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Ray

Hackford, Taylor, 1944- (Author, Director, Producer). Benjamin, Stuart. (Producer). Baldwin, Howard. (Producer). Baldwin, Karen. (Producer). White, James L. (Author, Screenwriter). Foxx, Jamie. (Actor). Washington, Kerry, 1977- (Actor). Powell, Clifton. (Actor). Ellis, Aunjanue. (Actor). Lennix, Harry J. (Actor). Howard, Terrence. (Actor). Tate, Larenz. (Actor). Woodbine, Bokeem. (Actor). Warren, Sharon. (Actor). Armstrong, Curtis. (Actor). Schiff, Richard, 1955- (Actor). Pierce, Wendell. (Actor). King, Chris Thomas. (Actor). Krumholtz, David, 1978- (Actor). Fuller, Kurt, 1953- (Actor). Davis, Warwick. (Actor). Bauchau, Patrick. (Actor). Wisdom, Robert. (Actor). Dowse, Denise. (Actor). King, Regina. (Actor). Charles, Ray 1930-2004 (Performer). Edelman, Pawel, 1958- (Cinematographer). Armstrong, Craig, 1959- (Composer). Universal Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Bristol Bay Productions (Firm) (Added Author). Anvil Films (United States) (Added Author). Baldwin Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Universal Studios Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Jamie Foxx (Ray Charles), Kerry Washington (Della Bea Robinson), Clifton Powell (Jeff Brown), Aunjanue Ellis (Mary Ann Fisher), Harry Lennix (Joe Adams), Terrence Dashon Howard (Gossie McGee), Larenz Tate (Quincy Jones), Bokeem Woodbine (Fathead Newman), Sharon Warren (Aretha Robinson), Curtis Armstrong (Ahmet Ertegun), Richard Schiff (Jerry Wexler), Wendell Pierce (Wilbur Brassfield), Chris Thomas King (Lowell Fulson), David Krumholtz (Milt Shaw), Kurt Fuller (Sam Clark), Warwick Davis (Oberon), Patrick Bauchau (Dr. Hacker), Robert Wisdom (Jack Lauderdale), Denise Dowse (Marlene), Regina King (Margie Hendricks). (Cast).

Summary: Flashing back intermittently to dream-like scenes from his hardscrabble rural childhood, "Ray" chronicles Ray Charles' remarkable rise from sideman and Chitlin Circuit fixture to innovator, icon, and international superstar. Yet even as Charles ascends to the heights of the musical and cultural elite, he remains hobbled by heroin addiction and compulsive womanizing, a prisoner to his own insatiable needs. Through it all, Ray Charles possessed a rock-solid confidence in his music, a statement of faith in the inclusiveness of American culture. Ray Charles made a place for himself in the America of the '40s and '50s, and promptly transcended the barriers that defined what that place was. He incorporated and encompassed R & B, soul, rock and roll, blues, jazz, country, pop, gospel--all American music--giving us the lush sounds he had always heard in his head, unifying America's disparate musical bits into a cohesive whole.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1417022078
  • ISBN: 9781417022076
  • ISBN: 1417042923
  • ISBN: 9781417042920
  • ISBN: 1417047453
  • ISBN: 9781417047451
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    2 videodiscs (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Pictures Co. : Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, ©2005.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Disc 1 Includes both an extended version and the theatrical version of the film.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. The film: Main titles/Seattle bound -- Talent night -- Golden goose -- To the piano born -- Chitlin' circuit -- Unnatural death -- No tears -- Messing around -- Hummingbird -- New Ray Charles -- Devil music -- On the road -- Double life -- Cat fight -- Junkie -- Improvising -- Disharmony -- Moving on -- M.O.R. -- Breaking the rules -- Battling Jim Crow -- Busted -- Going country -- State of the art -- Broken hearts -- Border crossing -- Rehab -- Salvation/End titles (2004) (153 min.); Special features: Feature commentary with director Taylor Hackford [optional audio feature]; Cast and filmmakers [text feature].
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; production designer, Stephen Altman ; edited by Paul Hirsch ; original and new recordings by Ray Charles ; score composed by Craig Armstrong ; costume designer, Sharen Davis.
Participant or Performer Note: Jamie Foxx (Ray Charles), Kerry Washington (Della Bea Robinson), Clifton Powell (Jeff Brown), Aunjanue Ellis (Mary Ann Fisher), Harry Lennix (Joe Adams), Terrence Dashon Howard (Gossie McGee), Larenz Tate (Quincy Jones), Bokeem Woodbine (Fathead Newman), Sharon Warren (Aretha Robinson), Curtis Armstrong (Ahmet Ertegun), Richard Schiff (Jerry Wexler), Wendell Pierce (Wilbur Brassfield), Chris Thomas King (Lowell Fulson), David Krumholtz (Milt Shaw), Kurt Fuller (Sam Clark), Warwick Davis (Oberon), Patrick Bauchau (Dr. Hacker), Robert Wisdom (Jack Lauderdale), Denise Dowse (Marlene), Regina King (Margie Hendricks).
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2004.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for depiction of drug addiction, sexuality and some thematic elements.
System Details Note:
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Language Note:
In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in Spanish or French; closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
Academy Award winner 2004, Best Actor (Foxx).
Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy (Foxx).
Subject: Charles, Ray 1930-2004 Drama
Charles, Ray 1930-2004
Blind entertainers Drama
African American singers Drama
African American musicians Drama
Drug addiction Drama
Man-woman relationships Drama
Rhythm and blues music Drama
Country music Drama
Popular music United States Drama
Ciegos Teatro
Artistas Teatro
African American musicians
African American singers
Blind entertainers
Country music
Drug addiction
Man-woman relationships
Popular music
Rhythm and blues music
United States
Genre: Biographical films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Musical films.
Musical films.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Musical films.
Entertainment DVD.

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