Cadillac Records (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region ABC (Worldwide)
- Released: March 10, 2009
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles, Mos Def & Jeffrey Wright | |
Performer: | Gabrielle Union, Columbus Short, Cedric the Entertainer, Emmanuelle Chriqui & Eamonn Walker | |
Directed by | Darnell Martin | |
Screenwriting by | Darnell Martin | |
Composition by | Terence Blanchard | |
Produced by | Andrew Lack & Sofia Sondervan | |
Director of Photography: | Anastas Michos | |
Executive Production by | Beyoncé Knowles |
Entertainment Reviews:
It's got a good beat and you can dance to it. And on this week's Rate-A-Record card, I give [Cadillac Records] a 98.
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Behind The Lens
It turns out to be grittier and more lowdown than that Ray Charles bio.
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East Bay Express
Mos Def makes a terrific Berry, all flash and confidence, and Wright offers a memorably soulful take on Waters...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Perhaps there were insurmountable legal restrictions. But the movie still serves as a dandy primer for rediscovering a lot of great music.
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Toronto Star
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]he music kicks up a storm, and the real revelation is Knowles, who burns a hole in the screen as sexy, drug-addled siren Etta...
Empire
Jeffrey Wright is superb as Muddy Waters. Columbus Short is scarily mercurial as Little Walter.
Wall Street Journal
Rating: 3/4 --
Anyone who likes pop music or wonders how bands like the Rolling Stones got rolling will enjoy the ride.
Globe and Mail
Product Description:
CADILLAC RECORDS is a writer/director Darnell Martin's riveting ensemble film depicting the rise, in the early-‘50s to late-‘60s, of key musical figures at the crossroads between blues, rhythm & blues, and rock & roll. Based on the true story of the original Chicago-based purveyors of electric blues, Chess Records, it centers on two men: Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody), a Polish-Jewish nightclub owner; and Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), a transplanted Mississippi sharecropper with sights set on musical stardom. After hearing Waters's electrified Delta blues during a tussle at his nightclub, Chess decides to pool his resources into releasing what were then called "race records." Soon a coterie of label talent, from Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf, to Chuck Berry and Etta James, help to propel the fledgling label to the top of the charts--with each hit-maker rewarded by Chess with a shiny new Cadillac automobile. While sometimes playing loose with some minor historical points, the film truly hits the mark with its attention to visual detail, from costumes and cars, down to vintage recording equipment, all of it is a feast for period buffs. But what truly makes CADILLAC RECORDS captivating are the exceptional musical performances of Beyonce Knowles (Etta James) and Mos Def (Chuck Berry), two of the finest musicians-turned-actors of their time. Ultimately, CADILLAC RECORDS' most potent message may be the boundless ability that much of this music had in transcending the unsettling realities facing blacks of the time. From Payola (the practice of bribing disc jockeys to play "race records") and segregation, to white performers pilfering songs written by blacks, all of it is handled with admirable aplomb in this enjoyable, often edifying, film.
Product Description:
"Cadillac Records" chronicles the rise of Leonard Chess' (Adrien Brody) Chess Records and its recording artists including Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright), Little Walter (Columbus Short), Chuck Berry (Mos Def), Willie Dixon (Cedric The Entertainer) and the great Etta James (Beyonce Knowles). In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's greatest musical legends.
Keywords:
True Story
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Blues
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Folk Music
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Rhythm And Blues
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Theatrical Release
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Blues Music
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Music
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Singers
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1950s
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Blues Singers
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1960s
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Musicians