Pete! (1980)
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Release08/24/1980
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Production
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Rotten tomato80%
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Original titlePete!
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Original languageen
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Production Cost
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New Orleans' own Pete Fountain - the greatest jazz clarinetist alive.
Overview
Narrated by Phil Harris, a longtime friend of Fountain's, "Pete!" uses performance film, interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and a home videos to offer an intimate portrait of Fountain, the walking, talking embodiment of his hometown. Produced and directed by by John Beyer, the film originally aired on PBS stations nationwide. When it aired locally as part of a PBS membership drive, "Pete!" was credited with raising "more than had ever been raised by a single program in the history of WYES," according to a story published in The Times-Picayune in August 1980.
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