actor: Frances Horton White | Character: Peaches
Actor: Susan McWilliams | Character: Love Grace
Actor: Joy Brashears | Character: Secretary
Actor: Tommie Tc Carter | Character: Honeyboy
Actor: Goodman. Wille | Character: Self
Actor: Colleen White | Character: Bobbie Grace
Actor: Vasti Jackson | Character: Guitar Player
Actor: Nathaniel Lee Sr. | Character: W.C. Handy
Actor: Ted Davis | Character: Walter
Actor: Ilona W. Wilkes | Character: Bar Owner
Actor: Jay R. Unger | Character: Reverend Taylor
Actor: Clint Eastwood | Character: Self
Actor: Martin Scorsese | Character: Self
Actor: Common | Character: Self
Actor: Laurence Fishburne | Character: Self - Narrator
Actor: Tom Jones | Character: Self
Actor: Nick Cave | Character: Self
Actor: Elvis Costello | Character: Self
Actor: Mick Fleetwood | Character: Self
Actor: Lulu | Character: Self
Actor: Ray Charles | Character: Self
Actor: Eric Clapton | Character: Self
Actor: Bonnie Raitt | Character: Self
Actor: T Bone Burnett | Character: Self
Actor: Beck | Character: Self
Actor: Lou Reed | Character: Self
Actor: Steve Winwood | Character: Self
Actor: Keb' Mo' | Character: Self
Actor: Van Morrison | Character: Self
Actor: Jeff Beck | Character: Self
Actor: Eric Burdon | Character: Self
Actor: Dr. John | Character: Self
Actor: Cassandra Wilson | Character: Self
Actor: Taj Mahal | Character: Self
Actor: Eagle Eye Cherry | Character: Self
Actor: Lucinda Williams | Character: Self
Actor: Lonnie Donegan | Character: Self
Actor: Los Lobos | Character: Themselves
Actor: Dave Brubeck | Character: Self
Actor: Chuck D | Character: Self
Actor: Rufus Thomas | Character: Self
Actor: George Melly | Character: Self
Actor: Vernon Reid | Character: Self
Actor: Peter Green | Character: Self
Actor: Georgie Fame | Character: Self
Actor: John Mayall | Character: Self
Actor: KoKo Taylor | Character: Self
Actor: Albert Lee | Character: Self
Actor: Rahzel | Character: Self - Human Beat-box
Actor: Jon Cleary | Character: Self
Actor: Shemekia Copeland | Character: Self
Actor: Salif Keïta | Character: Self
Actor: Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Character: Self
Actor: Sam Phillips | Character: Self
Actor: Marcia Ball | Character: Self
Actor: Humphrey Lyttelton | Character: Self
Actor: Bert Jansch | Character: Self
Actor: Davy Graham | Character: Self
Actor: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Character: Themselves
Actor: Chris Farlowe | Character: Self
Actor: Hubert Sumlin | Character: Self
Actor: Ali Farka Touré | Character: Self
Actor: Little Milton | Character: Self
Actor: Johnny Juice Rosado | Character: Self
Actor: Marc Ribot | Character: Self
Actor: Bobby Rush | Character: Self
Actor: Joe Mulherin | Character: Self
Actor: Alvin Youngblood Hart | Character: Self
Actor: Jim Dickinson | Character: Self
Actor: Pete King | Character: Self
Actor: Corey Harris | Character: Self
Actor: Garland Jeffreys | Character: Self
Actor: Phil Chess | Character: Self - co-founder of Chess Records
Actor: James Blood Ulmer | Character: Self
Actor: Magic Slim | Character: Self
Actor: Sam Carr | Character: Self
Actor: Ahmir | Character: Self
Actor: Chris Barber | Character: Self
Actor: Ian Jennings | Character: Self
Actor: Marshall Chess | Character: Self
Actor: Toumani Diabaté | Character: Self
Actor: Otha Turner | Character: Self
Actor: Jay McShann | Character: Self
Actor: Pete Jolly | Character: Self
Actor: Bob Koester | Character: Self - owner, Delmark Records
Actor: Sam Lay | Character: Self
Actor: Pete Johnson | Character: Self
Actor: Habib Koité | Character: Self
Actor: Phil Upchurch | Character: Self - Electric Mud guitarist
Actor: Henry Gray | Character: Self
Actor: Sharde Thomas | Character: Self
Actor: Cato Walker III | Character: Self
Actor: Richard Shurman | Character: Self
Actor: Rosco Gordon | Character: Self
Actor: Calvin Newborn | Character: Self
Actor: Mark Mondesir | Character: Self
Actor: Steve Seaberg | Character: Self
Actor: David Barnes | Character: Self
Actor: Don Kern | Character: Self (WDIA Production Manager)
Actor: Willie King | Character: Self
Actor: Morris Jennings | Character: Self - Electric Mud drummer
Actor: Christine Spindel | Character: Self (WDIA Program Director)
Actor: Jesse Price | Character: Self
Actor: Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor | Character: Self
Actor: Seaberg Ronnog | Character: Self
Actor: Jamar Chess | Character: Self - Marshall Chess's son
Actor: Bernice Turner Pratcher | Character: Self
Actor: Christine Tobin | Character: Self
Actor: Chris Spindel | Character: Self (WDIA editor)
Actor: Mya | Character: Self
Actor: Rob Stone | Character: Self

