Three new posters for Don Cheadle's anticipated directorial debut Miles
Ahead have been released. The biopic is a wildly entertaining and moving
exploration 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’s
directorial debut is not a conventional biopic but rather a unique, no-holds
barred portrait of a singular artist in crisis.
Set to premiere on April 1st, Miles Ahead also stars Ewan McGregor, Michael
Stuhlbarg, Emayatzy Corinealdi.
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 groundbreaking “Sketches of Spain” and
“Someday My Prince Will Come.”
The idyll however, was short lived. The eight-year marriage was marked by
infidelity and abuse, and Frances was forced to flee for her own safety as
Miles’ mental and physical health deteriorated.
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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