I Called Him Morgan 2016 Watch Free in HD

On the night of February 19, 1972, Helen Morgan walked into the East Village bar Slug’s Saloon with a gun in her handbag. She came to see her common-law husband, the great jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, whom she had nursed through heroin addiction. They fought, he literally threw her out; then she walked back in and shot him, handed over her gun and waited for the police to arrive. Many years later, Helen was interviewed about her life with the brilliant but erratic musician, and the tapes of that interview are the backbone of this beautifully crafted and deeply affecting film from Kasper Collin (My Name Is Albert Ayler). An NYFF54 selection. A Submarine Entertainment release.

Genre:

Drama, Documentary, History

Actors:

Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Larry Reni Thomas, Judith Johnson, Jymie Merritt, Bennie Maupin, Paul West, Billy Harper, Al Harrison, Albert Tootie Heath, ...»

Director:

Kasper Collin

Country:

United States, Sweden

Release:

2016

IMDb:

7.3

Quality:

Duration:

92 min

Christian Science Monitor

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.

April 14, 2017

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Little White Lies

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.

July 28, 2017

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Laramie Movie Scope

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.

November 16, 2017

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Detroit News

"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.

April 21, 2017

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The Public (Buffalo)

It's Helen's story that truly fascinates.

September 08, 2017

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Los Angeles Times

Using a dazzling blend of cinematic tools, aural as well as visual, Collin recreates both individual lives and an entire world.

March 30, 2017

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Spokesman-Review (Washington)

[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.

September 15, 2017

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Globe and Mail

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.

April 07, 2017

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Wall Street Journal

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.

March 30, 2017

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Film Inquiry

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.

May 02, 2017

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Cinema Scope

I Called Morgan is a dexterous work of fusion: it's jazz history meets true crime. And it's fascinating.

October 11, 2017

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San Francisco Chronicle

Ultimately, Collin's film is one of forgiveness.

April 26, 2017

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