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Blue Like Jazz

Year:

2012

Duration:

108 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Steve Taylor

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2012-04-13

Filming Locations: Portland, Oregon, USA

Earnings

Budget: $1,200,000

Opening Weekend: $258,653 (USA) (15 April 2012)

Gross: $594,904 (USA) (3 June 2012)

Cast

Actor

Character

Claire Holt

Blue Like Jazz

Marshall Allman

Don Miller

Tania Raymonde

Lauryn

Justin Welborn

The Pope

Eric Lange

The Hobo

Jason Marsden

Kenny

William McKinney

Jordan

Jenny Littleton

Don's Mom

David Alford

Priest

Jeff Obafemi Carr

Dean Bowers

Matt Godfrey

Yuri

Jeffrey Buckner Ford

James Larkin

Traber Burns

Phillipe Nouvel

Barak Hardley

Town Crier

Jenson Goins

Quinn

Marin Miller

Reed Activities Receptionist

Joshua Childs

Bookstore Manager

Becky Fly

Professor

Scott Kerr

Houston Pastor

Valerie Jane Parker

Aqualike Babe

Donald Miller

Trendy Writer

Terra Strong

Lauryn's Friend

Bobby Daniels

Convenience Store Clerk

Travis Nicholson

Book Store Clerk

Erin McGarry

Debate Moderator

Ciana Griggs

Sophie

Tiffany Montgomery

Astrogirl

Chuck David Willis

Robot #1

Zephyr Benson

Robot #2

Rhyan Schwartz

Bicyclist

Robert Fitzgerald

Black Jesus

James Austin Johnson

Drunk Freshman

Alexander Tan

Boy with Balloon

Susan Isaacs

Fan

Reegus Flenory

Prison Guard

John Birkel

Brody

Natalia Dyer

Grace

Joseph Lopez

Levi

Andrew T. Vandergriff

Neptune

Mitch Miller

Monk

Robert M. Coles

Virgin Bride

Paul Colligan

Extra (uncredited)

Tom Delfino

Church Parishioner

Meredith Fitzsimons

Extra (uncredited)

Matt Gilliam

College Student Extra (uncredited)

Brandon Lee Harris

Drum Major

Colleen Helm

Student

Denise Johnson

College Student

Wendy Keeling

Choir Lady

Luke Marr

Pope Candidate

Alexandro Sandoval

(uncredited)

Shannon Spencer

'Emo' Girl

Audra Todd

Student

Did you know?

Trivia

Donald Miller wrote a book, A Million Miles in A Thousand Years, as a memoir of the experience of making this movie. Or, as he calls it, "editing my life."

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The movie was made possible by the efforts of fans the refused to see the project die. A campaign on KickStarter was started after a September 16th blog post by Donald Miller that the project was dead due to the lack of backers. By the end of the funding period on October 25th, Save Blue Like Jazz had raised $345,992 (of the $125,000 goal or 276%) from 4495 backers. The earns the project a Hall of Fame ranking on KickStarter as the highest funded project ever.

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Goofs

Don tells his mother that there are no roommates in the dorms at Reed college, but Lauryn tells a story about her "first year roommate".

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Quotes

Donald Miller: He told me jazz was like life, cause it doesn't resolve.

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Donald Miller: Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something, before you can love it yourself.

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Donald Miller: My dad says life is like jazz because it doesn't resolve... But what if we're not alone?... What if all these stars are notes on a page of music, swirling in the blue... like jazz...

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