Bye Bye Blues (film)

Not to be confused with Bye Bye Blues (song).

Bye Bye Blues
Directed by	Anne Wheeler
Produced by	Arvi Liimatainen Anne Wheeler
Written by	Anne Wheeler
Starring	Rebecca Jenkins Michael Ontkean
Music by	George Blondheim
Cinematography	Vic Sarin
Edited by	Christopher Tate
Distributed by	Artificial Eye (UK) Circle Films (USA)
Release dates	1989 (1989)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Bye Bye Blues is a 1989 Canadian film. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler and produced by Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation with the assistance of Allarcom Limited.

Plot

During World War II, Daisy Cooper (Rebecca Jenkins) joins a jazz band as a singer to provide for her family while her husband Teddy (Michael Ontkean) is serving in the Canadian military. The cast also includes Leslie Yeo, Kate Reid, Wayne Robson, Robyn Stevan, and Stuart Margolin.

Awards

The film was nominated for twelve Genie Awards at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990, and won three: Best Actress (Jenkins), Best Supporting Actress (Stevan), and Best Original Song ("When I Sing" by Bill Henderson).

Soundtrack

1. Main Title
2. Jazz Spring
3. Theme For Teddy
4. Marry Me Daisy
5. When I Sing
6. India
7. Sweet Georgia Brown
8. Max's Theme (I Love You Daisy)
9. Am I Blue
10. Bath Blues
11. Unfinished Blues
12. Who's Sorry Now
13. Home Movie/It's A Plane
14. You Made Me Love You
15. Blues For Anne
16. Bye Bye Blues

Credits

• Rebecca Jenkins - vocals
• Produced by Bob Hunka, John McCullough, and George Blondheim
• Music preparation by Laurie Bardsley
• Original film music composed and conducted by George Blondheim
• Mixed by Gary Dere, Paul Shubat, and Hayward Parrott
• Musicians: George Blondheim - piano, Mike Lent - bass, Bob McLaren - drums, Gene Bertoncini - guitar, Bob Stroup - trombone, P.J. Perry - clarinet and saxophone, Gary Guthman - trumpet, Vinod Bhardwaj - bansuri, Damyanti Bhardwaj - tanpura, Hari Sahay - tabla, George Ursan - drums ("When I Sing" and "Sweet Georgia Brown"), Melvin Wilson - guitar ("When I Sing"), Gary Koliger - guitar ("Sweet Georgia Brown"), Wayne Robson - background vocal ("When I Sing"), Wayne Robson, George Blondheim, Luke Reilly, and Stuart Margolin - vocal shouts ("Sweet Georgia Brown")
• Members of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: James Keene, Broderick Olson, Tom Johnson, Mary Johnson, Richard Caldwell, Hugh Davies, Stephen Bryant, Evan Verchomin, Andrew Bacon, Susan Ekholm, Derek Gomez, Tanya Prochzaka, Nora Bumanis, Colin Ryan, David Hoyt, Donald Plumb, Brian Jones, Susan Flook, Neria Mayer, Mikkio Kohjitani, John Taylor, Donald Hyder

Trivia

Springwater School in Starland County, Alberta, Canada was used as a set.

Copyright status

For several years Bye Bye Blues could not be exhibited on television or theatrically (and could not be issued on DVD or made available digitally) because nobody could determine who held the copyright. On August 21, 2013, however, the Copyright Board of Canada issued a licence to Rebecca Jenkins, allowing the film to be distributed in Canada by television, Internet, and other means. The licence was issued under section 77 of the Copyright Act, which allows the Copyright Board to issue a licence in respect of orphan works where "the Board is satisfied that the applicant has made reasonable efforts to locate the owner of the copyright and that the owner cannot be located". Pursuant to the licence, the film is available online in Canada through the iTunes Store, and two theatrical screenings were held in October 2014 at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

External links

• Canadian Film Encyclopedia, at The Film Reference Library (a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group)
• Bye Bye Blues at IMDb
• Soundtrack samples