[Directors Group]
Name: Charles Burnett | Role: Director
Name: Clint Eastwood | Role: Director
Name: Mike Figgis | Role: Director
Name: Marc Levin | Role: Director
Name: Richard Pearce | Role: Director
Name: Martin Scorsese | Role: Director
Name: Wim Wenders | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Charles Burnett | Role: Writer
Name: Robert Gordon | Role: Writer
Name: Peter Guralnick | Role: Writer
Name: Wim Wenders | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Jody Allen | Role: Producer
Name: Paul Allen | Role: Producer
Name: Richard Hutton | Role: Producer
Name: Mikaela Beardsley | Role: Producer
Name: Susan Motamed | Role: Producer
Name: Margaret Bodde | Role: Producer
Name: Alex Gibney | Role: Producer
Name: Belinda Clasen | Role: Producer
Name: Lisa Day | Role: Producer
Name: Salimah El-Amin | Role: Producer
Name: Ulrich Felsberg | Role: Producer
Name: Daphne McWilliams | Role: Producer
Name: Stephen 'Scooter' Weintraub | Role: Producer
Name: Gina Barge | Role: Producer
Name: Agnes Chu | Role: Producer
Name: Clint Eastwood | Role: Producer
Name: Mike Figgis | Role: Producer
Name: Robert Gordon | Role: Producer
Name: Louise Hammar | Role: Producer
Name: Wesley Jones | Role: Producer
Name: Robert Kenner | Role: Producer
Name: Marc Levin | Role: Producer
Name: Dan Luskin | Role: Producer
Name: Daphne Pinkerson | Role: Producer
Name: Sam Pollard | Role: Producer
Name: Bruce Ricker | Role: Producer
Name: Melissa Robledo | Role: Producer
Name: Shirani Sabratnam | Role: Producer
Name: Jeff Scheftel | Role: Producer
Name: Martin Scorsese | Role: Producer
Name: Joyce Vaughn | Role: Producer
Name: Belinda Morrison | Role: Producer
Name: Samson Mucke | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Stephen James Taylor | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Barry Ackroyd | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Mark Benjamin | Role: Cinematographer
Name: John L. Demps Jr. | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Mike Eley | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Arthur Jafa | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Vic Losick | Role: Cinematographer
Name: John Lynch | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Richard Pearce | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Stephen Standen | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Mathilde Bonnefoy | Role: Editor
Name: Joel Cox | Role: Editor
Name: Bob Eisenhardt | Role: Editor
Name: Matthew Ludvino | Role: Editor
Name: David Martin | Role: Editor
Name: Charlton McMillan | Role: Editor
Name: Ed Santiago | Role: Editor
Name: David Tedeschi | Role: Editor
Name: Leticia Giffoni | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Liba Daniels | Role: Production Designer

