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Daily Worksheet & Lunch Report. Miles Ahead is a 2015 American biographical drama film directed by Don Cheadle in his feature directorial debut, which Cheadle co-wrote with Steven Baigelman, Stephen J. Rivele, and Christopher Wilkinson, which interprets the life and compositions of jazz musician Miles Davis. The film stars Cheadle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, and Ewan McGregor, and closed the New York Film Festival on October 11, 2015.

The film takes its title from Davis's 1957 album. Miles Ahead is a 2015 American biographical-drama film directed by Don Cheadle in his feature directorial debut, which Cheadle co-wrote with Steven Baigelman, Stephen J. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. Release dates October 11, 2015 (NYFF). April 1, 2016 (United States). Cheadle took a free-form approach to the film's narrative. Skipping around in time, it depicts Davis' attempts to get his career back on track following a period of inactivity and drug addiction in the 1970s, fictional adventures with a journalist (played by McGregor) who wants to profile him, and his troubled marriage to a former dancer (Corinealdi). The film's score covers, in non-linear fashion, Davis' actual recordings throughout his career, beginning with Agharta (1975) before jumping back and forth in scenes featuring Kind of Blue (1959), Someday My Prince Will Come (1961), Bitches Brew (1970), and We Want Miles (1981), among others. Miles Ahead received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Reviewers generally praised Cheadle's direction and performance, although some were critical of the plot. In the midst of a prolific career, Miles Davis (Don Cheadle) disappears from public view for a period of five years in the late 1970s. He lives in isolation while dealing with chronic pain from a deteriorating hip, a musical voice inhibited and numbed by drugs and painkillers, and traumatic memories of his past.

A music reporter, Dave Braden (Ewan McGregor), forces his way into Davis' house and, over the next couple of days, the two men unwittingly embark on an adventure to recover a stolen tape recording of the musician's most recent compositions. During their romance and subsequent marriage, Frances served as Davis' muse. It was during this period that he released several of his signature recordings, including Sketches of Spain (1960) and Someday My Prince Will Come (1961). The marriage was marked by infidelity and abuse, however, and Frances was forced to flee for her own safety as Miles' mental and physical health deteriorated. By the late 1970s, plagued by years of regret and loss, Davis flirts with self-destruction until he finds redemption in his music. Don Cheadle as Miles Davis. Emayatzy Corinealdi as Frances Taylor.

Ewan McGregor as Dave Braden. Michael Stuhlbarg as Harper Hamilton. Jeffrey Grover as Gil Evans.

Joshua Jessen as Bill Evans. Theron Brown as Herbie Hancock. JT Thigpen as Paul Chambers. David Kettlehake as Cab Driver. Mark Angel II as Driver and Background Pedestrian. Derek Snow as Harold Lovett, Miles' lawyer.

Jon "Swing" McHale as himself. Mark Turkeltaub as Cop #1. John Griffin as Cop #2. Mike Dennis as Beat Cop. Herbie Hancock, keyboard, as himself.

Esperanza Spalding, electric bass, as herself. Robert Glasper, keyboard, as himself. Wayne Shorter, saxophone, as himself. Antonio Sánchez, drums, as himself.

Keyon Harrold, trumpeter, plays on the soundtrack only. His part is mimed by Don Cheadle in the "Live Concert Band" section at the end of the film. Cheadle originally was drawn to the project to explore the creative process in the approach to composition used by Miles Davis over the many years of his career.

According to Cheadle at the Sundance Film Festival debut of the film, the approach to the film was not to produce a biopic but to create plausible though largely fictional vignettes of Davis' life that interpreted the creative process Davis used in the composition of his music.