Editing Django Reinhardt (section)

== Reinhardt in popular culture ==
===Music===
* Numerous musicians have written and recorded tributes to Reinhardt. 
** The jazz standard "[[Django (composition)|Django]]" (1954) was composed by [[John Lewis (pianist)|John Lewis]] of the [[Modern Jazz Quartet]] in honour of Reinhardt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-2/django.htm|title=Django|publisher=JazzStandards.com|first=Sandra|last=Burlingame|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref> 
** The [[Allman Brothers Band]] song "Jessica" was written by [[Dickey Betts]] in tribute to Reinhardt.<ref name=Fetherolf /> 
** American country music artists [[Willie Nelson]] and [[Merle Haggard]] named their sixth and final collaborative studio album  "Django and Jimmie".  It was released on 2 June 2015, by Legacy Recordings. The album contains the song "[[Django and Jimmie]]" which is a tribute to musicians Django Reinhardt and [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/django-and-jimmie/willie-nelson|title = Django and Jimmie by Willie Nelson|website = [[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
** In 1982's "Tanta til Beate" ("Beate's Aunt"), by the Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician [[Lillebjørn Nilsen]], Reinhardt is hailed several times.

===Novels===
* Reinhardt appears as a character in the fiction novel ''[[The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto]]'' (2015) by American author [[Mitch Albom]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Mitch Albom's 'The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto' On World Cafe | url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2015/11/27/457299249/mitch-alboms-the-magic-strings-of-frankie-presto-on-world-cafe | work=[[World Cafe (radio program)]] | publisher=[[WXPN]] | date=27 November 2015 | access-date=18 May 2017 }}</ref>

===Comics===
* [[Joan Sfar]] wrote the script for the graphic novel ''Jeangot'' (Gallimard, 2012), drawn by Clément Oubrerier, which is a biopic about Django Reinhardt, set in an anthropomorphic animal universe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Livre Jeangot {{!}} Gallimard BD |url=https://www.gallimard-bd.fr/9782070649846/jeangot-1.html |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Gallimard-bd.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Entretien avec Joan Sfar et Clément Oubrerie - "Jeangot" |url=https://www.gallimard-bd.fr/entretiens/entretien-avec-joan-sfar-et-clement-oubrerie-jeangot-.html |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=Gallimard-bd.fr |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-05 |title=Joann Sfar: "J'aime le côté insaisissable de Django Reinhardt" |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/django-reinhardt-a-la-cite-de-la-musique-interview-de-joann-sfar-j-aime-le-cote-insaisissable-de-django-reinhardt_1168948.html |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=L'Express |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Joann Sfar |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sfar.htm |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=lambiek.net |language=en}}</ref>
* In coincidence with the 110th anniversary in 2020 of Django's birth, a [[graphic novel]] depicting his youth years was published under the title ''Django Main de Feu'', by writer Salva Rubio and artist Efa through Belgian publisher [[Dupuis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Django Main de Feu |publisher=dupuis.com |access-date=23 January 2020|url=https://www.dupuis.com/django-main-de-feu/bd/django-main-de-feu-django-main-de-feu/82356 }}</ref>
* In the CD sleeve of ''Vinyl Story by Jean-Charles Baty'', featuring music by Django Reinhardt (2022), a mini comic strip by Baty about Reinhardt's life can be read.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/24383762-Django-Reinhardt-Vinyl-Story-By-Jean-Charles-Baty | title=Django Reinhardt - Vinyl Story by Jean-Charles Baty | website=[[Discogs]] | date=2022 }}</ref>

===Films===
* Reinhardt's legacy is referred to in [[Woody Allen]]'s 1999 ''[[Sweet and Lowdown]]''. This fictional biopic features an imaginary American guitarist, Emmet Ray, who is obsessed with Reinhardt, with a soundtrack featuring [[Howard Alden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_HUtNELvVU;t=13s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211111/G_HUtNELvVU| archive-date=11 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Sweet and Lowdown scene |via=YouTube |date=16 December 2012 |access-date=30 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=Allen>"Woody Allen movie resurrects music of jazz great Reinhardt", ''Courier-Post'', (Camden, New Jersey), 18 January 2000</ref><ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last=Davis |first=Francis |title=Faithful to the Love of His Life: Hot 30's Jazz |newspaper=The New York Times |date=5 December 1999 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/05/arts/film-faithful-to-the-love-of-his-life-hot-30-s-jazz.html |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref>
* The 2003 animated film ''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]'' begins with a flashback showing The Triplets of Belleville, a trio of singers, performing on stage in the 1920s, dancing alongside other celebrities, including [[Josephine Baker]] and Django Reinhardt.
* The 2004 film ''[[Head in the Clouds (film)|Head in the Clouds]]'' features guitarist ''[[John Jorgenson]]'' as Django Reinhardt in a cameo role.
* The documentary film ''Djangomania!'' was released in 2005. The hour-long film was directed and written by Jamie Kastner, who traveled throughout the world to show the influence of Django's music in various countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480374/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|title=''Djangomania!'' (2005)|website=IMDb|date=25 September 2005|access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref>
* Emil Lager portrayed Reinhardt playing guitar in a French cafe in the 2011 film [[Hugo (film)|''Hugo'']].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970179/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm | title=Hugo (2011) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
* The film ''[[Django (2017 film)|Django]]'', by the French filmmaker [[Étienne Comar]], depicting Reinhardt's life during wartime was released in February 2017, with the French actor [[Reda Kateb]] performing the role of Reinhardt. The [[Berlin International Film Festival]] held the world premier of [[Django (2017 film)|''Django'']]. The movie covers Django's escape from Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943 and the fact that even under "constant danger, flight and the atrocities committed against his family", he continued composing and performing.<ref name=usnews>[https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-01-04/french-film-django-to-open-berlin-film-festival "French film ''Django'' to open Berlin Film Festival], ''USNews'', 4 January 2017</ref> Reinhardt's music was re-recorded for the film by the Dutch jazz band [[Rosenberg Trio]] with lead guitarist [[Stochelo Rosenberg]].<ref>[https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_35156.html "World Premiere of ''Django'' to Open the Berlinale, 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234929/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_35156.html |date=4 January 2017 }}, Press Release, ''Berlinale'', 4 January 2017</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtko3F0QkEo;t=22m56s |title=Django Reinhardt documentary |via=YouTube |date=9 January 2016 |access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=it&did=305892 |title=Reda Kateb e Cécile de France in Django |website=Cineuropa.org |date=2 March 2016 |access-date=30 May 2017}}</ref> It opened the [[67th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlin">{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_35156.html|title=World Premiere of Django to Open the Berlinale 2017|access-date=4 January 2017|work=Berlinale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234929/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_35156.html|archive-date=4 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Video games ===
* Reinhardt's music appears in the 2002 video game ''[[Mafia (video game)|Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven]]''. One of the songs featured in the game, "Belleville", would later appear again in its 2010 sequel ''[[Mafia II]]''.
* Various Reinhardt songs, including his rendition of "[[La Mer (song)|La Mer]]", are included in the 2007 video game ''[[BioShock]]''.