MUSIC MADE MAN – Full-length feature screenplay (biopic/drama)

Logline/Synopsis

A biopic of the life of legendary gypsy jazz guitarist, Django Reinhardt.

From humble beginnings growing up in a gypsy shantytown, Django makes a name for himself playing quintessential French musette in the louche nightclubs of 1930s Paris.

One fateful night, he meets a famous English jazz impresario, who promises Django his dream of touring America. Hours later, Django is catastrophically injured in a caravan fire. He is told he will never play guitar again.

Thanks to his family and his own Herculean efforts, Django re-learns how to play guitar, forfeiting the classic box structure and developing his own unique, now famous, two-finger guitar-playing style.

Along with violinist Stephane Grappelli, Django forms the Quintet du Hot Club de France. They tour Europe and enjoy huge success as a truly innovative and inspirational jazz ensemble.

And then the Nazis invade.

This is the vibrant true story of an amazing musical genius.

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