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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019 · 115 min · Director: Stanley Nelson ★ IMDb 7.5 · 1,803 ratings

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The life story of the legendary musician Miles Davis.

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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 30%, Nostalgia 25%, Inspiration 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Awe30%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Nostalgia, Inspiration. Genres: Documentary, Music, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Nostalgia and Inspiration. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Sadness
  • Awe
  • Empathy

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Awe

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Sadness
Awe
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 28 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessAweEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity50 %17 %22 %28 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Curiosity51 %6 %31 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Inspiration54 %11 %31 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Sadness55 %24 %28 %39 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Awe51 %16 %36 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Awe46 %6 %39 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Awe49 %3 %37 %23 %
37.5 %≈ 43′Curiosity53 %0 %43 %16 %
42.5 %≈ 49′Awe57 %14 %35 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 55′Empathy63 %35 %21 %46 %
52.5 %≈ 60′Curiosity57 %38 %21 %49 %
57.5 %≈ 66′Empathy57 %38 %23 %50 %
62.5 %≈ 72′Empathy63 %38 %25 %46 %
67.5 %≈ 78′Inspiration59 %23 %35 %25 %
72.5 %≈ 83′Inspiration53 %10 %38 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 89′Curiosity55 %23 %25 %24 %
82.5 %≈ 95′Sadness65 %38 %15 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 101′Inspiration68 %32 %25 %46 %
92.5 %≈ 106′Sadness70 %46 %36 %51 %
97.5 %≈ 112′Sadness78 %70 %37 %63 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

MD
Miles Davis

Carl Lumbly

Miles Davis (voice)

RP
Reginald Petty

Self - East St. Louis Resident

QT
Quincy Troupe

Self - Writer

FG
Farah Griffin

Self - Writer

LA
Lee Annie Bonner

Self - Childhood Friend

AK
Ashley Kahn

Self - Writer

BC
Benjamin Cawthra

Self - Historian

JH
Jimmy Heath

Self - Musician

JC
Jimmy Cobb

Self - Musician

DM
Dan Morgenstern

Self - Writer

GT
Greg Tate

Self - Writer

GE
Gerald Early

Self - Writer

QJ
Quincy Jones

Self - Musician

WS
Wayne Shorter

Self - Musician

TL
Tammy L. Kernodle

Self - Musicologist

JG
Juliette Gréco

Self - Singer

VB
Vincent Bessières

Self - Writer

GW
George Wein

Self - Jazz Promoter

ER
Eugene Redmond

Self - East St. Louis Resident

CS
Carlos Santana

Self - Musician

Details

Directed by
Stanley Nelson
Written by
Gregory Davis, Nathan Skulnik
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
115 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 1,803 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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