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Caroline Eselin | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Caroline Eselin | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Amy Sazama | Role: Production Manager
Name: Kendall McCarthy | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Robert Kenner | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Monty Kraus | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Ray Beckett | Role: Sound Department
Name: Gary C. Bourgeois | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Bowen | Role: Sound Department
Name: Valerio Brini | Role: Sound Department
Name: Bob Bryan | Role: Sound Department
Name: Daniel Colman | Role: Sound Department
Name: Alan Cridford | Role: Sound Department
Name: Martin Czembor | Role: Sound Department
Name: Greg Faust | Role: Sound Department
Name: James Feltham | Role: Sound Department
Name: Ken Hahn | Role: Sound Department
Name: Nigel Heath | Role: Sound Department
Name: Robert Kenner | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jack Levy | Role: Sound Department
Name: Chris Navarro | Role: Sound Department
Name: Frank Nolan | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jon Oh | Role: Sound Department
Name: Steuart Pearce | Role: Sound Department
Name: Roger Peischman | Role: Sound Department
Name: Steve Reynolds | Role: Sound Department
Name: Philip Stockton | Role: Sound Department
Name: J.T. Takagi | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jonathan Wareham | Role: Sound Department
Name: Pawel Wdowczak | Role: Sound Department
Name: Erik Mischijew | Role: Sound Department
Name: Matz Müller | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sam Negri | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sam Watson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Shad Groverland | Role: Sound Department
Name: Scott A. Jennings | Role: Sound Department
Name: James David Redding III | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Jennifer Russomanno | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Keith Yurevitz | Role: Visual Effects

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Stephen S. Campanelli | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gregory Gray | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: David Hocs | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ronald Kienhuis | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jules Labarthe | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ken Morse | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Lisa Rinzler | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michael Torchia | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dean Andolsek | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Bob Bates | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yuri Elvin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paul McCluskey | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Udo Pfeiffer | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Claudia Raschke | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Caroline Eselin | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Matthew Caron | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Cas Casey | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Melissa Ayn Eccles | Role: Editorial Department
Name: David P. Frediani | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Leticia Giffoni | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Will Hall | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Brian Hoag | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Paul Hyman | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Nigel Karikari | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Jerry Kelley | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Keelan Kelly | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Dan Luskin | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Alan Miller | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Mark Needham | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Gary Roach | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Damian Rodriguez | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Dave Rogers | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Anthony Santiago | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Sloane Klevin | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Benjamin Murray | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Davis Coen | Role: Music Department
Name: John McCullough | Role: Music Department
Name: Ryan Robinson | Role: Music Department
Name: Justin Taylor | Role: Music Department
Name: Lucille Bogan | Role: Music Department
Name: Percy Mayfield | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Agnes Chu | Role: Production Department
Name: Anna Dantas | Role: Production Department
Name: Tom V. Fox | Role: Production Department
Name: Chris Baron | Role: Production Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Bob Maywhort | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Rob Barnett | Role: Additional Crew
Name: B.J. Miller | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Miller-Monzon | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Robert Stein | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Salimah El-Amin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pablo Ferro | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kent Jones | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Randall Balsmeyer | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jason Block | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dan Coles | Role: Additional Crew
Name: J. John Corbett | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Banner Gwin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Melissa Lintinger | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Meg McCarthy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Helen Phelps | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Emma Tillinger Koskoff | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Jeff Scheftel | Role: Thanks
Name: David Meeker | Role: Thanks

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287198/videogallery/

Italy: September 6, 2003 (Venice Film Festival)
United States: September 28, 2003
Sweden: January 24, 2004 (Göteborg Film Festival)
France: February 25, 2004
Turkey: April 10, 2004 (Istanbul Film Festival)
Japan: October 19, 2004
Hungary: February 6, 2005
Greece: September 29, 2005 (Panorama of European Cinema)

Winner | 2004 | Cinema Audio Society, USA | C.A.S. Award | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television - Non-Fiction, Variety or Music Series or Specials | Gary C. Bourgeois, Tateum Kohut, Steuart Pearce, The Blues | Episode: "The Road to Memphis (2003)"
Nominee | 2005 | Grammy Awards | Grammy | Best Long Form Music Video | Margaret Bodde, Alex Gibney, Richard Hutton, Martin Scorsese, The Blues

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