Directed by:
Bill CondonScreenplay:
Bill CondonCinematography:
Tobias A. SchliesslerComposer:
Henry KriegerCast:
Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal, Ken Page, Loretta Devine, John Lithgow (more)VOD (1)
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Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Jamie Foxx
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Ray (2004)
Soul (2020)
Beyoncé
USA
Best movies:
Beyonce's I Am... World Tour (2010) (concert)
Beyoncé: I Am... Yours (2009) (concert)
Destiny's Child: Live in Atlanta (2006) (concert)
Eddie Murphy
USA
Best movies:
Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (video compilation)
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
Shrek (2001)
Danny Glover
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Saw (2004)
Jennifer Hudson
USA
Best movies:
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (2013)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Anika Noni Rose
USA
Best movies:
Roots (2016) (series)
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Keith Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Comanche Moon (2008) (series)
Sharon Leal
USA
Best movies:
Dreamgirls (2006)
Soul Men (2008)
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
Ken Page
USA
Best movies:
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
Cats (1998) (TV movie)
Loretta Devine
USA
Best movies:
Crash (2004)
I Am Sam (2001)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) (TV movie)
John Lithgow
USA
Best movies:
Shrek (2001)
Interstellar (2014)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
John Krasinski
USA
Best movies:
Jarhead (2005)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Jaleel White
USA
Best movies:
Hustle (2022)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Silence of the Heart (1984) (TV movie)
JoNell Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Biogenesis (1999) (video compilation)
Collateral (2004)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Cleo King
USA
Best movies:
Magnolia (1999)
Dogville (2003)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
Robert Curtis Brown
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Trading Places (1983)
Red Dragon (2002)
Gregg Berger
USA
Best movies:
Here Come the Littles (1985)
Rover Dangerfield (1991)
Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising (2013) (TV movie)
Derick Alexander
Best movies:
Cast Away (2000)
Dreamgirls (2006)
Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
Yvette Nicole Brown
USA
Best movies:
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Inside Out 2 (2024)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Damion Poitier
Best movies:
Star Trek (2009)
The Avengers (2012)
Jarhead (2005)