Joe Gardner, the
protagonist of Soul, wants one thing: to
be a successful jazz musician. He might just get there. But it’s going to be
rough going.
In a new clip from
the film, released via Disney UK, Joe comes face-to-face with a talented jazz
saxophonist, precisely the sort of person he looks up to and who could help him
achieve his dream. But Joe, well, he’s just a middle school music teacher. It’s
not quite clear he can stack up.
This clip, which
features Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner, is a lovely little bit of scene-setting
that does a great job of building the stakes of the film. Joe wants this, so
bad, so so bad, but he has significant hurdles to getting there. Hurdles that
include, according to the movie synopsis, his literal death. But impressing
jazz musicians is hard, too.
https://gizmodo.com/the-team-behind-soul-tells-us-about-the-culture-and-fut-1845625505
The film comes out
on December 25th, streaming on Disney Plus. It stars Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey as a
disembodied soul named 22, and is directed by Pete Docter.
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