DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures
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Dreamgirls
All you have to do is dream.
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
- Original title
- Dreamgirls
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $70,000,000
- Revenue
- $154,937,680
CinemaSerf
Oct 21, 2022 · via TMDB
Jennifer Hudson is simply superb in this musical roller-coaster of a film. She is "Effie" whom, along with "Deena" (Beyoncé Knowles) and "Lorrell" (Anika Noni Rose), form a trio of singers aspiring to fame and fortune. Along the way, they encounter the usual suite of difficulties - bigotry, racism and misogyny as well as having to deal with their own personal rivalries. They are signed by Detroit used car salesman "Curtis" (Jamie Foxx) to back his established, womanising, star "James Early" (Eddie Murphy) and soon their star seems fixed. That is, until "Curtis" decides to dispense with the services of the temperamental "Effie" and with those of "Early" as he sees his vision for these talented and enigmatic women really take off. At times, it does stray a little too close to domestic melodrama, but for the most part this is a cracking story of how these women prove their own mettle. They regale against the male-dominated music business; increasingly try to assert themselves not just in the industry but with their management but, towards the end, with there own personal relationships before a powerful and vindicating denouement. Henry Kriegen and Tom Eyon have written some strong and powerful lyrics for the ladies to belt out with aplomb, particularly the title song, "It's All Over" and the show stopping "One Night Only". The production detail, photography and general pace of the film really do make for an an engaging watch; the performances are vibrant and frequently the emotion they generate is compelling to watch. Foxx is not the best, to be fair - especially when he bursts into song, but Murphy fares a bit better on that front and all told, this is an entertaining look at just how these women took on and defeated a system and a society that was stacked against them from the start. Parallels with Motown?
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Jamie Foxx
Curtis Taylor Jr.
Beyoncé
Deena Jones
Eddie Murphy
James 'Thunder' Early
Danny Glover
Marty Madison
Jennifer Hudson
Effie White
Anika Noni Rose
Lorrell Robinson
Keith D. Robinson
C.C. White
Sharon Leal
Michelle Morris
Hinton Battle
Wayne
Mariah Iman Wilson
Magic
Yvette Cason
May
Ken Page
Max Washington
Ralph Louis Harris
M.C.
Michael-Leon Wooley
Tiny Joe Dixon
Loretta Devine
Jazz Singer
John Lithgow
Jerry Harris
John Krasinski
Sam Walsh
Alexander Folk
Ronald White
Esther Scott
Aunt Ethel
Bobby Slayton
Miami Comic
Jordan Wright
Teddy Campbell
Dawnn Lewis
Melba Early
Jaleel White
Talent Booker
JoNell Kennedy
Joann
Fatima Robinson
Stepp Sister
Aakomon Jones
Little Albert
Rory O'Malley
Dave
Laura Bell Bundy
Sweetheart
Ivar Brogger
David Bennett
Daren A. Herbert
Jimmy's Piano Player
Jocko Sims
Elvis Kelly
Pam Trotter
Rhonda
Cleo King
Janice
Eddie Mekka
Club Manager
Alejandro Furth
Case Worker
Vince Grant
American Bandstand Producer
Robert Cicchini
Nicky Cassaro
Thomas Crawford
TV Director
Robert Curtis Brown
Technical Director
Gilbert Glenn Brown
Man with Gun
Marty Ryan
Stagehand
Michael Villani
Detroit Reporter
Gregg Berger
Chicago Deejay
Daniel Riordan
L.A. Deejay
Derick Alexander
Security Guard
Yvette Nicole Brown
Curtis' Secretary
Tracy Phillips
Go-Go Dancer
Kelleia Sheerin
Go-Go Dancer
Black Thomas
Bad Side Dancer
Dominic Chaiduang
Disco Dancer
Leo Moctezuma
Disco Dancer
Jull Weber
Disco Dancer
Jimmy R.O. Smith
Jimmy's Band
Tank
Choir Singer
Kesha
Audience Member (uncredited)
Lorey Hayes
Art Department Assistant
John Myhre
Production Design
Nancy Haigh
Set Decoration
Tobias A. Schliessler
Director of Photography
Sharen Davis
Costume Design
Camille Friend
Hair Department Head
Joey Pizzi
Associate Choreographer
Aakomon Jones
Choreographer
Fatima Robinson
Choreographer
John Cenatiempo
Stunts
Bill Condon
Director
Kerry Lyn McKissick
Script Supervisor
Debra Zane
Casting
Patricia Whitcher
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Laurence Mark
Producer
Mike Hopkins
Dialogue Editor
Harvey Mason
Music Arranger
Tank
Music Arranger
Matt Sullivan
Music Supervisor
Randy Spendlove
Music Supervisor
Willie D. Burton
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Beyoncé
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Siedah Garrett
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Bill Condon
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