Born to Be Blue (film)

Born to Be Blue
Born to Be Blue
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Budreau
Written by	Robert Budreau
Produced by	Jennifer Jonas; Robert Budreau; Leonard Farlinger; Jake Seal;
Starring	Ethan Hawke; Carmen Ejogo; Callum Keith Rennie;
Cinematography	Steve Cosens
Edited by	David Freeman
Music by	David Braid; Todor Kobakov; Steve London;
Production; companies	New Real Films; Lumanity; (in association with Productivity Media and Entertainment One Films);
Distributed by	Entertainment One (Canada) ; K5 International; Universal Pictures (United Kingdom);
Release dates	13 September 2015 (TIFF); 11 March 2016 (Canada);
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Canada; United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	<$10 million
Box office	$1.5 million

Born to Be Blue is a 2015 Canadian-British biographical drama film written, coproduced and directed by Robert Budreau. It stars Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Janet-Laine Green and Stephen McHattie. It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is about American jazz musician Chet Baker, portrayed by Hawke.

The film has been described as "semi-factual, semi-fictional". Variety's reviewer, Andrew Barker, noted that the film is "about a character who happens to share a name and a significant number of biographical similarities with Chet Baker, taking the legendary West Coast jazz musician's life as though it were merely a chord chart from which to launch an improvised set of new melodies".